Thursday night’s game between the Calgary Flames and Tampa Bay Lightning was heavily hyped prior to puck drop. It lived up to the hype, as the two clubs engaged in a tactical battle of wills for over 60 minutes. It went to the shootout, where Tampa Bay captured a tight 5-4 victory.
The Rundown
The Lightning opened the scoring off a scambly play. David Rittich made a big breakaway stop on Ondrej Palat, but the Flames couldn’t clear the zone and off a goal-mouth scramble Palat poked in the rebound to make it 1-0 Tampa.