The Calgary Flames are piling up wins in a very specific, very unusual way.
When they score four or more goals, they keep ending up on the right side of the result sheet. That happened again Monday night, when Calgary beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 and pushed its run of victories in those games to another level. The Flames have now won all three games this season in which they’ve scored at least four times.
The bigger story, though, is how long this has been going on.
The streak began on Dec. 13, 2023, when Calgary knocked off the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2. Since then, the Flames have won 60 straight games in which they’ve reached the four-goal mark, a number that has them climbing an all-time NHL list that most teams never get anywhere near.
Before Monday’s game, Calgary was tied with the Detroit Red Wings from 1952 to 1955 and the Pittsburgh Penguins from 2016 to 2017 for third on that list with 59 straight wins. The victory over Toronto moved the Flames into third by themselves.
Next up is second place, where the Boston Bruins sit after winning 61 consecutive games while scoring four or more goals between 1927 and 1931. One more such win would tie that mark.
The NHL record is still a little farther out, but not far enough to ignore. The New York Rangers hold it with 65 straight wins in games where they scored at least four, a run that lasted from 2011 to 2014.
What makes Calgary’s streak stand out even more is that the offense hasn’t been lighting the league on fire. The Flames rank 28th in the NHL this season with 2.55 goals per game, a number almost identical to last year, when they finished last with 2.54 goals per game.
So while the streak keeps growing, the challenge is obvious: Calgary has to keep finding ways to reach four goals in the first place. If they do that again, they’ll have another chance to move deeper into rare territory.
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