from Eric Francis of Sportsnet,

Another valiant effort.

Another devastating blow.

Despite an impressive comeback, the Calgary Flames lost ground in their fight for the west’s final playoff berth Saturday with a 3-2 shootout loss in Vancouver.

Yes, another squandered opportunity after 60 minutes of hockey, pushing their record in extended contests to 7-16....

The loss prevented the Flames from keeping pace with the eighth-place Winnipeg Jets, who blanked Nashville earlier in the day and now sit one point up on Calgary with a game in hand.

The Jets also own the tiebreaker, meaning the Flames will likely need to win their two remaining games, while hoping the Jets don’t win more than one of their remaining three against San Jose, Minnesota and Colorado....

“Fought back - couldn’t ask much more than that,” said Darryl Sutter, who said the Canucks “came out flying” and praised his team for not folding after a Jonathan Huberdeau giveaway led to an Elias Pettersson shorthanded goal that put the hosts up 2-0 after 13 minutes....

“I’d say we dominated the second half of the game.“We couldn’t solve Demko.”Sutter figured “four or five” goals could have been scored in overtime if not for great goaltending by Demko and Jacob Markstrom, who finished with 31 saves.

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