Watch out for that expiring penalty, it’s a doozy.
The Calgary Flames won their third game in a row on Thursday, taking it by a 3-1 score and handing the Vancouver Canucks a sixth consecutive loss.
Oddly enough, all three of the Flames’ goals came within seconds of a penalty expiring. Mark Giordano opened the scoring late in the first just one second after Justin Bailey finished serving a two-minute slashing minor; in the middle frame, again one second after a Canucks penalty (Bo Horvat, for slashing) expired, Andrew Mangiapane beat Thatcher Demko with a bank shot from downtown.