New York. The Calgary Flames quickly avenged after yesterday’s failure against the Los Angeles Kings, beating Anaheim 5-1 last night.
“It couldn’t have been worse than yesterday, but it was good that we could win,” top scorer Elias Lindholm told Sportbladet.
8-2, the Flames were trounced at the Crypto.com Arena last night and there were those who thought a blunder in protocol meant the end of the dreams of the Alberta Playoff champions.
Just one day later, they put in a much stronger performance, beating Anaheim 5-1 at the Honda Center.
– Things can only get better, because there was no possibility of playing worse than yesterday, says Elias Lindholm when we got to him in Southern California.
– But still, it was, of course, good that we prepared and were able to win.
Playoff hopes alive
However, they don’t get any help. Seattle and Winnipeg both won their games tonight – the latter by a narrow 2-1 home margin against Arizona – so the Flames still have four points left.
– We had a chance to get a little bit of a lead yesterday, but we failed miserably, so we’re still in the same position, Lindy continues.
We simply have to try to win more games and then catch up with the Jets for a little bit in April and hope we have a chance to catch up with them after that.
Glad Brinas won
The 29-year-old host – very relieved that Brennas went down in the qualifying series against Malmö at home in Sweden – himself scored the 21st goal of the season in a solid game early in the third period.
– Mikael Backlund and Tyler Toffoli did a good primer job, when I got the last pass of Toffoli I had to tap on it, he says.
Rasmus Andersson also scored and signaled Backlund for two goals. The Ducks’ Jacob Silverberg was also signed on for an assist.
