The Calgary Flames honoured goaltending legend Miikka Kiprusoff by retiring his #34 and putting his name on a banner to hang forever from the rafters. The Flames started the night with an emotional ceremony and ended it with a roaring comeback, scoring three goals in the third to cap off a big win on Kipper’s retirement night.
Notes and discussion from the charts are all below, read on to see it all!
Game events
- The Flames did not play a great game. They were flat for most of it and didn’t really show up for Kiprusoff until the third period.
- This game was surprisingly filled with penalties with both teams going on the power play five times
- Calgary was weaker in shots and faceoffs, but they had a more physical game than the Penguins.
Goals
| Goal | Assists | Time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Gruden | Unassisted | 16:42 | 1st | PIT 1 – 0 CGY |
| Lars Eller (PPG) | Valtteri Puustinen, Sidney Crosby | 19:26 | 1st | PIT 2 – 0 CGY |
| Yegor Sharangovich | Unassisted | 3:37 | 2nd | PIT 2 – 1 CGY |
| Jeff Carter | Ryan Graves, Noel Acciari | 2:51 | 3rd | PIT 3 – 1 CGY |
| Nazem Kadri (PPG) | MacKenzie Weegar, Noah Hanifin | 10:09 | 3rd | PIT 3 – 2 CGY |
| Blake Coleman | Andrew Mangiapane, Mikael Backlund | 10:41 | 3rd | PIT 3 – 3 CGY |
| Yegor Sharangovich | Mikael Backlund | 19:10 | 3rd | PIT 3 – 4 CGY |
- All three Flames scorers came from the three with at least 20 goals this season. In the big moments of the game, the Flames’ best goal scorers showed up.
- Two goals in 32 seconds completely changed the flow of the game and gave Calgary much-needed momentum.
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All situations Corsi
- The Corsi makes it look a lot closer than it was. The Flames only put up 10 total shots in the first two period compared to the Penguins’ 24.
- The Flames didn’t give up when they went down 3–1, and instead that’s where one of their biggest pushes of the night came to be.
- Sharangovich’s last-minute goal sent the Saddledome aroar and put a massive smile on Kiprusoff’s face.
- Somehow, both teams only took one shot each from the blue line. All other offensive zone shots came from closer in.
- The Flames’ defence looked like it could have used Chris Tanev as they were not as effective at preventing high-danger shots.
5v5 Corsi
- The two teams were closely matched at 5v5 in terms of shot attempts, and Calgary actually came out ahead by the final buzzer.
- The two biggest goals for Calgary came at 5v5, the first to tie and the second to win the game.
- Both teams looked rather scattered at 5v5. Neither were particularly effective at getting slot shots.
- That sharp angle goal from Jonathan Gruden that beat Jacob Markstrom still makes no sense.
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