Flames roll over Kings in four
20.04.07 23:45MST
Flames bring out the brooms in LA
The Calgary Flames continued their dominance over the LA Kings this evening as they defeated the home-side 7-0 to cap a one-sided opening round of the playoffs. "Nobody thought it would be easy and it wasn't. The games were a bit closer than the scores indicated." Said alternate Captain Robyn Regehr (pictured). "We played hard and got a bit of time off before the next round. We'll take it."
The Flames outscored the Kings by a hefty 25 to 7 over the four games which saw various Flames taking turns being the hero. Daymond Langkow had enormous games 2 and 3 (missing game one due to a suspension from the regular season). Brad Richards dialled in a phenomenal 4 point performance in game 4 to ice the series.
"We used our depth. I decided to try something in game 2 when Langkow came back and paired up all the scorers with playmakers up and down the lineup. It worked." Said Coach Fyvie. Iginla remained with Richards and was joined by two-way winger Steen on the left side. Cammalleri, Legwand and Michalek formed the second line. Langkow, Demitra and Rene Bourque formed the 3rd line which combined for 11 points in game 2.
The Kings had little answer for the Flames depth. Coach Ed Olczyk was proud of his team however. "We were up against it. Just fighting to make the playoffs took a lot out of us. When you're missing your top centre it affects the entire team and has everyone playing out of position a bit."
The Flames now can sit back and watch the remaining teams battle it out. Every one of the remaining series sit at 2 games to 1 meaning Calgary has at least a week until they find out who they'll play next.