The Calgary Flames managed to get to a five-game win streak for the first time this season on the same night they retired Miikka Kiprusoff‘s number. Looking to extend it to six games, the Flames hosted the Seattle Kraken. Unfortunately, it didn’t turn out for the Flames as they kicked off trade deadline week with a loss.
Notes and discussion from the charts are all below, read on to see it all!
Game events
- It was a high-event game as 67 shots were racked up between the two teams. The Flames had 37 shots while another 42 attempts didn’t reach the net.
- It was a penalty-laden game as the Kraken had 23 penalty minutes and the Flames 32.
Goals
| Goal | Assists | Time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yanni Gourde | Brandon Tanev, Vince Dunn | 4:04 | 1st | SEA 1 – 0 CGY |
| Andrei Kuzmenko (PPG) | Nazem Kadri, Jonathan Huberdeau | 7:50 | 2nd | SEA 1 – 1 CGY |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | Jared McCann, Jaden Schwartz | 12:34 | 2nd | SEA 2 – 1 CGY |
| Adam Larsson | Matty Beniers, Jordan Eberle | 0:21 | 3rd | SEA 3 – 1 CGY |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | Rasmus Andersson, Nazem Kadri | 7:46 | 3rd | SEA 3 – 2 CGY |
| Jared McCann (SHG) | Unassisted | 12:29 | 3rd | SEA 4 – 2 CGY |
- Andrei Kuzmenko’s proving to be a great pickup for the team as he scored both goals for Calgary to keep them in the game.
- Nazem Kadri also had a two-point night with assists on both Kuzmenko goals.
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All situations Corsi
- The Flames didn’t get their first shot attempt before they were already down 1–0. They did manage to push back to tie it midway through the second.
- However, despite the Kraken not having sustained pressure, they scored the next two goals to force Calgary to try another comeback attempt.
- The third period was all penalties and while the two teams traded goals, it was Seattle’s shorthanded goal that put the damper on the Flames’ comeback.
- Four goals by the Kraken from the high slot—not a great defensive showing by the home team here.
- Calgary wasn’t able to get as many high-danger chances for themselves either.
5v5 Corsi
- A large part of this game was not played at 5v5. It’s interesting to see how much closer things became at 5v5 compared to the huge disparity at all situations.
- The Flames really did not have a good gave at 5v5 at all on either end of the ice.
- No offensive pressure and questionable defence will lead to failed comebacks more often than not, and that’s exactly what happened.
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