If you had anything else to do Monday night in Calgary that was pressing but the Flames were playing, you would have easily had time to accomplish both.
The contest really lasted only 20 minutes of game time Monday so you could be forgiven for bolting from the arena after the fist period for family or work obligations.
The Flames posted five goals in the first period to take the suspense out of the game in a 7-2 rout of the Vegas Golden Knights.
Matthew Tkachuk and Sean Monahan each had two goals in the win as the Flames improved to 12-8-1.
“We want to be a tough team to beat at home and we want this place to be a place where teams don’t like coming into,” Tkachuk said. “We want it to be a big advantage for us and I think right now we’re playing well.”
David Rittich made 20 saves to get the win.
Nick Holden and Max Pacioretty scored for the Knights in the third period when the game was already lost.
“The third period, I mean, it’s kind of irrelevant at that point,” Holden said. “At least we put forth a little more effort. The first two periods, you just can’t have that.”
Vegas dropped to 9-12-1 with the loss.
“They had pretty much as many goals as we had shots (six) in the first period,” Vegas forward Reilly Smith said. “There aren’t too many positives you can take from that. You try to build one shift at a time and they come out in the second period and start scoring again. Just a frustrating night for us.”
Johnny Gaudreau, Sam Bennett and TJ Brodie also scored for Calgary.
“It was great to get off to a good start like that tonight and get off to an early lead,” Gaudreau said. “We kept finding the net, so it was crazy. Killer offense and it was a big win.”
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Malcolm Subban made 25 saves in the loss and was left to dry in the breeze of Flames skaters whizzing past him in the slot.
“There’s too many games this year where that’s happened,” Smith said. “We’re probably going to have to dissect this one.”
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