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So much for being the team’s good luck charm.

It was Stone’s arrival from Arizona that coincided with the Flames’ swanky streak.

Neither returned, leaving the Flames with four defencemen, including a second pairing of Matt Bartkowski and Deryk Engelland against a Montreal team the Flames dominated.

The guess here is that Stone is done for a while with a shoulder separation.

If Hamilton was cut he can be back soon. If it’s more of an ankle or knee sprain, it could be lengthy.

“It’s tough, they’re two important players, obviously,” said captain Mark Giordano, who was brilliant in a 25-minute outing, scoring the game-opener.

“But we don’t know the extent yet – you don’t know until the next day when they get looked at. Hopefully, they’re not significant injures and they get back in soon. Again, we rely on depth and we believe in each other in here and we have to do it as a team.”

Optimists will point out both could have been kept out as precautionary measures as the game was well in hand.

Pessimists will suggest the depth on which this team managed to power itself to its eight-game streak is now in serious need of upgrading… again.

The official word from the team: the ever-vague lower and upper body injuries.

“I don’t know the injuries yet but, obviously, to have them out there it’s being a little bit cautious,” said Sean Monahan, whose club unanimously agreed it was their best game of the season.

“(Matt Bartkowski) and Stoney came in and have been playing great, and (T.J. Brodie) has stepped up in a big way too. If they are in or out, regardless of the situation, someone is going to have to step up.”