Bottom of the league in goals scored and goal differential, the Calgary Flames are now the NHL’s last-place team.

They can’t score, they can’t defend.

There’s no sugar-coating where this beleaguered bunch sits a mere half-dozen games into the season, losing five in a row to sit 1-5.

And the road ahead doesn’t get any easier, facing Winnipeg in two of their next three games.

A 6-1 beating in Vegas on Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday added to the frustration of an already-challenging start, especially since the effort of several players was called into question.

Coach Ryan Huska, whose players rarely shortchange him on heart, said half his forwards didn’t give the sort of effort expected.

Captain Mikael Backlund agreed the group didn’t show near enough fight after an evenly played fi

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