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The Flames grit embarrassed the Oilers depth

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yesterday
Saturday night was one where hard work defeated skill as the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames collided for the second time in a week. The Flames’ fourth line ran the Oilers’ show, as Edmonton’s bottom-six may as well have stayed at home to eat leftover Christmas dinner.

While the stars did show up for the Oilers, with Evan Bouchard and Connor McDavid getting the goals, the game ran through Adam Klapka. Scott Oake showed clips of Adam Klapka in warmups, and the tone was set from there. He put the Oilers under tremendous pressure with his physicality, which led to the first goal. He finished plus three with an assist, three shots, four hits and two penalty minutes.

Credit to Klapka, too. He has his role, and he played it well. Considering he only played 10:49 — his lowest time on ice in five games — you would’ve thought he was out there for 25-plus with the impact he had. He’s precisely what Oilers fans want to see from Trent........

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