"The last time Jay Bouwmeester scored it was just after Remembrance Day.

It's been so long, you can't help but wonder whether he has any recollection of that tally.

Bouwmeester, whose offensive abilities were supposed to come without the same price in the defensive zone as the now-departed Dion Phaneuf, finally scored his third goal of the season in the Calgary Flames' 5-3 win over the Washington Capitals Sunday afternoon.

"The goalie got out of the way, so that was nice," Bouwmeester said with a grin.

Of all the Flames defencemen, the last one you'd expect to have a 57-game goal-scoring drought would be Bouwmeester.

This is a player who carded back-to-back 15-goal seasons for the Florida Panthers before being acquired by the Flames last summer and signing a lucrative six-year contract worth US$33 million."