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Three takeaways as Flames drop opener of two-game set in St. Louis

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Calgary Flames lost 2-1 to the Blues in St. Louis on Tuesday night .

Mikael Backlund's turnover was the difference in Tuesday 's tilt.

Dan Vladar is now 1-4 in his first half of a back-to-back set this season .

The Flames will be looking to split the series with the Blues .

The Flames are sitting in the second wildcard slot in the Western Conference standings.

A five -point gap has already been trimmed to three points between the Blues and the Flames .

The numbers at Natural Stat Trick tell a slightly different story.

“I think we have to play a pretty similar game ( Thursday ) but hopefully just a little more rested.”.

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