The pre-season w/l record seems to me to be something that you don't worry about the first couple games and then look to improve upon as time goes on.
Anyway, I think the Flames had both games in hand (the little I could actually see on line) until they started experimenting with lines and D combos in the third periods.
As it is, what you look for at this early stage is what bubble guys like Shore/Nakladl/Wotherspoon/Poirier etc. are doing. Then I look for progress in the overall play the more the lineups get settled.
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