Since their last game on Thursday, the Calgary Flames sat idle and watched the Montreal Canadiens win two games to push their playoff hopes to the brink. The Flames didn’t help matters on Saturday night as they lost a tight-checking game to the Edmonton Oilers by a 4-1 score.
The Flames aren’t mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, but they’re very close to that point.
The rundown
In stark contrast to the tired Oilers the Flames played on Thursday, Edmonton was all over Calgary early on. Juuso Valimaki took a penalty halting a scoring chance, and on the ensuing power play Connor McDavid did Connor McDavid things.