"Michael Cammalleri, in his 82nd date with the Calgary Flames, bagged his 40th goal.

Brent Sutter coached his 210th game for the Flames — matching perfectly the number of games Darryl Sutter coached for Calgary.

Neat numbers. Cool numbers.

But hardly the most important digits, of course.

Much more critical to the matter at hand was the total of second-period goals allowed by the Flames — three, en route to a 4-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings in National Hockey League action Saturday at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Poof goes the Flames' streak at home, eight straight dubyas.

A regulation win would have pulled the Calgarians to within one point of the Kings in the Western Conference standings.

So, for a game brimming with hype, there had been motivation a-plenty.

"First of all, you want to get it and climb closer to them," said Jarome Iginla. "But also for our coach. Imagine being brothers and stuff, bragging rights and stuff. Also for our fans, too — they wanted to beat L.A. and also to beat Darryl one game. That's sports. That's the way it works.

"Unfortunately we didn't do that."

The Flames' upcoming three-game junket carries them to San Jose on Tuesday, Los Angeles on Thursday, Edmonton on Saturday."