\u201cIt was a slow start, but in the second period we played good and in the third it was back and forth,\u201d said Gridin.<\/p>\n
The two plays that defined the game were a third period goal by Gridin that briefly gave the Flames a 2-1 lead, and a bench minor for too-many-men taken in overtime when Zayne Parekh jumped onto the ice too early.<\/p>\n
On Gridin\u2019s goal, the Flames had a de facto man advantage after Ducks defender Pavel Mintyukov blocked a shot near his shoulder and went down in pain. The play continued, as prescribed by the NHL\u2019s rules \u2013 \u201cWhen a player is injured so that he cannot continue play or go to his bench, the play shall not be stopped until the injured player\u2019s team has secured control of the puck\u201d \u2013 and Gridin buried a feed from Olli Maatta past Husso.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, like I don\u2019t know the rules on that one, I thought they would blow it,\u201d said Gridin. \u201cBut yeah, I feel bad for a guy, he\u2019s Russian too, I guess\u2026 So it\u2019s good, like not a great feeling type of goal, but that\u2019s good, I score, so yeah, great sequence by us on the goal.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Ducks forced overtime with a late power play goal, but the Flames carried play for much of extra time. They seemed like they had a decent amount of momentum, until the officials blew down play with 56.4 remaining in overtime and levied a too-many-men bench minor to the Flames, as Parekh had jumped onto the ice before Zach Whitecloud reached the bench.<\/p>\n
Flames head coach Ryan Huska didn\u2019t seem terribly happy with the lapse when speaking to the media post-game.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, that\u2019s totally on us,\u201d said Huska. \u201cWhether you\u2019re a young guy or a old guy, the referees made the right call there. That\u2019s a bad change.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mikael Granlund scored on the power play with one second remaining in overtime to win the game and complete his hat trick.<\/p>\n
The Flames dropped to 30-34-8 on the season and 4-0-1 on their current homestand. While fans hoping for a draft lottery win for the Flames<\/a> are likely cringing at them earning nine of a possible 10 points recently, the Flames have deserved their wins, and are inexplicably playing some of their best hockey of the season.<\/p>\n After a trade deadline period where they jettisoned several highly-talented veteran players.<\/p>\n Hockey\u2019s very weird sometimes.<\/p>\n The Flames conclude their homestand on Saturday night when they welcome the league\u2019s worst team, the Vancouver Canucks, to town.<\/p>\n
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