Calgary Flames Beat New York Rangers The Hard Way

The Calgary Flames led 4-1 at one stage in their game with the New York Rangers, but they let the lead slip and ended up going to overtime to secure a 5-4 victory.

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Everything looked to be going well as the second period drew to a close; the Calgary Flames had managed to net two goals in the space of seventeen seconds and brought themselves right back into the game. From 1-0 down to 2-1 up in a ‘literal’ matter of seconds.

Another two goals courtesy once again of Johnny Gaudreau and Joe Colbourne and most people in the Scotiabank Saddledome would have believed that the Calgary Flames home streak was safe and another win was in the bag.

But as has been the case many times this season, the Calgary Flames let the lead slip and ended up opting to do things the hard way.

In the third period, Jonas Hiller, given a second straight start following Ramo’s illness, copped a shelling facing fifteen shots. Of that fifteen, three of them found their way into the net courtesy of Tanner Glass, Dan Boyle and Mats Zuccarello.

It took over-time for the Calgary Flames to finally seal themselves a victory, T.J. Brodie proving the savior as he netted after Johnny Gaudreau came almighty close to a hat-trick overtime winner.

Johnny, wearing the fire helmet said in a post-match interview; “we do a lot of video and work on 3-on-3 and it pays off.”

This isn’t the first time it’s been Gaudreau leading the line in overtime, and the three stars for the game are a clear reflection of Gaudreau and Brodie’s game-winning performances for the Calgary Flames:

However, with all that said, to let the New York Rangers back into the game was immensely frustrating, especially being three goals up.

That’s the sort of lead you can’t surrender if you want to contend, and given the parity in the Pacific Division, it is seeming more and more likely that the Calgary Flames will be able to contend.

With the Rangers opting with Raanta between the pipes as opposed to Henrik Lundqvist, the Calgary Flames should have pounced on the opportunity a lot harder than they did after securing such a dominant lead.

This was a chance to match the seven goals their provincial rivals, the Edmonton Oilers netted on New York the night before.

With all this said, it’s hard to be too negative; a win is a win even if it took more than the regulation sixty minutes.

It’s still the same number of points in the bag, though I’m sure Hiller would prefer some better averages for the night.

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