It was the basement bowl — the 31st-place team against the squad that is stuck in 32nd in the overall standings.

The Calgary Flames , with Tuesday’s 3-2 loss to the Blues in St. Louis, cemented their status as the NHL’s current worst of the worst.

They have now dropped to 4-12-2, a miserable .278 points percentage, as their fans daydream not about a remarkable turnaround but rather a draft lottery win.

We definitely don’t blame ’em.

In the two decades since league officials scrapped the tie, the Flames have never previously needed more than 15 games to record their fifth win of a new season.

This crew is at 18 … and counting. Yikes.

To their credit, they did show plenty of jam Tuesday. After finally snapping out of a shutout skid that stretched on for 154:53, they potted two goals

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