The Calgary Flames needed a small miracle. They almost got it, too.
The Flames trailed the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 in the third period of Game 4 in their second-round playoff series when Rasmus Andersson fired a puck 132 feet from the Flames' blueline that somehow beat Oilers goaltender Mike Smith to tie the game.
It was an improbable play that brought Calgary all the way back from a 3-0 first-period deficit and tantalizingly close to evening the series at 2-2.
That hope was swiftly extinguished when Calgary couldn't hold the fort, falling 5-3 in Game 4 and behind 3-1 in the best-of-seven series.