Entertainment and the unusual, if not unique, were on display in the Flames 2-1 triumph.

   The game lived up to its billing as the teams battled hard and good plays were plentiful from the stars on both sides

   But a 9-minute power play and one team having four 5-on-3′s in the same game were happenings that in the over 3,000 hockey games I’ve seen I can’t recall ever occuring previously.

   The Capitals got the 9-minute power play in the first period after the Flames Rene Bourque went after Washington defenseman Tyler Sloan following his open ice hit on Daymond Langkow. Bourque got a major penalty as well as minors for instigation and wearing a visor plus a 10-minute misconduct. Sloan wasn’t penaltized.

   The Caps took a penalty while Bourque sat out his penalty thus they didn’t get the advantage for the full 9 minutes.  But did for over 7 minutes without scoring. In fact the Flames got the 2 best scoring chances during that time.

   Late in the 1st period and early in the 2nd period, the Flames got their four two-man power play advantages and capitalized once when Jarome Iginla tallied.  Matthew Lombardi’s even strength marker 1:42 later was the game winner.

   Miikka Kiprusoff was outstanding in the Flame nets playing by far his best game stopping 30 of the 31 shots coming his way. Including three stellar stops of Caps top scorer Alexander Semin.

   The Flames, who in earlier games had blown 4 leads, changed the script this time. They permitted a goal in first period. Then in the previously problem 2nd period scored the goals they required for the win. 

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