The Calgary Flames were looking to string together three wins in a row while they remain in the wild card race. Starting Dustin Wolf for the third straight game, the Flames had a tough challenge as they were facing an Eastern Conference team also hungry for a wild card spot of their own in the Washington Capitals.
Unfortunately, the game was won on special teams as ceding two power play goals to Alex Ovechkin often bodes unwell for any team.
Notes and discussion from the charts are all below, read on to see it all!
Game events
- By counting stats, the game was fairly even with most of the metrics being comparable between the two teams.
- Former Flames prospect Matthew Phillips was not in the lineup as he’s currently playing with the Capitals’ AHL affiliate the Hershey Bears.
Goals
| Goal | Assists | Time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Strome | Rasmus Sandin, Nick Jensen | 14:59 | 1st | WSH 1 – 0 CGY |
| Alex Ovechkin (PPG) | Max Pacioretty, Tom Wilson | 5:58 | 2nd | WSH 2 – 0 CGY |
| Alex Ovechkin (PPG) | John Carlson, Dylan Strome | 9:16 | 2nd | WSH 3 – 0 CGY |
| Kevin Rooney | Brayden Pachal, Matt Coronato | 10:41 | 2nd | WSH 3 – 1 CGY |
| Hendrix Lapierre | Sonny Milano | 14:22 | 2nd | WSH 4 – 1 CGY |
| MacKenzie Weegar | Mikael Backlund | 7:13 | 3rd | WSH 4 – 2 CGY |
| Tom Wilson | Beck Malenstyn, Nick Jensen | 17:31 | 3rd | WSH 5 – 2 CGY |
- As mentioned, two power play goals were given up by the Flames in less than four minutes of play. That put Calgary in a 3–0 deficit that they couldn’t overcome.
- The Flames were able to get onto the scoreboard but they always trailed by multiple goals.
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All situations Corsi
- The Flames had the advantage in terms of shot attempts, but they weren’t able to get the early goal to put pressure on the Capitals.
- Both power play goals by Washington were scored early in the man-advantage. The Flames could barely build any momentum from a strong penalty kill as the power plays were over within a blink of the eye.
- The Flames had a good amount of high-danger chances, but they were only able to score from in close on one of their shots. Everything else was turned aside by Charlie Lindgren.
- On the other end of the ice, the Capitals didn’t exactly have a strong offensive game. They were able to beat the Flames on fewer shots and were barely in the high-danger areas at all.
5v5 Corsi
- At 5v5, the Flames controlled the play, and goals were even at two apiece. If not for the poor penalty kill, this game could have gone in Calgary’s way.
- The Capitals barely had anything in the slot as the Flames’ defence did a good job keeping them to the outside.
- Calgary’s offence didn’t look too bad overall as they had a mix of high-danger shots as well as regular shot attempts spread throughout the offensive zone.
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