Joel Otto remembers it well.



March 12, 1988, a Saturday night, and down 4-0 in the first period to the Buffalo Sabres, new back-up goaltender Rick Wamsley, less than a week after being acquired from the St. Louis Blues, leaned over to the Flames centre.



“Where’s the worry?” he whispered, as he panned Calgary’s bench. “Where’s the concern?”



Shrugging off the query, Otto responded matter-of-factly, “Oh, we’re still going to win the game.”



Sure enough. Joe Nieuwendyk got the Flames on the scoreboard 3:25 into the second period. Two goals in a row from Perry Berezan drew the home side to within one. Hakan Loob tied it and Nieuwendyk’s 50th of the season at 18:58 gave Calgary a 5-4 lead after 40 minutes.



In the third, Loob added two more for the hat trick, John Tonelli scored, Shane Churla notched his first in the NHL and Joe Mullen wrapped up the scoring.



Just like that,...