The Calgary Flames (13-12-6, fifth Pacific) come to town for the first time this week to play a San Jose Sharks (10-16-6, seventh Pacific) team fresh off a disappointing shootout loss in Los Angeles. The Flames took Saturday night off following a loss to the St. Louis Blues on Friday — and three overtime losses in a row prior to that. This Flames team is pretty obviously not the same as last season’s.
Calgary had a huge off-season. Just before free agency began in July, the Flames were told that first-line winger Johnny Gaudreau would not be re-signing with the team.