The Calgary Flames headed into their home date on Tuesday night with the San Jose Sharks hoping to hit the reset button. Instead, life may have become a tad more complicated. They lost a 3-1 decision to the Sharks, but they also lost captain Mark Giordano to a injury of unspecified severity.
The Rundown
The opening period was fairly nondescript. Neither team was superb, though the Flames had the easy lead in zone time and puck possession. Shots were 16-9 Flames and scoring chances 11-8 Flames.
The Flames opened the scoring early in the second period on a carryover power play from a penalty Mikael Backlund drew late in the first period.