Sometimes weeknight games are sleepy affairs, a dull 60 minutes of hockey to endure. Monday night’s game between the Calgary Flames and the Colorado Avalanche was just awesome to behold. Both teams played well. There wasn’t any ugliness, just pure hockey action. The Flames went toe-to-toe with the Avalanche and won 5-4 in overtime.
The Rundown
Colorado was very fast and sharp in the opening period and caught the Flames on their heels a bit. Five minutes in, a series of quick passes sprang Colorado into the Flames zone. Joonas Donskoi’s pass bounced over Dillon Dube’s stick and was buried by pinching defender Ryan Graves to make it 1-0 Colorado.