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The Calgary Flames would like to score more goals

Jarome Iginla

Calgary Flames’ Jarome Iginla, second from right, celebrates his 40th goal of the season with his teammates during second-period NHL hockey game action against the Edmonton Oilers in Calgary, Alberta, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntosh)sh

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At 2-4-1, the Calgary Flames are looking for a result tonight as they host the Colorado Avalanche at the Saddledome.

One way to get that result? Score some freaking goals.

Randy Sportak of the Calgary Sun notes that the Flames have scored two or fewer goals in all but two of their clashes this season. They’ve managed only six goals over the last four games and haven’t scored in 119 minutes and seven seconds of action — all on home ice. (The Flames scored in the first period against the Rangers two games ago, then were shutout by Pekka Rinne and the Predators last time out.)

“It’s early in the year. I don’t think we’re too worried about that,” said winger Alex Tanguay after Tuesday’s practice at the Saddledome.

“If you objectively look at our lineup and the guys able to put the puck in the net, I don’t think goal scoring is going to be an issue. It is right now, and we’re going to have to rectify that, but we’re not going to worry whether we’re going to score goals or not. We know we are.”

Not sure Tanguay’s looking at the same lineup we are. Outside of Jarome Iginla, Calgary doesn’t have much in the way of established scorers. Tanguay’s primarly a setup man, having never scored more than 29 goals in a season. Rene Bourque’s had back-to-back 27-goal campaigns, which is probably as much as Calgary can expect to get out of Rene Bourque. Curtis Glencross potted a career-high 24 last year (having never scored more than 15) while Olli Jokinen and David Moss each tallied 17.

Do the Flames have decent offensive balance? Sure. But the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and that can be a problem. When some of those parts stop working...well, that’s how you end up with 15 goals through seven games.

That said, the Flames are trying to kickstart the offense. The news out of today’s gameday skate is that Moss will drop from first-line center to second-line wing, meaning Brendan Morrison will center Tanguay and Iginla up front while Moss will play with Jokinen and Glencross.

The Moss move is a nod to last season, when the OMG line -- Olli, Moss, Glencross -- emerged as one of Calgary’s best. I would like to point out I did not make up the OMG thing, I’m merely reporting it.