The Calgary Flames have not played good hockey. In their previous two games, they allowed 12 goals for an average of six goals against per game. Now returning home to the Saddledome, they continued their trend and gave up another six. Daniel Vladar got the start after Jacob Markstrom was revealed to be nursing a lower-body injury, and he posted a brutal .829 save percentage. Meanwhile, Dustin Wolf saved all three shots he faced in relief in the third period.
Notes and discussion from the charts are all below, read on to see it all!
Game events
- The Flames were simply outclassed by the Avalanche in many aspects of the game.
- The biggest difference came in the faceoff circle where the Flames had just 25 faceoff wins compared to Colorado’s 43.
- On top of that, the Flames were outshot 35–19 after two periods of play.
Goals
| Goal | Assists | Time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mikko Rantanen (PPG) | Valeri Nichushkin, Nathan MacKinnon | 2:05 | 1st | COL 1 – 0 CGY |
| Daniil Miromanov | Nazem Kadri, Martin Pospisil | 3:24 | 1st | COL 1 – 1 CGY |
| Walker Duehr | Jonathan Huberdeau, Brayden Pachal | 6:46 | 1st | COL 1 – 2 CGY |
| Josh Manson | Sean Walker, Andrew Cogliano | 4:52 | 2nd | COL 2 – 2 CGY |
| Nathan MacKinnon | Valeri Nichushkin, Mikko Rantanen | 5:50 | 2nd | COL 3 – 2 CGY |
| Valeri Nichushkin | Mikko Rantanen, Devon Toews | 7:53 | 2nd | COL 4 – 2 CGY |
| Casey Mittelstadt | Brandon Duhaime, Devon Toews | 14:10 | 2nd | COL 5 – 2 CGY |
| Mikko Rantanen | Cale Makar | 19:14 | 2nd | COL 6 – 2 CGY |
- New Calgary Flame Daniil Miromanov got his first goal with the team, which came early in the first period to tie the game.
- The Flames had a 2–1 lead heading into the first intermission with a goal from Walker Duehr, but that would quickly change.
- Colorado posted a five-goal second period to completely turn the tide of the game in their favour.
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All situations Corsi
- The Flames were dominated at home, plain and simple. From start to finish, the Avalanche controlled the pace and made the home team look exactly like a team that traded away two key defencemen at the deadline.
- Cagalry didn’t have any instance of sustained pressure at all.
- The Flames’ defence was bad but their goaltending was worse. The Avs got one goal from in close, but their other five came from all over the ice.
- Calgary’s offence was pushed to the right side for most of their shots. They got two goals to show for it, but there wasn’t much high-danger activity from them.
5v5 Corsi
- The game had a reasonable amount of penalties, but at 5v5 the Flames were still dominated by the Avalanche.
- The only good part was that Calgary opened the game with two 5v5 goals, but that was completely erased with Colorado’s five goals in the second.
- A tale of two teams here at 5v5. While high-danger chances were scarce for both teams, again, it was the Avalanche scoring at will and all over the ice that buried the Flames.
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