This same script — a solid effort spoiled by a failure to score a clutch goal — played out last week at the Saddledome.
Sutter’s squad scored only once on that evening, their first contest after the festive break. Again, they wound up with nothing to show in the standings.
Winnipeg Jets forward Sam Gagner scores on Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023.Sam Gagner’s terrific tip with just under six minutes remaining stood as the game-winner. It didn’t help that Calgary’s leading marksman, Tyler Toffoli, was called for slashing — an obvious two-handed whack — late in regulation, leaving just 52 seconds after the penalty-kill to push for an equalizer.
This started out as a goaltending duel between early Vezina Trophy frontrunner Connor Hellebuyck and his out-of-town guest, Jacob Markstrom. The Flames fell behind again — a top-shelf shot by Calgary-raised rearguard Josh Morrissey, who is on pace to shatter the Jets’ single-season record for most points by a blue-liner — before Backlund cashed on an all-alone opportunity less than two minutes later.Article content
“The feeling is a lot of guys are angry and p—-d off, and that’s a good thing. Guys care,” said Backlund, who fired a game-high eight shots on net, in the losing locker-room at Canada Life Centre. “We know we can play better and we know it matters a lot to all the guys in here, and that’s a good thing.
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