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After being seemingly snakebitten the last 2 games against Colorado and Pittsburgh, the offensive woes came to a bit of a peak on Friday night as Calgary fell 1-0 to the Nashville Predators.  It was a game where Calgary didn’t give up much…they allowed just 21 shots and just 1 goal, yet they could not find a way to score, and lost their 3rd straight game in the meantime.

Calgary falls to 26-16-6 with the loss while Nashville improves their record to 29-16-3…the Preds now lead the Flames by 3 points in the Western Conference standings.  The problem has been offence, no question, the last few games…they’ve scored just 5 goals in their last 4 games.  This one was interesting…it was a battle between 2 teams playing almost identical styles of hockey, and it just so happened Nashville was able to find a way to score.  Defensively, Calgary was just fine…it was the other side of the game where they struggled.

Head Coach Brent Sutter felt the team played too much on the perimiter, which was true.  While they did generate some quality scoring opportunities, a lot of their 22 shot came from the outside and the coach felt the team didn’t do a good enough job getting to the tough areas of the ice.  And the powerplay let the team down once again…which I guess plays into the lack of offence discussion.  But Calgary’s PP was not good on this night, and finished 0 for 3…they’ve gone 1 for 22 in their last 7 games and 4 for 45 in their last 13.

Calgary tries to get back on track Sunday in Anaheim.  Follow me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Steinberg960.

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