It’s finally October and after some consternation following three straight exhibition losses, the Flames put in their best preseason effort and were rewarded with their first victory. Playing good hockey leads to winning!
The rundown
The Flames controlled the puck early and through much of the first period. The reunited Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk unit was buzzing and opened the scoring with a slick passing play leading to a Gaudreau tally.
Early in period two, Nikita Zadorov made his presence known (in a good way this time!) as his heavy hit on Jason Dickinson forced a turnover which Mikael Backlund promptly gobbled up and fired home giving the Flames a 2-0 edge.