Flames Visual Recap 35: Calgary can’t take down the Kraken as their wild card positioning worsens

The Calgary Flames returned from the Christmas break in search of a win to get them back on track toward being a .500 team. They welcomed the Seattle Kraken to the Saddledome in a Pacific Division showdown.

Notes and discussion from the charts are all below, read on to see it all!

Game events

• The Flames nearly doubled the Kraken in shots on net.
• Calgary was also dominant in the faceoff circle.

Goals

Goal	Assists	Time	Score
Kailer Yamamoto	Vince Dunn, Adam Larsson	2:24 | 1st	SEA 1 – 0 CGY
Nazem Kadri (PPG)	Yegor Sharangovich	8:09 | 1st	SEA 1 – 1 CGY
Alex Wennberg	Jared McCann, Will Borgen	6:00 | 3rd	SEA 2 – 1 CGY

• The Flames managed to score on the power play as two of the team’s better scorers this season in Nazem Kadri and Yegor Sharangovich connected to tie the game.
• The game went nearly two full periods without a goal, but the Kraken broke the deadlock with the game-winner coming from Alex Wennberg.

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All situations Corsi

• While the Flames had way more shots, their shot attempts were closer to the Kraken than not. It wasn’t until the Kraken went up by one that the Flames pushed for a comeback that didn’t come to fruition.
• The Flames’ penalty kill was solid at preventing shot attempts against.

• The Flames had a fair number of shots from in the slot but also had a lot of shots scattered all over the ice for less shot efficiency.
• The Flames didn’t allow too many high-danger shots against either.

5v5 Corsi

• At 5v5, the two teams were fairly even throughout the game. Again, it wasn’t until the tail end of the third period that the Flames pressed and the Kraken keeled back to defend their lead.

• The Flames looked much less effective at 5v5 when it came to shot locations, as a lot of the shots were medium-danger at best, and were probably more low-danger than not.
• The Kraken had several shots right in front of the crease but were unable to score on those. They did however score once from a shot coming from in the slot.

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