No time to dwell on last game.
The reset button has already been hit.
Saturday's second installment of the Battle of the Alberta saw the Flames suffer a 5-3 setback to their provincial rivals.
Matthew Tkachuk, Milan Lucic and Noah Hanifin found the back of the net, but it wasn't enough in the end in a back-and-forth affair. There's no questioning the effort and compete level throughout the game, but now it's just a matter of turning that into wins.
"Obviously we did some good things right, just didn't get the result we wanted," Chris Tanev said. "Obviously, need to clean up some details and mistakes at the wrong parts of games.
"I think we had some chances to score and we weren't able to capitalize on them and gave them some powerplays which sort of allowed them to build some momentum and allowed their top players to touch the puck and make plays.
"We need to start building our game in the right way and start stringing some wins together going into the break. Obviously we have games in hand but they don't mean anything unless you win them."
Tonight will see the Flames return to home ice for a quick stop, hosting a red-hot St. Louis Blues team for the first of two meetings this week, with the rubber match back in St. Louis Wednesday night.
With just three wins in their last 12 games, it's been a tough stretch as of late with the focus on getting back to making the opposition play their game.
"We're going through some stretches where we lost maybe some details in our game," Oliver Kylington said. "I think we've really been working hard on getting that back in our game and we're trending in a good way. "At the same time, you want to win games. I thought we did some good things last games, but at the same time, it's harder to sit here and not have the win. We have to still improve and get better in these small details of the game that can be a difference-maker for us."
"Stay with our process and get wins. That's the main thing, to get points and really be a hard team to play against and really do what we've been applying to our game and do that on a day-to-day basis and obviously winning games."
Things are about to ramp up for the Flames with Monday starting a stretch of four games in six days this week and a busy February on the horizon. It's a chance to get into a groove and not have long layoffs between games like the last few weeks.
"Just think the best part is knowing the schedule," Flames head coach Darryl Sutter said on the busy sked. "The players are programmed for that schedule in terms of their whole preparation. The way they have to get ready for games and knowing what the schedule is.
"That's their responsibility and accountability now. It's not an easy schedule, quite honest. It is what it is, but we've just got to bang away and keep plugging."
