The Calgary Flames faced off against the Boston Bruins, one of two teams in the NHL to have reached 80 points this season (the Vancouver Canucks being the other), in what would clearly be a tough matchup.
The Boston Bruins had just played the night prior versus the Edmonton Oilers, where they picked up an overtime win. Trying to go two for two in back-to-back overtimes, the Bruins were stopped short by an out-of-this-world Jacob Markstrom and a timely goal by Nazem Kadri.
Notes and discussion from the charts are all below, read on to see it all!
Game events
- Considering the Bruins played Edmonton, their shot output was good, but Markstrom was better.
- Calgary could clean up their giveaways as that likely attributed to Boston getting more shots than not.
- The Flames more missed shots as well.
Goals
| Goal | Assists | Time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Kylington | Andrei Kuzmenko, Yegor Sharangovich | 12:55 | 1st | BOS 0 – 1 CGY |
| Charlie Coyle | Unassisted | 18:41 | 1st | BOS 1 – 1 CGY |
| Martin Pospisil | Connor Zary, Nazem Kadri | 19:23 | 1st | BOS 1 – 2 CGY |
| Charlie Coyle | Anthony Richard, Parker Wotherspoon | 2:33 | 3rd | BOS 2 – 2 CGY |
| Nazem Kadri | Unassisted | 3:56 | OT | BOS 2 – 3 CGY |
- Oliver Kylington scored his second goal in as many games. His goal showed how well he reads hockey plays as he blocked out a Bruins in the defensive end to cause a turnover and reactivated in the offensive zone as the trailing man to take a perfect shot on a screen.
- Charlie Coyle’s first goal came from an absolute gaffe from Jacob Markstrom as he vacated the net to stop a partial breakaway only to pass it right to Coyle while still well out of his crease.
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All situations Corsi
- The Flames opened the game strong as they got both of their regulation goals in the first. After Boston’s tying goal, the Flames immediately responded and held onto their lead over a full period.
- The Bruins tied it up again in the third but the Flames weren’t shaken. In particular, Markstrom was playing phenomenal hockey throughout the night. He made up for his mistake and then some.
- Calgary got a good number of high-danger shots off and actually seemed to funnel more shots toward the slot.
- On the other end of the ice, the Flames’ defence also gave up many high-danger chances.
5v5 Corsi
- At 5v5 the Flames had the edge for most of the game. Boston’s push was more attributed to score effects, but Calgary hung on and prevailed through the pushback.
- The shot plot at 5v5 shows a much bigger difference in play as the Flames were clearly better than the Bruins in terms of shot locations and driving for efficient shots.
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