Flames Visual Recap: A half-ready Calgary team controlled by the full-strength Oilers squad

In Calgary’s second-last preseason game, they opted to rest their best players and get some of their younger players on the ice. At best, all four lines would be bottom-six players, but even then, it’s a big stretch to say all four lines consisted of NHL players at all. That’s what preseason hockey is for anyway. However, they faced a full-strength Edmonton Oilers that boasted their best players.

Suffice it to say, things didn’t go well for the Flames. Despite being tied 2–2 after the first period, that was the last of the Flames offence. Going scoreless in the final 40 minutes, they instead allowed five goals against to turn the game into a very lopsided affair. The Flames will look to rebound for their preseason final against the Winnipeg Jets.

Charts from the game are below.

Game events

Goals

Goal	Assists	Time	Score
Connor McDavid	Leon Draisaitl, Evan Bouchard	05:55 \| 1st	CGY 0 – 1 EDM
Connor Brown	Connor McDavid, Darnell Nurse	07:36 \| 1st	CGY 0 – 2 EDM
Nikita Zadorov	Dan Vladar	15:44 \| 1st	CGY 1 – 2 EDM
Walker Duehr	Martin Pospisil, Connor Zary	17:56 \| 1st	CGY 2 – 2 EDM
Lane Pederson	Evander Kane, Connor Brown	02:01 \| 2nd	CGY 2 – 3 EDM
Leon Draisaitl	Evan Bouchard, Darnell Nurse	10:02 \| 2nd	CGY 2 – 4 EDM
Connor Brown	Connor McDavid	13:40 \| 2nd	CGY 2 – 5 EDM
Evander Kane	Connor McDavid	11:04 \| 3rd	CGY 2 – 6 EDM
Raphael Lavoie	Dylan Holloway, Lane Pederson	14:53 \| 3rd	CGY 2 – 7 EDM