Calgary Flames facing early playoff exit, trail Colorado Avalanche 3-1 in series
CALGARY — The saying “when eating an elephant take one bite at a time” applies to the Calgary Flames.
Facing elimination in Friday’s fifth game of their opening-round playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche, Flames head coach Bill Peters doesn’t want his players making the mountain bigger by thinking they have to win three games in a row.
“You’ve got to have some mental toughness and not allow yourself to think that way,” Peters said Thursday. “It’s a game at a time, it’s a shift at a time, it’s a period at time.”
Trailing three games to one in the best-of-seven affair, the team that posted the NHL’s second-best regular-season record behind Tampa Bay is in danger of following the Lightning’s quick playoff exit at the hands of a wild-card team.