Canadian clubs feasting on Flames in January

For a third straight night, a fellow Canadian club hammered the Calgary Flames.

Calgary came within seconds of being shut out for the second straight game, ultimately losing in a 5-1 drumming to the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday.

For the Flames, the loss continues a miserable slide in January in which the club has struggled to beat teams who also call Canada home.

With the loss to Montreal, the Flames have now dropped six of their last seven games against Canadian teams. Their season record against Canadian squads now stands at an unimpressive 5-7-2.

Over that span, the Flames have now been outscored 24-10 and have now gone 4-7-1 overall in January. The team still clings to the final playoff spot in the Western Conference, but thanks to a Los Angeles Kings win, both the Kings and Vancouver Canucks sit just a point behind Calgary, each with three games in hand.

The Flames need to get things back on track, but don't look now - the team's next game is Thursday against Ottawa.