The Flames are a good team. I don’t think anyone is really sure quite yet if they’re a contender – probably not – but they are a good team. The Blackhawks, meanwhile, are not a good team; their glory days appear to have unceremoniously ended. And so, in a game between a good team and a bad team, the good team won.
Feel of the game
The Flames dominated play early on and never really let up. Really, if any tide ever turned, it was more the Blackhawks waking up and realizing they would prefer to be active participants, rather than simply watch the Flames do what they wanted and constantly be forced to the outside.