It wasn’t requested or wanted, but it seemed like a natural progression for the scoring challenged Flames.

   After counting it down scoring 3 goals last Saturday in Vancouver, then 2 on Monday and 1 on Wednesday, none on Friday the Flames hit bottom in the 1-0 loss to Nashville.

   Now it’s back-to-back on the road in California for a team that has scored just 8 times in 6 games producing just one win.

   Sunday its two teams coming off shutout setbacks in Anaheim.  The Ducks were blanked 4-0 in Los Angeles on Thursday.

   Unlike the Flames, though, the Ducks won their preceding 5 games while scoring 18 goals.

   During the off-season there were Flame fan concerns about where the scoring would come from beyond Iginla, Jokinen, Langkow, Bouwmeester and Phaneuf.  Fact is, up until lately the Flame secondary scoring has been good accounting for 72 of the team’s 122 goals — 56%. 

   The issue is that aforementioned 5 players are all below expectation after 48 games with only Iginla close and he hasn’t turned the red light on in 7 games.

    The Flames haven’t been shutout in back-to-back games since last March.  They don’t want a re-do on Sunday before heading to San Jose for a clash with the NHL’s #1 team on Monday. 

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