Calgary Flames goaltender Joey MacDonald (R) makes a save on a shot by Los Angeles Kings Anze Kopitar during the second period of their NHL game in Los Angeles, March 11, 2013. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)
LOS ANGELES - The trouble that greets the Griswold family in National Lampoon’s Vacation? Not so bad.
The adventures of Del Griffith and Neal Page in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles? A breeze.
The Calgary Flames’ three-game sojourn to Southern California? Now that was a road-trip from hell.
Monday’s 3-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings was — mercifully — the final instalment of the Flames’ four-day stay in SoCal, where they surrendered 13 goals and scored just three of their own.
