Calgary started 1-6, giving up 35 goals in those seven games, and has since won four straight over Carolina, Minnesota, Detroit and Toronto. The Flames allowed six goals across the four wins. The offense has come with it: 14 goals in the four wins, 3.5 a game, after 14 in the first seven. One win was 2-1 over Minnesota, a team that stood 6-2-2 at the time and had erased a 3-1 deficit in Edmonton two days earlier before losing in overtime. Calgary is 5-6, and Edmonton is 8-2-2, so the standings favor the Oilers. Edmonton lost 7-2 to Toronto on Saturday and 4-3 in a shootout to Detroit on Monday, in which Detroit started a goalie making his first career start. Tristan Jarry was in net for both, stopping 25 shots against Toronto and 26 against Detroit, and he carries a .869 save percentage and a 3.53 goals-against average this season. A price this long on a team playing this way is one we can lose a fair share of and still come out ahead, and I'm on the Flames on the moneyline.
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