Something scorching.

The Calgary Flames fashioned a win streak of eight games or more for the first time in more than a decade Thursday night, thrashing the Montreal Canadiens 5-0 on home ice.

This latest triumph, which pulls Calgary back to within two points of the second seed in the Pacific Division race, and also further away from the other wild-card contenders, is part of an NHL-best 12-2-1 record since the beginning of February.

Here is what's behind the success of Glen Gulutzan's club:

Taking their chances

The scoring wave Calgary is riding hasn't been incredibly exaggerated.

The Flames have netted 49 goals in 15 games over the last five weeks and change. That works out to 3.27 goals per outing, which is a sizable increase from their average, but certainly isn't outrageous, landing outside the top-five scoring outfits over the same time period.

They've also done it with a power play that has hardly sizzled.

What is, to use a buzzword, potentially unsustainable, is the rate at which they're converting chances.

Over the same time period, the Flames are 19th in shots taken and third from the bottom in scoring chances. And yet, they're one of three teams averaging more than three goals per 60 minutes with a second-ranked 9.95 percent shooting clip at even strength.

Micheal Ferland has helped drive that number since being upgraded to the top line, scoring with almost 18 percent of his shots.

Seeing the puck

Of course, there's a second, and in many ways more important, component to prolonged winning streaks: Hot goaltending.

What limited the Flames for the first few months of the season is now propelling them forward. Calgary's netminders have combined to block pucks at a .928 rate overall, and a .941 clip at 5-on-5.

Brian Elliott has been particularly impressive in handling the bulk of the work since Feb. 1, steering away rubber at over 95 percent at even strength.

He sported a dismal .890 save percentage at Christmas.

Comebacks on the comeback

Remember the 2014-15 season, when the Flames led the league in third- period scoring and won 13 times when trailing after two? Bob Hartley has some hardware as affirmation.

They might still have a little of that comeback magic in them.

The Flames trailed at one point in each of the first six games during their current eight-game ride, and overcame deficits in two of the four wins they racked up before their last loss.

Altogether, they trailed in 11 of their first 13 games played since Feb. 1 (and before their last two dominant wins over the Islanders and Canadiens), and won 10 times.

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