Embarrassing loss at home sparked Calgary Flames charge to top of division
CALGARY — The Calgary Flames bounced from humiliation into first place in their division in a few short weeks.
Since an embarrassing 9-1 loss at home Oct. 25 to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Flames have gone 15-5-2. A 32-point haul in that span is second only to the Tampa Bay Lightning (36).
Giving up eight unanswered goals and getting booed at Scotiabank Saddledome is arguably the best thing that happened to the Flames in the first third of this season.
“That was a long night,” head coach Bill Peters recalled Friday. “You never want go through that as a player, as a coach and as an organization and to go through it at home is even worse probably.