Look. We’ve all done it. It’s Thanksgiving Day, the turkey comes out of the oven, and you tell yourself you’re going to pace yourself. You’re not going to over-indulge. Yet, twenty minutes later, with cranberry sauce dripping down your chin, you realize that you’ve just consumed the caloric intake reserved for a family of four. The next thing you know, you’re passed out on the couch.
With four goals in the first ten minutes of the game, the Lightning devoured the Flames like they were smothered in gravy. Then, in the third period, the hockey tryptophan kicked in and Calgary circles around them.