Calgary Flames three stars of the week: January 29 – February 04
By Ramina Shlah
The Calgary Flames didn’t have as successful as a week as they would have liked. That being said, let’s still look at the three stars of the week.
Well, it started out quite disappointing for the Calgary Flames, but at least they finished the week off on a high note. They went 1-2-0 in the week and got to a six-game losing streak as well. In a game that seemed like they were going to win vs. the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday, they lost in the last two minutes of the game where they allowed the Knights to score two goals in 10 seconds after a fluke pass.
That was their first regulation loss of 2018 and their first regulation loss since last season when leading after two periods. Then on Thursday vs. the Tampa Bay Lightning, they were again leading after two periods, 4-3, but they lost 7-4 in regulation as well. They went a season and a half with losing no games in regulation when leading after two periods. Then lost two in a row.
But then Saturday evening came and this time, they weren’t leading, which is probably good for the team. They were down 3-2 and managed to tie it up around the midway mark of the third period. This game went to overtime. There was a point where Flames fans were excited whenever the team went to OT, but after four straight losses in OT/SO, that excitement faded. But luckily, the Flames managed to score in OT and finally broke that losing streak.
To be quite honest, it was somewhat hard finding the three stars of the week, since there weren’t really players that completely stood out. But nonetheless, we found them for you. So here are Flame for Thought’s three stars of last week.