The first game of the year for the Calgary Flames featured a road game versus the Minnesota Wild to kick off a four-game road trip, and Calgary hung on to win thanks to some good goaltending and a game-winner from Jonathan Huberdeau.
Notes and discussion from the charts are all below, read on to see it all!
Game events
- The Flames had a decent edge in blocked shots and faceoff wins.
- Calgary also had a strong penalty kill and didn’t give up any power play goals across three penalty kills.
Goals
| Goal | Assists | Time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Mangiapane | Rasmus Andersson, MacKenzie Weegar | 11:40 | 1st | CGY 1 – 0 MIN |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | Elias Lindholm, Yegor Sharangovich | 19:36 | 1st | CGY 2 – 0 MIN |
| Pat Maroon | Nic Petan, Marco Rossi | 9:28 | 2nd | CGY 2 – 1 MIN |
| Blake Coleman | Mikael Backlund, MacKenzie Weegar | 19:03 | 3rd | CGY 3 – 1 MIN |
- Huberdeau’s last-minute first period goal wasn’t just the game-winning goal, it was his first goal since November 20.
- Andrew Mangiapane’s goal also snapped a goalless drought, with his last goal coming on December 11. Ironically (and unfortunately) it was only his second goal since also the same November 20 date.
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All situations Corsi
- In looking at Corsi, the Flames pulled ahead after two periods, but started the third period completely hemmed in their own zone.
- The third period was saved by strong goaltending from Jacob Markstrom as he didn’t give up the game-tying goal, and eventually the Flames pushed back as the Wild tired out.
- Calgary had two goals from in close—a tip-in by Mangiapane, and a gorgeous goal from Huberdeau.
- Their shot locations weren’t as clean as the Wild’s as Minnesota had a clear edge in getting high-danger shots off.
5v5 Corsi
- The Flames held a stronger edge at 5v5 in shot attempts, and comparing that to the all situations chart, it showed how crucial the final two penalty kills were, especially with the game being 2–1 at that point.
- Even at 5v5, the Wild still had the better shot attempts as they funnelled more shots into the slot.
- The Flames on the other hand barely had any slot shots and were more or less random in their shot locations.
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