The Calgary Flames were on the road to take on the San Jose Sharks. In the starter’s net for Calgary was of course, Gilroy, California product: Dustin Wolf. Growing up watching the Sharks with San Jose being merely up the road, Wolf got the opportunity to face his childhood team in his hometown. He took the opportunity and ran with it as he picked up the win in front of his friends and family.
Game charts are all below, read on to see it all!
Game events
Goals
| Goal | Assists | Time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Eklund | Fabian Zetterlund, Mikael Granlund | 7:22 | 1st | CGY 0 – 1 SJS |
| Jacob MacDonald | Mike Hoffman | 2:22 | 2nd | CGY 0 – 2 SJS |
| Rasmus Andersson | Matt Coronato, Nikita Okhotiuk | 5:35 | 2nd | CGY 1 – 2 SJS |
| Nazem Kadri (PPG) | Yegor Sharangovich, Andrei Kuzmenko | 14:51 | 2nd | CGY 2 – 2 SJS |
| Andrei Kuzmenko (PPG) | Jonathan Huberdeau, Nazem Kadri | 2:58 | OT | CGY 3 – 2 SJS |
- The Flames were down 2–0 early in the second period, but the Flames had answers to tie it up before the middle frame was over.
- Calgary scored two power play goals on three opportunities which is much better than most of their games.
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All situations Corsi
- The Flames significantly outplayed the Sharks and it’d be highly suspect if they didn’t do exactly that against the 32nd-place team.
- Calgary’s shot attempts were consistent throughout the game as there wasn’t any period of time where they weren’t shooting other than during their penalty kills.
- Speaking of which, the Flames were perfect on the penalty kill, and crucially this included the late-game penalty that extended into overtime.
- The Flames were all over the ice and were able to get shots from in close.
- Calgary’s defence could have been better but they did a good enough job at preventing the Sharks from getting too many high-danger shots. That said, the Sharks scored twice with slot shots.
5v5 Corsi
- At 5v5, it was very much a one-side game. The Flames had stretches of big momentum swings—one of which led to a goal—while the Sharks had lengthy periods with minimal shot attempts.
- In fact, after the Sharks’ second goal, they barely generated anything at 5v5 for the rest of the game.
- Calgary’s shooting game—especially at 5v5—isn’t really optimised, and this is evident here. Despite getting high-danger opportunities, the team tends to shoot from all over the offensive zone and hope for rebounds over driving to the net as a priority.
- This offensive system won’t win them many games as the league evolves with much more emphasis on high-danger shots right off the get-go rather than shooting from anywhere.
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