GAME RECAP: Flames 6, Oilers 3

The long shot of pulling their netminder with over seven minutes left in regulation didn’t pay off for Edmonton, who fell behind 6-2 on a full-ice clearance for Blake Coleman that sealed the deal for the Flames on Saturday night.

“We were down three with about eight minutes left, and there’s not many opportunities to pull the goalie,” Knoblauch said. “I think the biggest, most important time to pull the goalie is when things can be organized. You’re not changing on the fly because then, you don’t have your full six guys out there. You’re shorthanded for a while and we’re down three with eight minutes left, and it’s tough to score in this league. I felt that was the time to be aggressive.”

That wasn’t before tensions boiled over again in the final few minutes after a trio of 10-minute misconducts were handed out by the officials to Chris Tanev, Dylan Holloway and Evander Kane to guide the game to its ultimate conclusion.

A bright spot in the contest for Edmonton was Janmark, who scored his third goal in four games with a consolation tally at 16:16 of the final frame, but Calgary saw out their victory to claim their first Battle of Alberta victory since Oct. 16, 2022 when they won 4-3 at Scotiabank Saddledome.

The Oilers resume their busy schedule on Monday with a visit to Rogers Place from the Los Angeles Kings, continuing a stretch of 27 games in the next 53 days.

“You don’t have too much time to overthink everything and change the whole script, so it’s little details and that’s also everyone’s game,” Skinner said. “I think we’re good enough where it’s not like you have to change a whole bunch of things, but just minimizing the mistakes that we’re making.”