Alex Tanguay appreciates what he accomplished in his early years with the Colorado Avalanche more now.

Tanguay was drafted by Colorado in 1998 and made his debut in 1999-2000. "My first year, we lost Game 7 of the conference finals," Tanguay said. "Second year we won the Stanley Cup. My third year we lost Game 7 of the conference finals. I thought 'This is it. This is going to come very naturally.' Ever since that, I've never got a sniff. Never really got close to winning it." Tanguay scored the game-winning goal against the New Jersey Devils to win the Stanley Cup. He hasn't played for Colorado since 2005-06, but he still cherishes Denver. He'll get a chance to play there on Thursday.

The Calgary Flames have won only two of nine games at home this season.

The Flames are 2-5-2 at home following the 3-1 loss to Los Angeles on Wednesday, but are 3-2-1 on the road. They currently stand 14th in the Western Conference, ahead of only the lowly Columbus Blue Jackets. "We all feel that we should be performing a whole lot better at home," Tanguay said. "And when it doesn't go our way, maybe we squeeze (our sticks) a little bit too much. Maybe we put too much pressure on ourselves. I don't know ... But whatever has happened, we have to put it in the past."

Alex Tanguay potted the game-winning goal in overtime Thursday to give the Flames a 4-3 triumph versus Columbus.

His fourth marker of the year came early into the extra session from Jarome Iginla and TJ Brodie. Brodie finished the contest with a pair of helpers and so did winger Jiri Hudler. Roman Cervenka (1), Lee Stempniak (4) and Mikael Backlund (3) also scored for Calgary in the win.