The Calgary Flames wildly out-played the Ottawa Senators for the first half of Saturday afternoon’s game. Unfortunately, a combination of bad luck, bad bounces and poor attention to details sunk the Flames. They dropped a 5-2 loss to the Senators in their final outing prior to the All-Star Break.
The Rundown
The Flames were all over Ottawa in the opening period. They had tons of chances. They had tons of shots. They allowed the first goal, though, after Travis Hamonic attempted to swat down a Brady Tkachuk cross-zone pass and inadvertently redirected it past David Rittich to make it 1-0 Senators.