In Calgary, the Flames were another team to pass the hot potato around in a 3-0 loss to the visiting Los Angeles Kings.
Both the San Jose Sharks and the Vegas Golden Knights shared in the losing on Monday night as all three top teams in the Pacific Division took a night off.
Derek Forbort had a strike in win over Flames – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
Jack Campbell made 42 saves to get the shutout.
“You’re not going to win every game,” Mark Giordano said. “That’s just a reality. But yeah, you want to keep piling them up while you can. We knew they would come in and work hard and play a structured game, play well defensively. That’s what they did.”
Maybe not every game, but maybe take your foot off the gas a touch once you’ve won a title.
“It doesn’t matter where we are in the standings,” Campbell said. “You can control what we have in front of us. We can’t control what has happened this year up to this point; we have to keep it going. If we play like this, it’ll be a fun (seven) games left.”
Derek Forbort scored with just 57 second gone in the opening period.
“They didn’t give us much the whole night,” Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk said. “A lot of shots, not a ton of great chances. A couple posts. I think that they really buckled down in front of Campbell, and he made some good saves. [We] had some chances we could have put in, but I thought their goalie was good tonight.”
Jonny Brodzinski scored and Tyler Toffoli added an empty-net goal.
“It’s a great team. Tough building,” Campbell said. “They have great fans here. It’s a great environment. This is the fun time of the year.
“Obviously it [stinks] for us where we’re at, but it’s still fun to compete against teams that are getting ready for a run. Being in Canada, it’s always fun playing hockey. It’s a big win.”
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Mike Smith made 17 saves in the loss.
“We just didn’t get to their net enough. We didn’t generate enough around their crease,” Giordano said after the loss. “We had a lot of shots, but their goalie seemed to be catching everything or keeping it in his jersey. It was one of those nights. It was tough to get to the net. They were boxing out and sealing out. I felt we had some zone time, but not enough quality chances.”
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