In Calgary, the Flames were reminded about looking past your opponent du jour.
On Thursday, Ben Chiarot‘s second goal of the game came in extra time on Thursday to give the Montreal Canadiens a 5-4 win over Calgary.
“That’s a big one, beating a team like that,” Chiarot said. “They’re at the top of the standings and you can see why. They don’t give you any room out there. That’s a big one for the confidence of the team, knowing we can play with anybody. That’s a big one for the character of the team, I think.”
Andrew Hammond made 30 saves in the Habs win.
Elias Lindholm and Andrew Mangiapane had goals for the Flames.
“I think lately at home we haven’t been, even though we’re winning games, we haven’t worn teams down and stuff like that like we did a couple weeks ago,” Lindholm said. “We need to get back to that. That’s how we want to play. Wear teams down and play in the O-zone as much as possible. Right now, we’re turning pucks over and playing too much up and down.”
Lindholm’s goal forced the extra session with 28 seconds left in the third period.
“It’s a good play by everybody on the ice all working together,” Mangiapane said. “We were getting up top and getting it to the net. We had a couple times down low to finish it off. [Rasmus Andersson] just shot it at that one, and I knew ‘Lindy’ was backdoor over there so I just threw it over there. He was in a nice soft spot and put it in for us.”
Nick Suzuki hit for a goal and three points in the Montreal win, while Mike Hoffman added a single marker and four points to the sheet.
“We knew it was going to be a big challenge,” Hammond said. “You understand what their record is in this building lately, and just overall too. Anytime you see the highlights they look as advertised. I just thought that we kind of stuck with it, didn’t worry about the score, and just kept playing our game. Just kept chipping away and got the result we were hoping for.”
The Canadiens moved to 14-34-7.
Blake Coleman and Johnny Gaudreau also scored for Calgary.
“I want to be one of those guys to help the team in any way possible,” Mangiapane said. “Just going out there every game, playing with good players and just trying to work hard and play my game and right now goals are going in for me.”
Calgary dropped to 32-14-7.
Jacob Markstrom made 30 saves in the Flames loss.
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