As good as the Flames were in Darryl Sutter's debut, Saturday's rematch with the Montreal Canadiens took things to another level.
In fact, they were darn-near flawless.
Sean Monahan and the Flames put on a forechecking clinic, grinding the Habs down low and in the trenches, forcing turnovers and manufacturing offence from an unrelenting work ethic.
The result was a 3-1 victory, with the aforementioned Monahan scoring his 200th and 201st career goals to become the ninth player in franchise history to achieve that milestone.
Jarome Iginla, Theoren Fleury, Joe Nieuwendyk, Gary Roberts, Kent Nilsson, Lanny McDonald, Al MacInnis, and Eric Vail are the others.
"It's pretty cool," Monahan said of No. 200. "It's special when you win and you have a milestone, so it's something I'll probably remember here for a little bit.
"We're committed to doing it the right way right now. When you're forechecking hard and holding onto pucks in their end and turning pucks over, that limits time in their end and in the neutral zone, too. It's on and off our sticks right now and right behind their D, and that's how you get your offensive looks."
Monahan, by the way, is the top goal-scorer from the 2013 Draft, edging Nathan MacKinnon (196), Aleksander Barkov (166), Bo Horvat (132) and teammate Elias Lindholm (126) in career tucks.
Mikael Backlund had the other goal for the homeside, while Jacob Markstrom made 24 saves.
The Flames entered the two-game set with Montreal six points back of the final playoff spot.
The deficit has now been trimmed to two.
"We're still not even close where we want to be," said captain Mark Giordano. "What are we, a game over .500? There's a lot of work to do, but I think we have confidence in the way we're playing. We're playing quick and we're giving ourselves a chance to win, which is what we have to do for the rest of the year."