The Calgary Flames are turning to their future and have started Dustin Wolf two games in a row. Having already beaten the Vegas Golden Knights, Wolf’s next task was to take on the Montreal Canadiens. He was stellar in his second straight start and was a big part of the Flames’s win.
Notes and discussion from the charts are all below, read on to see it all!
Game events
- The Canadiens posted 38 shots and Wolf saved 36 of them for a solid .947 save percentage.
- Calgary was dominated in the faceoff circle as Montreal doubled them up in faceoff wins.
Goals
| Goal | Assists | Time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mikael Backlund (PPG) | MacKenzie Weegar, Andrew Mangiapane | 16:23 | 1st | MTL 0 – 1 CGY |
| Mikael Backlund | Blake Coleman, MacKenzie Weegar | 0:11 | 2nd | MTL 0 – 2 CGY |
| Martin Pospisil | Jonathan Huberdeau, Nazem Kadri | 7:41 | 2nd | MTL 0 – 3 CGY |
| Cole Caufield | Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovsky | 10:34 | 2nd | MTL 1 – 3 CGY |
| David Savard | Tanner Pearson, Rafael Harvey-Pinard | 18:25 | 2nd | MTL 2 – 3 CGY |
| Nazem Kadri (PPG) | Jonathan Huberdeau, Yegor Sharangovich | 1:01 | 3rd | MTL 2 – 4 CGY |
| Daniil Miromanov | MacKenzie Weegar, Mikael Backlund | 3:54 | 3rd | MTL 2 – 5 CGY |
- Mikael Backlund scored his 200th career goal with his second period marker.
- Four different Flames had multi-point nights, led by Backlund’s two goals and an assist as well as MacKenzie Weegar posting three helpers.
- Daniil Miromanov scored again for the Flames, who’s been solid since being acquired.
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All situations Corsi
- The Flames were able to score twice on their power plays while posting a clean slate on the penalty kill.
- After Calgary went ahead 5–2, they coasted to victory without really putting much pressure.
- Wolf stopped all shots that were in close. His lateral movement remains one of the cleanest aspects in his game as he moved cross-crease with ease to make huge saves.
- All five of the Flames’ goals came from mere feet away from the net.
5v5 Corsi
- The Flames’ opening to the second period was strong. From killing off a penalty to scoring two goals to make it a 3–0 lead, this turned the tide of the game well in their favour.
- Jonathan Huberdeau’s assist to Martin Pospisil isn’t one you see every day. Boxing out Canadiens goalie Cayden Primeau by turning his back to the crease, Huberdeau neatly passed it to an open Pospisil for an easy tap-in instead of trying to go for a spinning shot himself.
- The Flames didn’t have nearly as many 5v5 shots, but they made theirs count as they got goals from in close.
- It wasn’t the Flames’ best offensive showing, but it was enough to get the job done.
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