Colorado came into Tuesday night with the third best offense in the NHL. By the third period the Flames had worn down the Avalanche to where they would score 3 quick goals.

   Three players that GM Darryl Sutter went out and got to give the team more speed and grit produced they goals.  All of them orchestrated with solid board work behind the Colorado net.

  Sutter must have allowed himself a brief smile watching Curtis Glencross (acquired as Free Agent), Rene Bourque (trade from Chicago) and Mike Cammalleri (trade from LA) scored  the 3 Flame goals in a span of just under 7 minutes in the third period.  All 3 coming off hard work and grit.

   Defensively the Flames were as solid as they’ve been all season on helping Miikka Kiprusoff notch his 150th win as a Flame and 27th career shutout.  On the night, Kipper faced 22 shots, including great back-to-back stops off Joe Sakic in the 2nd period.  Kipper faced just 2 shots in the last 31 minutes of the game.

   The penalty killing was sharp once again killing off all 3 Colorado power plays. They’ve permitted just a single goal in the last 25 times the Flames have been shorthanded.

   The 4-straight wins marks the first time in October since 2001 that the Flames have won that many in succession during the opening month of the season.  Thursday they try to make 5-straight hosting Boston, which is coming off back-to-back 1-0 wins at Edmonton and Vancouver. The Flames have never won 5-straight in October since coming to Calgary in 1980.  They did it Atlanta once.

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