In the first of three games that the Calgary Flames need to win in regulation to have a shot at the playoffs… the Flames won in regulation. They beat the Montreal Canadiens by a 4-2 score.
Here are some selected quotes from the post-game media addresses.
Darryl Sutter
With Josh Leivo unavailable, the Flames dressed 11 forwards and seven defensemen, using Nikia Nesterov over Buddy Robinson. According to Sutter, the decision was pretty simple given the options they had available.
Well, the rationale would be that we have 12 and Buddy’s played 24 minutes this year in four games.