The Calgary Flames finished up a short two-game stint at home with their second straight game against Florida teams. After beating the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Flames had the much more anticipated matchup with the return of Matthew Tkachuk against the Florida Panthers.
Notes and discussion from the chart are all below, read on to see it all!
Game events
- The Panthers had more shots reach Jacob Markstrom on his return to action, but also just had more shot attempts period.
- The Flames had 29 blocks compared to the Panthers’ 10. Chris Tanev had 10 blocks to his name alone to set a new career-high as well as establish a new high this season in the NHL. The last time a player had 10 blocks in a game was on October 13, 2022, when Ivan Provorov reached that mark with the Philadelphia Flyers.
- Calgary was better in the faceoff dot and with takeaways.
Goals
| Goal | Assists | Time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Pospisil | Nazem Kadri, Dennis Gilbert | 8:45 | 1st | FLA 0 – 1 CGY |
| Sam Reinhart (PPG) | Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov | 19:29 | 1st | FLA 1 – 1 CGY |
| Mikael Backlund (SHG) | Noah Hanifin | 3:31 | 3rd | FLA 1 – 2 CGY |
| Blake Coleman (SHG) | Unassisted | 18:27 | 3rd | FLA 1 – 3 CGY |
- The Flames’ power play continues to struggle but their penalty kill continues to be a major threat. Backlund picked up his 17th career shorthanded goal for the game-winner.
- Coleman’s goal was awarded to him as he was tripped on his partial breakaway towards the empty net.
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All situations Corsi
- As mentioned, the Panthers had way more shot attempts. This was evident by the end of the first period but sustained throughout the whole game.
- The second period for the Flames had long stretches without any shot attempts at all which gave Florida more momentum, but Markstrom was sharp against his former team.
- The Flames got some goals and shots off from in the slot, but were limited in their chances in high-danger areas.
- The Panthers had a good amount of shots from in close but only scored once.
5v5 Corsi
- With so many penalties in the game, the difference in 5v5 shot attempts looks even starker than at all situations.
- The Flames scored the lone 5v5 goal of the game in the first.
- In terms of shot locations, the teams were more even at 5v5, with the spreads fairly similar. The Panthers had more shots funnelled to short distances from the net on their power play.
- Pospisil’s goal with his backhand was an absolute thing of beauty.
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