There are some obvious Calgary Flames observations through the first quarter of the season we can quickly breeze over. They have a lot of shutouts. Goaltending has been bonkers good. Andrew Mangiapane is out of his mind. Darryl Sutter knows what he’s doing. Well, with Calgary at 12-3-5 and on top of the Western Conference, here are a few other takeaways from an outstanding first 20 games.
How they’re playing seems sustainable
I don’t have a crystal ball so I don’t know what’s going to happen in the remaining 62 games. Using the best predictive measures we have at our disposal, though, it feels like the Flames can sustain a lot of what they’ve been doing the rest of the way.