Calgary Flames Post-Game: Flames fade against fancy cats

The Calgary Flames had a really good first period on Tuesday night against the Florida Panthers. Sure, they trailed after the opening period, but they out-chanced Florida and were hampered by special teams challenges.

But Panthers were by far the better team in the final 40 minutes and the Flames skated to a 6-2 loss to kick off their stretch of three games in four nights.

The rundown

The first period was pretty nuts, with both teams getting high quality scoring chances. The Panthers opened up the scoring early, with Noah Hanifin in the penalty box. Patric Hornqvist won position in a battle with Chris Tanev in front of the net, then made a slick stick-lift and swept the puck past Jacob…