I think it's silly to cherry pick parts of the schedule and give them more weight than others. It's an 82 game schedule and every team has strong periods and weak stretches.
But since we're having this conversation, the question was: does it wipe out the losing streak? I think to answer that, you can't just look at a few games, you have to look at its effect on the season.
On Dec 5th, before the losing streak started, the Flames were 3rd in the division and 4th in the conference (after an incredible 11-4 run).
Since (including the slide), they have gone 8-10-1 and are 4th and 8th respectively.
So have they wiped out the slide? No, not quite. But more to the point, they have righted the ship and proved that the slide was an aberration and that they are still a factor in the playoff race. So in that sense, yes they have because the slide has not had a permanent, or fatalistic impact on the season.
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