Eight minor penalties — one for each of the consecutive losses the Calgary Flames have piled up.

“That’s the difference,” said Flames winger Blake Coleman after a 5-3 loss in Winnipeg Friday, during which the Flames allowed two power-play goals and an empty-netter.

“You’re not going to win games, you’re not going to get out of a rut like we’re in, you’re just beating yourself at that point.”

Insisting his club is finally starting to like its five-on-five play, the carelessness that led to a good chunk of the squad’s sins put the Flames on their heels in a game they led early, only to give up two of four goals in the second period while out-manned.

“And they’re not physical penalties, they’re stick penalties,” said Coleman, whose third finish through Eric Comrie’s legs made it a one-goa

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