Early on we’d get a fight between Curtis Lazar and Nathan Beaulieu to get the energy flowing in the game.
The Flames would be sent to their first powerplay of the game when Matthew Tkachuk was tripped entering the Sabres zone and Calgary would take advantage.
It would be Tkachuk that would score the powerplay goal on a nice deflection of a Johnny Gaudreau shot/pass. Other assist on the goal went to Mark Giordano. The goal was Tkachuk’s 14th of the year which was a new career high and Gaudreau’s 40th assist of the season.