The Calgary Flames hosted the Florida Panthers on Thursday evening at the Scotiabank Saddledome. It wasn’t a pretty game, as it was full of weird plays and a lot of neutral zone turnovers. But there certainly were a lot of goals. The Flames won 6-5 in a shootout after blowing a 4-2 third period lead.
The Rundown
The Flames did something rare in the first period: they got a lead. After Alexsander Barkov took an offensive zone penalty, the home side cashed in on the ensuing power play. With Rasmus Andersson driving the net and being held off by Aaron Ekblad, Austin Czarnik banked the puck in off Ekblad’s back skate to make it 1-0 Flames.