The Calgary Flames headed into Kanata, Ontario on Monday night looking to bounce back from a flat offensive effort against Toronto on Saturday. They weren’t shut out, but they couldn’t translate zone time into quality chances or, unfortunately, many goals. They skated to a 2-1 loss against the Ottawa Senators to crash back to the .500 mark more than halfway through the truncated 2020-21 season.
The rundown
The Senators opened the scoring in the first period. After the Flames pressed for awhile, Mark Giordano got caught pinching at the offensive blueline. That led to a two-on-one with Rasmus Andersson defending Clark Bishop and puck-carrier Ryan Dzingel.