After days of facing questions about why they couldn’t find a way to win, the Flames were understandably ecstatic to leave Pittsburgh with two points. “They’re a good team, and they had a good push-back there at the end,” said Flames winger Sam Bennett, who scored the game-winner and scrapped with Marcus Pettersson after a hit on Austin Czarnik the Flames didn’t like. And to be clear, while they may not have been perfect, this was a game most neutral observers would say the Flames probably deserved to win. Heading into the first intermission tied with the Penguins is no small thing, but the Flames came out in the second looking like a team that was possessed. The Penguins didn’t, though, and the cheers from the Flames locker room after the game were a little louder than usual on Saturday.

Source: National Post February 16, 2019 20:59 UTC