The season is young yet, but so far, the Flames’ new-look offence appears to be delivering. At 3.60 goals per game, they’re eighth in the NHL, and their worst performance so far is just two goals in their season opener. It isn’t perfect – but it’s a good start.
However, if you were asked to list the team’s lines, you’d probably have some problems doing just that. Elias Lindholm has been a fit with Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan, and the MMA line of Matthew Tkachuk, Mikael Backlund, and Austin Czarnik seems to have clicked, if not quite produced, but after that it’s… what?