Monday’s game against the Winnipeg Jets was not kind to the Calgary Flames.
They did so many of the right things to start. Elias Lindholm opened the scoring just over two minutes into the game—on the power play, no less—and they looked on track to exit the first period with an all-important lead.
The Flames even had another man-advantage in the first period and they peppered Connor Hellebuyck with three shots. Everything felt alright. If you and your buddies were allowed back in the Scotiabank Saddledome, you may have felt so inclined around the 15:00 mark of the first period to whisper in the ear of the friend to your right: “hey… maybe things aren’t so bad.