Anaheim Ducks vs. Calgary Flames

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The second half of a hockey weekend has a texture the first half does not. Everybody in the building was somewhere else last night, the players are on the back end of consecutive games, and the whole thing runs slightly tired and slightly loose — which produces either a sloppy game or a wildly entertaining one, and rarely anything between. Calgary is the visitor, and the Flames travel with the kind of support that treats a November road trip to Southern California as a holiday: expect sunburn and replica jerseys in equal measure, bought for weather that does not exist in Alberta. The five o'clock start is kind to anyone who has to function on Monday. Calgary and Anaheim have also met in the playoffs often enough that the older fans in both sections carry specific grudges, which surfaces around the second period whether the standings justify it or not. Honda Center, Sunday the fifteenth, with the puck down at five and the 57 manageable in both directions on a weekend evening.