It was similiar to many other games, yet dis-similiar as for the 2nd time this season the Flames lost at home 3-2 to the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday.

For the first time in 9 games and only the 4th time in 19 games the Flames didn’t score.  For the first time in 14 games Brent Sutter’s team was behind after the first period. For only 5th time in 19 outting they were behind after 2 periods.

It was similiar in that the Flames let a lead slip away for the 8th time in 10 games and for the 11th time overall.

The Flames had the lead for such a short amount of time it could easily have been forgotten.

They held the edge for 42 second in the 2nd period at 2-1.  The Avs lead 1-0 after the first period before Jarome Iginla’s 10th goal in 11 games tied the count. Then Rene Bourque extended his point streak to 5 games scoring a SHG.

Often SHG are back-breakers for the team giving them up.  But not Colorado on this evening. The Avs stormed back with two goals in 1:06 late in the 2nd period to end the night’s scoring.

For only the fourth time the Flames outscored an opponent. It was a huge 36-24 edge but what goalie Craig Anderson didn’t stop, his teammates did in front of him.

The Flames missed an opportunity to vault over the Avs into first place in the NW Division.  Now they are back to being 3 points off the pace.

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