The Flames can't afford to lose reliable defenceman Kevin Bahl, who was hit in the back of the head by a puck, for a significant length of time.

Losing on the second night of a back-to-back on the road isn’t the end of the world.

Losing Kevin Bahl for any length of time, though, would be a much bigger deal for the Calgary Flames .

Early in the third period of Thursday night’s 5-1 loss to the Vancouver Canucks , Bahl was dutifully camped out at the side of the Flames net when a puck flew up and hit him squarely in the back of the head.

That it bounced directly back to the Canucks, who scored to take a 2-0 lead, was obviously less than ideal. It was the moment where the game’s momentum shifted and the Flames didn’t recover.

But that matters less than Bahl’s health. The team didn’t h

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