What Calgary Flames coach said about Kadri-Andersson yelling match

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The Calgary Flames don’t appear to be at all worried about a tense on-ice exchange between two of their leaders.

The Flames were a frustrated bunch on Tuesday night, as they had several defensive lapses from the second period on in what ended as a 6-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. It was following the Leafs’ fourth goal in the second period where Rasmus Andersson and Nazem Kadri got in a heated exchange that began on the ice and carried over to the bench.

Andersson got caught wandering low into the Leafs’ zone, while Kadri failed to pick up on it and wasn’t in position to cover. Once a shot from Jake Bean went wide, the Leafs were able to break out on an odd-man rush. Seconds later, William Nylander was able to put home one of his three on the night.

Flames head coach Ryan Huska didn’t seem concerned about the heated discussion post-game.

“That happens every game,” said Huska. “Players argue with each other back and forth, they sort it out and then they come to a conclusion, they move on. That’s one thing I love about our team, is when it does happen they shift gears right away.

“Not an issue at all for me, it happens pretty much every game.”

MacKenzie Weegar, who, like Kadri and Andersson, also wears an ‘A’ on his sweater, also downplayed the incident.

“It’s competitive guys that we’ve got on our team. We want to win every single night, we want to make the right plays,” Weegar said. “There’s that competitive time of the game where guys are fiery and hold each other accountable at times, or are pissed at themselves.

“We’re a competitive group, we want to win. We’re fighting for a playoff spot here. You could kind of sense it tonight.”

Farabee gets his first as a Flame

While the outcome wasn’t what the Flames had hoped, perhaps the biggest positive last night was the play of Joel Farabee. He had by far and away his best showing in what was his third game since being acquired by the Philadelphia Flyers, and was rewarded for it with his first goal as a Flame in the third period.

“Winning is way more important, but definitely feels good to get the first one out of the way,” Farabee said. “It took a couple tries, but at the end of the day I’d rather never score and win every game than score and lose.”

It was nearly a two-goal performance from Farabee, who also found the back of the net in the first period. That one wound up coming back, however, as it was deemed goaltender interference following a challenge from the Leafs.

This loss was a consequential one for the Flames, as the Vancouver Canucks were able to pick up a win over the Colorado Avalanche. Vancouver and Calgary are tied in points, although the Flames hold the tiebreaker.

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It will be the Flames turn to take on the Avalanche next, which they will do Thursday night at the Saddledome.

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