The Calgary Flames looked to extend their win streak to four games and had to face a Pacific Division team they’re currently chasing in the standings. After going through a slump of sorts, the Los Angeles Kings have righted the ship a bit and are solidly in the first wild card spot. A divisional game in February could have major implications come April when all 82 games are tallied.
For the Flames, they can walk away from this one with two big points, a regulation win, and a four-game win streak.
Notes and discussion from the charts are all below, read on to see it all!
Game events
- The Flames took advantage of a tired Kings squad and almost doubled them up in shots. Between having misses and more of their shots blocked, the Flames were much more tenacious on the puck.
- Calgary was also the more physical team with a +10 differential on hits.
Goals
| Goal | Assists | Time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phillip Danault | Kevin Fiala, Drew Doughty | 12:08 | 2nd | LAK 1 – 0 CGY |
| Andrew Mangiapane | Noah Hanifin, Jacob Markstrom | 12:56 | 2nd | LAK 1 – 1 CGY |
| Blake Coleman | Jonathan Huberdeau, Chris Tanev | 13:52 | 2nd | LAK 1 – 2 CGY |
| Kevin Fiala | Anze Kopitar, Quinton Byfield | 18:54 | 2nd | LAK 2 – 2 CGY |
| Yegor Sharangovich | Dryden Hunt, Jakob Pelletier | 12:09 | 3rd | LAK 2 – 3 CGY |
| Mikael Backlund | Chris Tanev | 18:46 | 3rd | LAK 2 – 4 CGY |
- Jacob Markstrom picked up his fifth assist of the season—no other goalie in the NHL has more than two.
- Four different Flames scored, four different players got the primary assists.
- Chris Tanev was the only Flames skater with multiple points.
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All situations Corsi
- The Flames outplayed the Kings heavily over the first two periods as they barely gave up anything at all.
- The Kings getting two goals to tie the game almost felt unfortunate as they didn’t generate much momentum at any point in the first 40 minutes.
- The Flames had their shots scattered everywhere in the offensive zone.
- Meanwhile, the Kings were more selective with their shots and got a good number of high-danger shots. So while the Flames were good at suppressing shot attempts overall, they might have given up too many good chances.
5v5 Corsi
- The Flames had almost triple the 5v5 Corsi after two periods of play. With the game being tied in the third period, the Flames opened the final frame with more gusto while the Kings finally played a decent period.
- At 5v5 it’s a similar story to all situations. The Flames were taking shots from anywhere and everywhere while the Kings opted for higher percentage shots.
- That said, the Flames got two goals from in close to the Kings’ one.
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