THE COMPLETE GAME

ST. LOUIS - It's been like watching a fireworks display: simply dazzling and impossible to take your eyes away from.
You find yourself staring in wonderment, perhaps your jaw gaping open just a little bit.
For Flames fans, it's been sweeter than a mouthful of sugar and more beautiful that a mountain sunrise.
The team has put on an offensive clinic in their last two games, firing a mind-blowing 110 shots on the opposition net in the outings, while cashing in 13 of them in a pair of victories: 7-1 against the Blues at home Monday, and 6-0 in Columbus vs. the Blue Jackets Wednesday.

In total, they have 21 goals in the their previous four outings, which has given them six out of eight points.
Tonight they will look to keep it going and beat the Blues again to wind up this quick two-game road swing.
Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk are, as one writer on Twitter put it, playing with the cheat codes right now as they pile up points with impressive individual scoring streaks. Even the best wordsmiths are running out of superlatives to describe their performances.
As linemate Elias Lindholm - who's also been excellent - said of the pair Thursday morning: "I don't know. I think that right now it's just those two seem to have really found it and are playing, probably, the best hockey of their careers. Be around them and be available and be smart out there and play solid both ways and try to give them the puck as much as possible, because they're feeling it and making plays and playing really good hockey for us."

That - combined with the coveted secondary scoring - has fuelled the team's relentless attack.
What has been overlooked somewhat, though, is the team's committment to the '200-foot game,' where pressure and checking is the key building block to everything they do.
"That's what starts the offence," said defenceman Erik Gudbranson. "When you're feeling good and everybody, first and foremost, is competing and taking care of their own end first, it leads to a lot."
You think the goals and shots for the last two games are impressive? So, too, are these numbers: they have allowed only 23 scoring chances and a paltry seven high-danger scoring chances (4 vs. Blues, 3 vs. Blue Jackets).
"I mean on my end, it's the best feeling you can get," smiled Gudbranson of the last stat. "I know other guys like getting their points and what not, but that's a great stat. That's a stat that carries you deep into the playoffs, if you can get there. That's when you are going to rely on that a heckuva lot more than scoring seven goals a night - that pretty much doesn't happen in the playoffs.
"We have a few things to clean up from the last game but we have to stick with the mindset we have now."
Gudbranson, who played his 600th NHL game in that win over St. Louis, has been of the players chipping in on offence, collecting an assist on Nikita Zadorov's goal against the Blues. He followed that up with his first goal of the season in the Blue Jackets beat down.
But, most importantly, he is a key cog in that checking-first mentality for his team that is reaping rewards right now.
"You never want to get into an end-to-end race for the end of the game," he said. "When you are able to take care of your own business and give one or two and trust your defence so much, it creates offence then you are putting yourself in a good position.
"We have good goaltending in the back that we trust implicitly and it's led to a lot. We have to continue playing that way."