“I thought we did a really good job [defensively],” Huska said following the game. “I think for us, it’s more about the pressure up the ice that allowed us to have some success, and I thought our guys were very detailed in the neutral zone. So, we did a good job with our structure and made it hard for them to get through us. And then when they did in the third period a little bit, I thought Marky was excellent.”

The Flames didn’t lead in the shot-blocking statistic, but the blocks that they earned came at big times. Rasmus Andersson, in particular, put his body on the line a couple of times, which not only wears off on the team around him (especially on a season-long basis), but also contributes to the standards that the Flames coaching staff is trying to uphold.

“I think there are standards,” Huska said. “Whether you’re in the playoffs or out of the playoffs, you have to have standards and expectations of yourself first and foremost and then of your teammates. So if you’re going to do things like that, then it’s easy for you to expect someone else to do the same thing. If you’re looking to build something, those are things that are very important.”