The Calgary Flames got a shorthanded goal early and never looked back as they rolled over the Anaheim Ducks in a 6-3 win. The Flames handily controlled the pace of play for all three periods, only having about 10 minutes at the start of the third where they were collapsing a bit defensively.
Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane has been fined by the NHL for a slash from Saturday night’s game against the Calgary Flames. The $5,000 fine — the maximum allowable under the CBA — was dished out after Kane took a whack at Dryden Hunt.
The Calgary Flames gave their fans plenty to cheer for even in a loss to the playoff bound Edmonton Oilers. Calgary played them as hard as any playoff team would really showing pride in their team performance despite being officially eliminated from playoff contention after their last loss.
On Thursday night, for the first time in his National Hockey League career, Connor Zary was a spectator when the Flames played the Winnipeg Jets. On Saturday night, also for the first time in his NHL career, Zary was a centre when the Flames played the Edmonton Oilers.
I understand you can’t win them all, but the Calgary Flames just handed the Anaheim Ducks just their second win in their last 14 games. The Flames most offensive players disguised how horrendous they were defensively by being opportunistic.
A game the Calgary Flames certainly deserved a better fate for ended up as a loss Thursday evening against the St. Louis Blues. Calgary had the tying goal before the empty netter to make it 4-4 due to a miss called high stick as well as getting another one called back for being just offside.
The Calgary Flames headed into St. Louis on Thursday evening to conclude their brief two-game road trip, hoping to end their four game skid when they faced the Blues.
The Calgary Flames slowly let the determined Washington Capitals take over the game. Despite their ability to get high quality looks more frequently than the visitors, the Capitals never quit peppering young Wolf with shots.
After a week of beatdowns the Calgary Flames found some flow and were able to take down the Vegas Golden Knights.
The Calgary Flames didn’t play particularly well for two periods of Saturday’s loss to the Florida Panthers. Or in any part of their losses to Carolina or Colorado.
The Calgary Flames played a pretty good game in the first two periods of Thursday’s game against the Vegas Golden Knights, but they couldn’t translate zone time and scoring chances into goals.
The Calgary Flames came out flat footed against one of the most high-octane attacks in the entire league and paid dearly for it. The Hurricanes were too much for the Flames and spent long stretches attacking in prolonged waves.
The Calgary Flames were hoping to shake off a bad outing in Florida when they headed to Raleigh to visit the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday afternoon. It didn’t turn out that way, as the Flames were pretty thoroughly out-played for the first 25-30 minutes and couldn’t put together a comeback in a 7-2 loss to Carolina.
The Calgary Flames played the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday evening, in the aftermath of the Noah Hanifin trade and on the eve of the trade deadline.
On Saturday night, the Calgary Flames a game filled with emotion and managed to battle back from a multi-goal deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Over at The Fourth Period, my old pal Dennis Bernstein does a thing on his social media after every Los Angeles Kings game where he looks at the small, medium and big picture implications of that game’s results.
The Calgary Flames and Los Angeles Kings played a game on Tuesday night that was a bit of a grind for the first half. Not a ton happened, but both teams sure did try to make things happen.
Russian theatrical legend Konstantin Stanislavski once famously remarked “there are no small parts, only small actors.” In the context of the many complexities of professional sports, on occasion players with seemingly small roles can have large impacts on the course of games.
The Flames came out swinging with a hot start that left the Oilers chasing all night long. There were scrums, scraps, and fisticuffs in what felt like the first revival of a hatred that disappeared when Matthew Tkachuk and Zach Kassian left their respective former teams.
The Calgary Flames hosted the Boston Bruins on Thursday evening. The Flames did their best to push the pace early on and spotted themselves a lead, but the Bruins made a push in the second half and the Flames did their best to hold on.
The Calgary Flames re-found their work boots and put them to the test on a Family Day afternoon against the Winnipeg Jets. Early on it seemed the team
On Thursday night, the Calgary Flames returned home from a long road trip and laid an egg against the San Jose Sharks. It’s not encouraging, but it happens.
The Calgary Flames have activated goaltender Daniel Vladar off injured reserve, and also called up forward Dryden Hunt from the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers.
In advance of their Tuesday meeting with the Nashville Predators, the Calgary Flames have reportedly placed a player on the waiver wire. Per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the club has placed forward Dryden Hunt on waivers.
The Calgary Flames certainly did not have as busy of a trade deadline this year as other teams in the NHL, as they only made two moves. The first was done
As per Shayna Goldman of The Too Many Men podcast, Dryden Hunt is on his way to his fourth team of the season. Hunt had a brief run with the Leafs when he first arrived in Toronto, but wasn’t long for the team and found himself on the Marlies.
Hunt, 27, has one goal in nine games with the Maple Leafs this season. The Maple Leafs originally acquired him from the Avalanche on Dec. 19 in exchange for forward Denis Malgin.
This is a stylistic swap, a straight-up winger-for-winger deal for two players on expiring contracts. Hunt, 27, is two years older than Malgin, who struggled to finish his chances in a Maple Leafs uniform despite being given an opportunity at times in Toronto’s top six.
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