Flames Ride Scorching Start to 4-1 Victory Over Penguins

Record: 5-1-0

Scoring

First

14:11 CGY [1]- Kadri (3) (Mangiapane (2), Dube (3))

17:41 CGY [2]- Kadri (4) (N/A)

Second

3:00 CGY [3]- Huberdeau (1) (Andersson (6), Kadri (5)) PPG

4:32 PIT [1]- Malkin (4) (Carter (4), Poulin (1)) PPG

11:20 CGY [4]- Stone (2) (Lucic (2), Ritchie (1))

Third

None

Recap

-Early and often: After falling behind 2-0 in both the Vegas and Carolina wins and the atrocity that was the first period of the Buffalo game, the Flames put a very clear emphasis on a strong start against a tired Penguins team. Calgary outshot Pittsburgh 20-6 in the first period and carried a 2-0 lead as a token of their efforts. The slight danger in playing such a dominant period, in which the shots were…