Eric Nystrom could have accepted his first NHL “hat trick”  and called his Dad, Bob, to accept an emotional congratulations.

  Instead the winger-turned-centreman was quite content to have the second 2-goal game of his career in sparking the Flames to a 4-3 triumph over Montreal on Tuesday.

  Orginially, Nystrom was given credit for the Flames tie-breaking 4th goal at 2:16 of the 3rd period.  However, at the end of the game Nystrom told the official scorer the winning goal did not go off him and deflect into the net.  Rather it went off a Canadiens defenseman. That gave Def. Steffan Kronwall  the decisive tally for his first ever NHL goal coming in his 58th game. Kronwall fired a shot from the point after a nifty pass from his defense partner, Adam Pardy.

  Was Nystrom disappointed not to have the hat trick?  “No not at all, I was glad for Krony getting his first goal.”

  Nystrom’s father had a few hat tricks in his time when he starred for New York Islanders teams that began the 80′s with 4-straight Stanley Cups.

  Kronwall also had an assist while Pardy registered a pair of assists.  Jarome Iginla notched his first goal of the campaign as the Flames won the first 3 games of a season for the first time since 1993, when they won 4-straight from the outset.

  Brent Sutter’s crew seeks a 4-0 start to tie that record on Thursday when they play in Edmonton for the second time in 5 days.   

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