The Calgary Flames celebrated Milan Lucic’s 1,000th NHL game with a ceremony before their game on Monday night. They followed that game up with an effort that was high on opportunities but low on execution. The Flames never had a lead in a 4-2 loss to the visiting Ottawa Senators.
The rundown
The Flames pressed early but the Senators opened the scoring off a pair of rough turnovers from Juuso Valimaki. He coughed up the puck at the offensive blueline, but Mikael Backlund tracked down the puck carrier and stole the puck back. But Valimaki tried an outlet pass across the high slot that Brady Tkachuk stole and deposited behind Jacob Markstrom to make it 1-0 Ottawa.