Calgary……..4
Los Angeles…3
The Calgary Flames won their first game at home while solidifying a place in the NHL record books tonight.
Daymond Langkow’s 2nd goal of the night at 16:02 of the second period broke an NHL record that has stood since the Ottawa Senators had 2-goal scorers in their first 6 games of the 1917-18 and 1920-21 seasons. The Flames have now had a player score 2 goals in each of their first 7 games this season.
The Flames also solved their 2nd period scoring problems by scoring 3 unanswered goals in the 2nd frame. Langkow scored 2 goals and Craig Conroy added another in the 2nd period.
With his 2 goals, Langkow is now tied with Ottawa’s Danny Heatley for the lead in NHL scoring. Both players have 7 goals on the season.
Scoring Summary
1st Period
LAK: Cammalleri A: Kopitar, Visnovsky
LAK: Brown A: Kopitar
CGY: Huselius A: Tanguay, Langkow
2nd Period
CGY: Langkow A: Reghr, Moss
CGY: Conroy A: Iginla, Regehr
CGY: Langkow A: Huselius, Iginla
3rd Period
LAK: Kopitar A: Frolov, Visnovsky
Greg is the founder of Red Mile Blog has been following the Flames through good times and bad since they arrived in Calgary in the early 80s. He has written hundreds of articles on the Flames since 2005 and considers himself an expert on hockey inconsistency and frustration. He shoots right and usually plays defence, but has been known to jump up in the rush. He is a 2-time CAHL men's league champion and knows the sweet taste of beer from a Cup.
