CALGARY — The Calgary Flames need to pick up where they left off, and do more, to return to the NHL playoffs.

Calgary (41-27-14) capped last season with a 15-6-6 run after February's 4 Nations Face-Off, but finished outside the post-season for a third straight year in a tiebreaker for a conference wild-card spot.

With most of the same personnel returning, and the youth movement general manager Craig Conroy injected last season, stronger from that playoff push, the Flames seek to both maintain their 15-point gain over the previous season and move the needle further.

"We've just got to take that step to find one, two, three more points," said centre Nazem Kadri, who led the Flames with 35 goals and 32 assists last season.

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