The Islanders arrived in Alberta with a league\u002Dbest 25 goals from the back end. The Flames have climbed to fifth on those charts with 20.
Friday’s showdown between the Flames and New York Islanders at the Saddledome features two of the NHL’s top-scoring blue-line brigades.
“It’s definitely something we take pride in,” said Hanifin, who has so far sniped three. “We want to be good defenders and we want to be good checkers and be responsible in that area of the game, but we also know that all of us can contribute offensively, as well. And that’s kind of the way the game is now, you know? If you look around the NHL, the defencemen are all pretty active and mobile and get up in the play, and I think we’re a team that can definitely do that.
MacKenzie Weegar’s first of the campaign turned out to be the game-winner in a divisional clash against the Vancouver Canucks on New Year’s Eve. “I scored four goals and I already have five, so I’m trying to bring it. And Darryl mentioned it in the summer … If our defencemen bring more goals, there’s more chances our team is going to win a hockey game.”Advertisement 6“I personally haven’t done a great job lately, but I feel like when we get pucks at the net that even don’t go in, it creates so much off of it, whether it hits a body and lays in front or it hits the goalie and you get a rebound, stuff like that,” he said.
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