Maybe Montreal teams should just stop playing Calgary. One week after Les Canadiennes fell to the Calgary Inferno in the Clarkson Cup, the Montreal Canadiens fell 4-1 to the Calgary Flames on Sunday at the Bell Centre.
Calgary was starting Niklas Backstrom, who was making his first start in over a year. Seriously. His last start was January 13, 2015 when he allowed six goals against the Pittsburgh Penguins. That was before Devan Dubnyk. Montreal was a playoff team. And he won, making 21 saves.