You expected a relentless effort from the hosts. Darryl Sutter demands as much and after a summer of significant change, you knew the 2022\u002D23 Calgary Flames…
“I saw a random stat that it’s been a while since the Flames won a season-opener,” said blue-line newbie MacKenzie Weegar during a post-game media scrum. “So I’m happy that we can get that off our backs and we can just carry on another 81 games.”Article content
Dillon Dube, Tyler Toffoli and Elias Lindholm also tickled twine for the Saddledome hosts. All three of their prized off-season additions — Jonathan Huberdeau, Nazem Kadri and Weegar — hit the scoresheet. In fact, Weegar put up a pair of points, including the dazzling dish that allowed Andersson to make his case for a spot in the shootout rotation.
The home side trailed for about 10 minutes before the equalizer from an unlikely suspect, with Ritchie finishing off a heads-up feed from Milan Lucic. Just the way he’d planned. Or close to it. Mikael Backlund, who was also serving time after a scrum in front of the Flames’ net, can apparently vouch for that.
The Avalanche whittled away at the lead with a breakaway goal from Nathan MacKinnon and a power-play tally from Valeri Nichushkin.
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