The Calgary Flames played a game in Abbotsford on Monday night for the first time since their farm team relocated from that city in 2014. The good news is the Flames scored their first goals of the pre-season. The bad news is the Flames were second-best, again, this time in a 4-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks.
The rundown
Things started out poorly for the visitors. Glenn Gawdin took an early minor and on the resulting power play, the Canucks opened the scoring. Conor Garland’s initial shot was blocked, but he grabbed the rebound and beat Adam Werner to make it 1-0 Canucks.