With back-to-back victories for the first time this season, the Calgary Flames will try to make it three in a row when they host the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night.

The Flames, who opened the season with a 4-3 shootout win at Edmonton, then won just once over a 12-game stretch before defeating Philadelphia, 2-1, on Sunday and followed that up with 5-1 victory over visiting Columbus on Wednesday.

Lack of scoring has been a major reason for the slow start for Calgary, which sits last in the NHL standings with 10 points in 15 games. The Flames rank 31st out of 32 teams with an average of 2.33 goals per game and have scored two goals or less nine times, including five games with just one goal.

However, Wednesday's win marked the second time in six games that Calgary hit the five-goal ma

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