I just popped onto NHL.com to check the score for the Flames-Bruins game, as it's not on TV tonight, and holy shit, they won 5-0 with McLennan getting the shutout! That puts them one point behind the Avs and four points behind the Canucks, who have played two more games than the Flames. Wicked. I thought they'd be better this year, but I never thought they'd be this good. I just hope they can maintain this pace for the rest of the season and at least make the playoffs. Which they haven't done for what, seven years? It would be nice.

The Flames last shutout the Bruins in 1976, when they were the Atlanta Flames, 9-0.