They may not have scored in Game 1 against the Avalanche, but Calgary's top line of Sean Monahan, Elias Lindholm and Johnny Gaudreau made their presence felt in other ways. (EricFrancis )
In the midst of Thursday’s 4-0 win, Gaudreau was credited with two hits, bringing his season total to a whopping 14.
Lindholm, who was referred to as The Swedish Beast Saturday morning by coach Bill Peters, had five hits in a game that saw the Flames more than triple their nightly hit count to 36 against Colorado.“Obviously we don’t expect too much hitting from him. Doing what he did was excellent. Obviously we always want to score – we’re those kind of guys that feel good about ourselves when we score and help the team. But we’re not going to score every game.
Given how many heroes the opening game produced for the Flames, not a single media member even asked to speak with anyone on the top line Friday.With Mikael Backlund’s 3M Line scoring three times and spending over 20 minutes shutting down Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog, Gaudreau and Monahan only played 15 and 14 minutes, respectively.“I thought we played really well in our own zone,” said Gaudreau.
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