It wasn’t perfect and much of the second period wasn’t pretty, but the Calgary Flames improved to 2-0-0 under interim head coach Geoff Ward by way of a 3-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night.
For the second consecutive game, the Flames led for more than half of the game. They held the lead for over 40 minutes, the most time they’ve led in a game since their 3-0 win in Columbus on Nov. 2. It took them four weeks to drive a game like that again.
They out-chanced Ottawa by a small margin both by “regular” chances (27-24) and high-danger chances (13-10).