The Calgary Flames, tied 2-2 with a Toronto Maple Leafs team that has more talent on paper, had the puck in the offensive zone midway through the second period. Jonathan Huberdeau feathered a pass towards a pinching Tyson Barrie looking to give Calgary the lead in a game that could have served as a statement victory.

Barrie couldn't control the pass, the Leafs took it and went the other way, and Bobby McMann buried a shot over Flames goalie Dustin Wolf’s blocker to give the Leafs the lead. They would never look back, winning 6-3 in front of a Scotiabank Saddledome crowd half-clad in blue-and-white garb.

After the game, Flames head coach Ryan Huska was hesitant to blame his defenceman for a night where the team made several poor reads, blew coverages, and looked a step behind the play.

“It’s not just the d-man,” Huska said, of Barrie’s pinch.

“There’s other things that go on in this........

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