Flames conclude hectic schedule with gritty comeback win over Flyers

The National Hockey League schedule can be a grind. This season, teams are playing 84 games over a 194 day regular season. That’s a game every 2.3 days. But there are pockets of the schedule where, due to building availability, broadcast schedules or just bad luck, teams play way more often.

Between Oct. 22 and Sunday night, the Calgary Flames played 10 games over 18 days. The schedule was functionally a game every second day, plus a back-to-back set to mix it up. On Sunday evening, the Flames completed this gauntlet with a scrappy, come-from-behind effort against the Philadelphia Flyers.

In a game where the Flames never held a lead, they battled to a 4-3 overtime victory over Dan Vladar and…