Blackhawks Demolish Flames 7-1 in Calgary November 19th

Ding, ding, ding! That's the sound of the Calgary Flames getting lit up by the Chicago Blackhawks in last night's game. The Hawks dominated the Flames, winning the 7-1 in the first of six on the road. Chicago had 4 power play goals and goalie Cristobal Huet was solid between the pipes as the Blackhawks took their 5th straight game. With the win Chicago moves into sole possession of 1st place in the Central Division and have an eye on the top of the Western Conference. They trail San Jose by 4 points and Colorado by one but have 3 games in hand on the Sharks and 2 on the Avalanche.

Troy Brouwer scored a power play goal to put Chicago up 9:15 into the first and Calgary's Olli Jokinen scored his first in 9 games for the Flames only tally of the game. After that it was all Chicago as the Blackhawks dominated in the 2rd period building a 6-1 lead on goals by Kris Versteeg with two goals, Dustin Byfuglien, Andrew Ladd and Patrick Kane with his 8th of the season on the power play.

Miikka Kiprusoff was chased out of the Calgary net after being bombed by Chicago in the 2nd, being replaced by Curtis McElhinney who faced a mere 2 shots from the Hawks in the 3rd. But even noted tough guy Ben Eager got in the scoring getting his 1st goal of the season at 15:26 of the 3rd to round out the scoring.

This was the most goals the Blackhawks have scored this season. They did score 6 times in a 6-5 overtime win October 12th against these same Calgary Flames. Chicago plays on Saturday against the Oilers, Sunday against the Canucks before heading to California to play the Sharks, Ducks and Kings to finish their road trip at the end of the month. Calgary heads to Los Angeles to face the Kings on Saturday and Anaheim on Monday.