Consider the impression made.
"I liked his game,'' critiqued coach Glen Gulutzan. "It maybe wasn't as strong as some of his others but he went to the right places, did a lot of dirty work and got rewarded for it.
"I thought Jon Gillies played a good game tonight, too. A little nervous early but he settled into the game and made some big saves off some big players.
"So I thought the young guys showing well."
Establishing the tempo and outshooting the Jets 15-7 through the opening 19 minutes, Calgary was left to rue two breakaway misses before falling behind on a last-minute first-period goal.
On the first gilt-edged chance, early, Hellybuyck cooly snatched a Michael Frolik shot labelled for the top corner, glove side, out of mid-air. On the second, Johnny Gaudreau sailed in uncontested and had ample time to pick his spot of choice, but the now-43-game winner closed his left arm in time to smother the puck.
Almost on cue, then, Winnipeg captain Blake Wheeler deflected in a Dustin Byfuglien wrecking-ball from the right point, leaving Calgary goaltender Jon Gillies stranded.
Only 48.6 seconds remained until the intermission.
The Jets had doubled their advantage, to 2-0, at 12:59 of the middle frame, when defenceman Ben Chiarot, taking a peek at options as he readied to shoot, spotting trade-deadline addition Paul Stastny cruising through the circle for a nifty deflection goal.
NOTES:The Flames finish the road portion of the schedule at 20-15-2-4 …. Gaudreau has the seasonal curtain-dropper Saturday to add one more assist to his current total of 59 and become the first Flame since Theo Fleury in 1992-93 to finish with 60 ore more helpers.
