The Calgary Flames played their first game in almost a week on Saturday night as they welcomed the Edmonton Oilers to town. The Flames weren’t perfect, but they were significantly better than Edmonton in a 5-0 rout of their provincial rivals.
The rundown
The Flames had the puck a lot in the opening period but didn’t make great decisions with it. Cases in point: Matthew Tkachuk making a blind back-pass in the Oilers zone to nobody, leading to an Edmonton rush. Andrew Mangiapane also passed to Brett Ritchie instead of shooting, negating a chance. Whoops.