The Calgary Flames are in a stretch in their season where they need to play well and win games to have any shot at the post-season. They were consistently good and occasionally really impressive in a 4-2 victory over the visiting Montreal Canadiens in the first of three straight games between the two clubs.
The rundown
The Flames had a strong first period and opened the scoring off a nice sequence. Chris Tanev stood up at the blueline and prevented a Montreal zone exit. That led to a quick little passing sequence, which ended with Andrew Mangiapane finding Dillon Dube in front of the net and Dube burying the feed to give the home side a 1-0 lead.