The Calgary Flames are walking with some swagger thanks to a five-game winning streak.

The Flames have been living up to their moniker of late with seven wins in their last 10 games and after a thrilling 2-1 overtime win over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night, head coach Glen Gulutzan admits his team has the right to feel good about itself.

"We are confident - and we should be," Gulutzan said, according to Kristen Odland of the Calgary Herald. "We've been trying to build that up all season. Right from the start, I know a lot of our conversations have gone that way. That's what we said between the first and second periods.

"We said, 'There's a reason they're trailing us in the standings. Let's go and show them why.'"

Thanks to the Flames' recent streak, the club has jumped up to within two points of the Anaheim Ducks for the third place in the Pacific Division and created a five-point cushion between them and the St. Louis Blues, who currently occupy the second wild-card spot.

More importantly, with Tuesday's win, the Flames also created some separation between them and the Kings, who are one point out from that final wild-card berth.

For the Flames, victories over the Kings are something they hope to see more of as the teams will meet three more times down the stretch.

"Now, after our first performance in L.A., we're going to have to be on our toes for the next ones," Gulutzan said. "They realize we're going to be battling tooth and nail."

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