The road to the playoffs for the Flames leads straight through one place: The Valley of the Shadow of Death, AKA The Honda Center.
We've got all 5 games against Anaheim left, and they are not the juggernauts everyone thought they were. They're suffering a similar statistical regression as we are, not winning all the one-goal-games they won last year. We're one point behind, and they have a game in hand, but we've got two more ROW than they do and one more outright win.
If we're going to make the playoffs this year, we need to go something like 4-1 against the Ducks. 3 of our 5 games against them are in Anaheim this year. It's the year to break the curse.
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