The Good

• The aforementioned two goals to open the second period is exactly how you want to put a team away.

• The transition looked very good last night and led to Cammalleri’s goal just 17 seconds into the second period. You couldn’t have drawn that up better if you tried.

• Any time you almost double a team’s shots on goal in the game, you were excellent in all three zones, limiting shots, transitioning well and getting a lot of rubber toward the opponent’s net.

• Kiprusoff continues to be ridiculous, although he only faced 17 shots tonight. He has now earned at least a point for the Flames in the last nine games and has a .932 save percentage in this stretch. That’s crazy.

• I think Dion Phaneuf has finally turned a corner. Another goal tonight makes two in as many games and three points in his last three. He has also been a plus-3 in those contests. Fine by me.

• Iginla now has 829 points in his career, two short of the Flames’ all-time lead. How very lucky we are to have a player of his caliber around, even if he did take two weeks or so off a while back.

• Good job by Calgary to kill off that 5-on-3 Minnesota power play late in the first period. That was huge.

• Todd Bertuzzi Stupid Penalty Count: 0! That’s three games in a row! Who would have imagined?

The Bad

• The first period, in which the Flames outshot Minnesota 6-5, was exactly how Minnesota wanted to start out the game. It was good, however, to see the Flames come out of the intermission with a huge two shifts to put the game away.

The Ugly

• Derek Boogaard’s elbow on Brandon Prust late in the game was absolutely disgusting, premeditated, and intended to injure. He should be suspended for a good, long time. That was ridiculous, and as low-rent as you can get.