The Calgary Flames headed on the road on Monday night, heading to Chicago to face the Blackhawks in the second-last COVID postponement make-up game on their calendar. The Flames got an early lead and then hung on, beating Chicago by a 5-2 score.
The recap is here, if you missed it. Here are selected highlights and post-game comments from Monday night.
The clips
The kid is heating up 🔥 pic.twitter.com/63f5qATMHa
– x – Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) April 19, 2022
John Michael Gaudreau is a cheat code, confirmed. pic.twitter.com/UkLeu9rnyu
– x – Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) April 19, 2022
Take a seat. pic.twitter.com/j7kSpYz0M0
– x – Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) April 19, 2022
Connected on the redirect. pic.twitter.com/IhT37I6ePA
– x – Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) April 19, 2022
Alec Regula gets his first in the NHL, whipping one home from the side boards! Hawks within 1!#Blackhawks pic.twitter.com/8yFa0ODmhN
– Hockey Daily 365 (@ HockeyDaily365) April 19, 2022
The quotes
Head coach Darryl Sutter
“We played good.”#Flames head coach Darryl Sutter shares his thoughts on the win in Chicago. pic.twitter.com/1L5vZnuHFE
– x – Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) April 19, 2022
On the win: “Played good… It’s a hard game to play. Clinched a playoff spot two nights ago, traveledled all day yesterday. It’s a hard game to play. It’s a game where the kids on the other sides are going to come out and try to show their worth, and they did. ”
On Jacob Markstrom’s performance: “Made more big saves than one bad save, that’s for sure. He made a lot of big saves. 88 and 12 were hopping out there for the other team. ”
On the performance of the line of Dillon Dube, Calle Jarnkrok and Blake Coleman: “They give us some energy and they’re persistent players. I think it’s good for Dillon to play with Blake right now. I think he’s got lots of cleaning up to do in his game. ”
Johnny Gaudreau
“We stuck with it and got the win.”
Jacob Markstrom and Johnny Gaudreau reflect on the win over the Blackhawks. pic.twitter.com/02vHPBvD1W
– x – Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) April 19, 2022
On how the game unfolded: “I thought we had a good first period, obviously. Quick couple goals there. I think we could’ve had a few more. I think their goalie played pretty well there in the first, helped them stick around a little bit. And then in the second, kind of let our foot off the gas and in the third they kind of pushed us back a little bit. But we stuck with it and got the win. ”
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