The Calgary Flames faced off against the Vancouver Canucks—a team that has Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov on its roster—in some Saturday night hockey. The Flames would have loved to take down their former teammates and the Pacific Division-leading Canucks but they came up short, ultimately losing 4–2 to Vancouver.
Notes and discussion from the charts are all below, read on to see it all!
Game events
- Both teams were fairly close in terms of total shots, but the Canucks were a bit more tenacious in the shot-blocking front as they doubled up Calgary.
- The Flames struggled in the faceoff dot as well.
Goals
| Goal | Assists | Time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nils Hoglander | Elias Pettersson, Conor Garland | 0:48 | 1st | CGY 0 – 1 VAN |
| Nils Hoglander | Elias Pettersson, Conor Garland | 8:16 | 2nd | CGY 0 – 2 VAN |
| Rasmus Andersson | A.J. Greer, Kevin Rooney | 18:31 | 2nd | CGY 1 – 2 VAN |
| J.T. Miller (PPG) | Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes | 16:42 | 3rd | CGY 1 – 3 VAN |
| Elias Lindholm | Unassisted | 18:50 | 3rd | CGY 1 – 4 VAN |
| Joel Hanley | Brayden Pachal, A.J. Greer | 19:41 | 3rd | CGY 2 – 4 VAN |
- Jacob Markstrom started his first game since returning from injury, and he was welcomed back with a goal against in the first minute of the game.
- The exact same trio for Vancouver also scored the second goal.
- Lindholm got the empty-netter against his former team to put an end the Flames’ comeback attempt.
- The Flames still scored in the final minute of the game and had a unique combination of players getting on the scoreboard, as Joel Hanley, Brayden Pachal, and A.J. Greer were all waiver claims this season.
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All situations Corsi
- The Flames were trailing even before their first shot attempt.
- After cutting into the lead, Calgary had a strong open to the third period and built momentum from their power play, but they weren’t able to find the equalizer.
- Instead, a late-game Flames penalty led to a quick goal from Vancouver that ended up being the game-winner.
- Calgary’s shot locations were actually decent as they got a fair number of high-danger shots. However, Casey DeSmith was perfect against all the slot shots he faced and the Flames were stymied from in close.
- The Canucks’ offence wasn’t as clean as the Flames’, but they were able to beat Markstrom twice on two net-front shots.
5v5 Corsi
- The two teams were evenly matched at 5v5 for basically the whole game.
- Both of Calgary’s goals came at 5v5 as they couldn’t convert on their power play chances.
- It’s a shame the Flames couldn’t score with their net-front chances as they did get good volume in that area.
- Calgary’s 5v5 defence could have been better though as they gave up a lot of high-danger chances as well.
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