The Calgary Flames had a chance to end the Edmonton Oilers win streak at 12 games and stop them from making Canadian history. If the Oilers won this iteration of the Battle of Alberta, they’d hold the longest win streak of any Canadian NHL franchise.
Unfortunately, the Flames couldn’t get the job done as they fell short against their provincial rivals in a game that wasn’t very much in Calgary’s favour at all.
Notes and discussion from the charts are all below, read on to see it all!
Game events
- Adam Klapka made his NHL after being recalled from the Wranglers. He didn’t make the scoresheet, but four of Calgary’s 23 hits were credited to him in his 6:06 of ice time.
- Calgary had an unusually low number of blocked shots with just eight in total. Their season average for blocks per 60 minutes of play is at 16.87, so they clocked in at less than half of that.
Goals
| Goal | Assists | Time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan McLeod | Warren Foegele, Vincent Desharnais | 15:03 | 1st | EDM 1 – 0 CGY |
| MacKenzie Weegar | Blake Coleman | 1:58 | 2nd | EDM 1 – 1 CGY |
| Sam Gagner | Cody Ceci, Dylan Holloway | 1:39 | 3rd | EDM 2 – 1 CGY |
| Zach Hyman | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 19:25 | 3rd | EDM 3 – 1 CGY |
- Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl were both held pointless but the Flames couldn’t take advantage.
- MacKenzie Weegar became the fifth Flame this season to reach 10 goals. His 10 goals are tied with Cale Makar and Drew Doughty for fourth among NHL defencemen this season.
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All situations Corsi
- The Flames were chasing the whole game as there were few instances where they put up proper pressure.
- The Oilers got ahead and stayed ahead on the shot attempts as Calgary’s slow start to open the game made for a big differential all the way to the end.
- The Oilers were able to get a good number of high-quality shots off. If it wasn’t for Daniel Vladar‘s steady play, this game could have blown up pretty rapidly.
- Likewise, the Flames had some strong chances too, but Stuart Skinner was also sharp.
- The behind-the-net goal as the game-winner hurt to watch as the fluky angle and ricochets made it the luckiest goal of recent memory.
5v5 Corsi
- At 5v5, the Flames couldn’t match the Oilers as they were outpaced for the whole game.
- The difference in offensive quality at 5v5 was even more noticeable as the Flames didn’t put up a very effective offence at all, whereas the Oilers had a large number of high-danger shots.
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