Flames Visual Recap 4: Calgary's bad start too much to overcome against opportunistic Sabres

With a chance to open the season with a four-game win streak, the Calgary Flames welcomed the Buffalo Sabres into town for a Thursday night tilt. While the Flames got onto the scoreboard early in the first, they also ceded three unanswered goals before the period was up.

They then gave up another three goals to mark a hat trick for Alex Tuch. In the middle of Tuch’s hat trick, the Flames scored twice, but it wasn’t enough to get them back into the game. Calgary ended up being handed their first loss of the season as the Sabres swept the two Alberta teams to open their Western Canada (plus Seattle) road trip.

Game events

Goals

Goal	Assists	Time	Score
Andrew Mangiapane	Nazem Kadri, Dillon Dube	4:21 \| 1st	BUF 0 – 1 CGY
Dylan Cozens	Jacob Bryson, Vinnie Hinostroza	6:34 \| 1st	BUF 1 – 1 CGY
Rasmus Dahlin	JJ Peterka, Vinnie Hinostroza	10:49 \| 1st	BUF 2 – 1 CGY
Casey Mittelstadt (SHG)	Vinnie Hinostroza, Owen Power	13:30 \| 1st	BUF 3 – 1 CGY
Alex Tuch	Owen Power, Jacob Bryson	0:46 \| 2nd	BUF 4 – 1 CGY
Trevor Lewis	Jonathan Huberdeau, Michael Stone	19:57 \| 2nd	BUF 4 – 2 CGY
Nikita Zadorov	Rasmus Andersson, Tyler Toffoli	1:09 \| 3rd	BUF 4 – 3 CGY
Alex Tuch (PPG)	Tage Thompson, Casey Mittelstadt	5:41 \| 3rd	BUF 5 – 3 CGY
Alex Tuch	Rasmus Asplund, Rasmus Dahlin	18:35 \| 3rd	BUF 6 – 3 CGY