The clubs had already played the first two games of their three-game regular-season set, splitting them: The Flames winning 4-2 at home on Nov. 7, and losing 4-2 in the Music City on Nov. 22.
Coming into the tilt, they had both won two straight – Calgary’s most recent victory coming Tuesday in a 3-1 decision over the Wild.
Speaking of wild, that was the best way to describe the first 20 minutes of the game.
The goals came quick.
And there were lots of them.
A.J. Greer tried to feed a cross-ice pass to linemate Dillon Dube on a rush but the latter was hooked, leading to an early Flames powerplay.
Juuse Saros managed to somehow keep the puck out of the net during a wild goalmouth scramble, but not long after, Zary would use a screen from Elias Lindholm – named an all-star Thursday, more than below – to score his eighth of the campaign at 4:45, Sharangovich and Rasmus Andersson getting the helpers.
