Power Surge
After last Saturday’s OT setback to Vegas, Huska said he was looking for more out of his powerplay.
The next game, they delivered, scoring on their lone opportunity Monday night in San Jose.
The Flames bench boss will be seeking a similar kind of bounce-back tonight, after his PP units went 0/6 in Anaheim two nights ago.
And for Huska, success all comes down to quickness.
“A little bit of execution, a little bit of pace, in my opinion,” he said, when asked what improvements he was looking for tonight. “I think they’re a little bit slow with moving the puck around, they’re holding on to it a little bit too long, so it’s about moving the puck quick.
“Sometimes - as we talked about earlier in the year - just simplifying and getting it to the net much quicker than we were trying to.”
And in a must-win game like the one in front of them this evening, it’s highly likely special teams will play a pivotal role.
Whether it’s about keeping pucks out while a man (or more) down, or putting pucks home while a man (or more) up.
“They’ve had stretches over the last few where they need to be better, I think they all know that,” said Huska. “The situation we’re in, we need them to be difference-makers for us.
“I know they’re going to be much better tonight.”