Not long ago, the idea of the Calgary Flames being part of a Wild Card playoff conversation felt almost laughable.

In the final game before Christmas, the officials working Tuesday’s game between the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers decided that MacKenzie Weegar belonged on the naughty list.

The Flames are looking to deal Rasmus Andersson, but rumors state that the deal will have to be under certain terms for him to accept.

Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl ran roughshod, while MacKenzie Weegar was tossed early in Tuesday’s Battle of Alberta. It seemed like a dreamy bit of scheduling — a holiday home-and-home between the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers.

MacKenzie Weegar certainly has a case for the most creative way to be tossed from an NHL game. Midway through the Calgary Flames’ game against the Edmonton Oilers Tuesday night, the defenseman was ejected after banging his stick against the glass while in the penalty box.

Recalled from the ECHL’s Rapid City Rush on Dec. 13, Calgary Flames prospect goaltender Arsenii Sergeev delivered a memorable American Hockey League debut, stop

Morgan Frost scored in overtime and Blake Coleman had a short-handed goal for surging Calgary, which has won eight of its last 10 games.

The Battle of Alberta is so back. On Tuesday evening, the Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames were not in a festive mood on Festivus, as the Oilers beat their division rivals 5-1.