The Flames terrible first period buried them in this one. Outchanced and outshot at ES, they were also awful on the PK, surrendering two PP goals. The second period started out roughly the same until the mighty Islanders scored their 4th goal and went into full-on shell mode. Calgary pressed the advantage at that point and even generated a lot of chances on the PP, but it wasn’t enough.

Calgary first line had their second questionable night in a row, somehow ending up under water in terms of both possession and SC differential. That’s an awful night of work at home against nobodies while chasing all night. More or less the bulk of the attack was carried yb the Moss-Jackman-Kostopolous trio, particularly Moss who scored both goals and was driving things relentlessly all evening. 

Bourque et al were medicore again, occassionally getting involved, but mostly being invisible. I don’t know what’s happened to Bourque and Glencross this year, but they have disappeared almost entirely. They are shadows of the players they’ve been in the past. Stajan et al had a decent enough night, although I can’t for the life of me remember a single one of their shifts.