EDMONTON — The final few moments of Saturday night’s Battle of Alberta were chaotic, imperfect and scrambly. A high-octane offense like the Edmonton OilersYou will need to be aggressive in order to win a goal. It is the reason why Daniel VladarHe was rolling around in the crease, then on his back to keep his puck out of his net. It worked.
“Those last five seconds felt like 45,” Vladar said, relieved. “It was so long.”
In a way, the finish sort of summed up in full the Flames’ first two games of the season against Cup contenders ColoradoEdmonton. It’s a lot to clean up. FlamesThey still managed to beat teams they will be compared with if they want to get taken seriously in the league. Both games saw the Flames get off to a fast start. But while the Avalanche’s comeback attempt only bore fruit much too late in the contest, the Oilers’ second period saw them score twice to cut their deficit to one goal.
However, the Flames won both.
“We got off to a great start, they pushed back in the second,” Nazem Kadri said. “It was a pretty good third period. At the end of the day we put ourselves in a good position in the third period on the road against a good team, and I’m happy with the way we played.
