EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
8:00 p.m. MT at Scotiabank Saddledome
BROADCAST INFO: 630 CHED Radio, Sportsnet
18-15-2 – 38 PTS RECORD 16-12-7 – 39 PTS
Div. – 5th Conference – 9th RANK Div. – 4th Conference – 8th
1st –32.3% (41/127) POWER PLAY 23rd – 19.5% (23/118)
26th – 72.3% (94/130) PENALTY KILL 10th – 80.7% (109/135)
ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. CALGARY GP RECORD HOME (131) AWAY (131) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. CALGARY 262 112-122-19-9 65-49-10-7 47-73-9-2 856 903
OILERS vs. CALGARY – 2022-23 2 1-1-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 6 6
QUICK FACTS
• Tuesday’s game will mark Edmonton’s third and final game against Calgary this season.
• The last time these teams met was on October 29th in Calgary, with the Oilers winning 3-2.
• Leon Draisaitl leads the Oilers with 51 career points against Calgary and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has appeared in a team leading 50 career games against the Flames.
POINT STREAKING
-Connor McDavid is currently on 15-game point streak posting 31 points (14G, 17A), with the longest streak of his career at 17 games.
-Connor McDavid became the first player in 2022-23 to reach 30 goals and joined elite company in the past 25 years by reaching the mark in 35 or fewer games.
GOALS BY PERIOD
The Oilers rank T-1st in the NHL in goals for in the second period with 47. They also rank tied for 2nd in the league in third period goals with 48.
HATS OFF
Zach Hyman scored his first career hat trick on Dec. 13 at NSH, while posting four points (3G, 1A) in the Oilers 6-3 win over the Predators.
MCDAVID AND DRAISAITL – 1, 2 PUNCH
Connor McDavid (14-17—31 in 15 GP) extended the League’s longest active point streak to 15 contests on Dec. 23 vs. VAN. Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid had five and four points, respectively on Dec. 13 against Nashville and became the fifth pair of teammates in NHL history each with at least 20 goals and 30 assists through 30 games in a season.
McDAVID GOES “ZERO TO SIXTY” IN 31 GAMES
Connor McDavid scored on Dec. 15 en route to becoming the first skater to reach the 60-point mark in 2022-23 – just four games after eclipsing the 50-point plateau on Dec. 7.
BOUCHARD’S LATE GOAL MAGIC
On Nov. 28 vs. Florida, Evan Bouchard scored the game-tying goal in the final five seconds of regulation before Connor McDavid (1G, 2A – 3PTS) capped off his three-point performance with an assist on Leon Draisaitl’s overtime winner.
OVERTIME WINNER
Connor McDavid scored the overtime winning goal on Nov.19 vs. Vegas. The goal marked his 14th career overtime goal and he ranks first in the NHL in overtime goals since 2015-16.
MOST OVERTIME GOALS SINCE 2015-16
Connor McDavid – 14
Jonathan Toews – 13
Brad Marchand – 13
Sidney Crosby – 12
POWER PLAY PUNCH
Leon Draisaitl scored his 100th career power play goal on Nov. 21 against New Jersey and recorded his 101st power play goal which also stood as the game winning goal on Nov. 26 against the New York Rangers. Draisaitl holds sole possession of 5th spot all-time in Oilers power play goals and is just 25 goals shy of the all-time lead held by Glenn Anderson and Ryan Smyth. Draisaitl is one power play goal from tying Jari Kurri (107) for 4th on the Oilers power play goals list.
200 CLUB
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his 200th career goal with the Oilers on Oct. 26 at STL which stood as the game winning goal. Nugent-Hopkins becomes just the ninth player in Oilers history to record 200 goals with the Oilers and has achieved the mark in 726 games all with the Oilers.
LAST 10 GAMES VS. CALGARY
Record: 6-4-0
GF: 42 GA: 41
2022-22 10/29/22 @ CGY 3-2 W
2022-23 10/15/22 @ EDM 4-3 L
*2021-22 5/26/22 @ CGY 6-5 W (OT)
*2021-22 5/24/22 @ EDM 5-3 W
*2021-22 5/22/22 @ EDM 4-1 W
*2021-22 5/20/22 @ CGY 5-3 W
*2021-22 5/18/22 @ CGY 9-6 L
2021-22 3/26/22 @ CGY 9-5 L
2021-22 3/7/22 @ CGY 3-1 L
2021-22 1/22/22 @ EDM 5-3 W
*Notes playoff game
CALGARY FLAMES NOTES:
FLAMES LAST GAME RECAP
DECEMBER 23, 2022 – CALGARY FLAMES [3] vs. Anaheim Ducks 2
The Calgary Flames finished off their four-game California road trip with a final stop at the Honda Center for a clash with the Anaheim Ducks. The Flames once again found the back of the net early with Michael Stone blasting a shot past Lukas Dostal to put Calgary up 1-0 just 4:19 into the contest. It would stay that way until the 16:44 mark of the first when Mason McTavish netted the equalizer for the Ducks on a five-on-three advantage to square the game through 20. In the second, the Flames would outshoot the Ducks 23-1, culminating in Brett Ritchie scoring his sixth of the season to help the Flames regain their advantage 2-1 and they would hold that lead through 40 minutes of play. In the third, Jakob Silfverberg’s wrist shot would beat Jacob Markstrom to tie the game, and it would stay that way through the end of regulation, and the Flames and Ducks headed to overtime. In the extra frame, Tyler Toffoli would feed Rasmus Andersson who would snap home his career-high fourth game-winning goal of the season and the Flames headed into the Christmas Break with a 3-2 win over the Ducks.
CGY GOAL SCORERS: Stone (4), Ritchie (6), Andersson (5)
GOALIE: Markstrom (21/23, .913 Sv%)
PP: 0/4 (0%)
PK: 3/5 (60%)
FLAMES LAST FIVE RESULTS, RECORD: 3-1-1
DATE RESULT GWG CGY GOALIE OPP. GOALIE
December 23, 2022 CGY [3] at ANA 2 Andersson Markstrom Dostal
December 22, 2022 CGY [3] at LAK 4 Kempe Vladar Copley
December 20, 2022 CGY [7] at SJS [3] Kadri Markstrom Reimer
December 18, 2022 CGY [5] at SJS [2] Lindholm Markstrom Kahkonen
December 16, 2022 STL [5] vs. CGY [2] Buchnevich Markstrom Greiss
*shootout winning goal
FLAMES UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
DATE TIME
(MST) OPPONENT VENUE
December 27, 2022 7:00pm vs. Edmonton Oilers Scotiabank Saddledome
December 28, 2022 8:00pm at Seattle Kraken Climate Pledge Arena
December 31, 2022 8:00pm vs. Vancouver Canucks Scotiabank Saddledome
January 3, 2023 6:00pm at Winnipeg Jets Canada Life Centre
January 6, 2023 7:00pm vs. New York Islanders Scotiabank Saddledome
TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS
This is the third of three matchups this season between the Flames and Oilers. The two-clubs have split the first two Battle of Alberta’s with the road team prevailing on both occasions. This is a Pacific Division Matchup; The Flames have an overall record of 6-2-2 against Pacific Division opponents this season and a record of 10-4-2 against Western Conference opponents.
BATTLE OF ALBERTA THIS SEASON:
This is the third and final edition of the Battle of Alberta during the 2022-23 campaign, with the Flames and Oilers having split the two meetings so far. Their first meeting came on the Flames second game of the season in Edmonton which saw an early Flames offensive onslaught with first period goals from Backlund, Stone, Kadri and Mangiapane on 16 opening-frame shots. Kadri’s goal was his first as a Flame, Michael Stone would go on to record his first three-point game in the NHL and Dan Vladar made 20 saves to help the Flames win round one of the Battle of Alberta 4-3. In their second meeting, Mikael Backlund scored his second against the Oilers this season shorthanded, Brett Ritchie also tallied for Calgary, but two goals from Zach Hyman would help the Oilers take the second meeting 3-2.
HOT STARTS:
Michael Stone scored 4:19 into the game on Friday night in Anaheim to give the Flames an early 1-0 lead, it marked the 13th time this season the Flames have scored in the opening five minutes of a game so far this season which leads the NHL in goals in the opening five minutes of a game. The Flames have scored in the games opening five minutes in three-straight games, including the Stone goal along with Jonathan Huberdeau scoring 3:23 into the game in Los Angeles and Tyler Toffoli and Dillon Dube both scoring in the opening 30 seconds in San Jose.
ANDERSSON’S WINNERS:
Rasmus Andersson was the overtime hero on Friday night in Anaheim, notching his fifth goal of the season, and fourth game-winning goal. His four game-winners are a career-high and lead the Flames while also tying him for the third-most in the NHL so far this season. The Flames have now won 11-straight games when Andersson scores, dating all the way back to the COVID-shortened 2021 season. Andersson and the Flames were 4-0-0 last season in games where he scored and are 5-0-0 so far in 2022-23 when Andersson finds the back of the net.
MARKY MARK:
Jacob Markstrom turned aside 21 of the 23 shots he faced on Friday night at the Honda Center to help the Flames knock off the Ducks 3-2 in overtime. With the win, Markstrom moved into a tie for the sixth most regular season and playoff wins combined in franchise history (75). Markstrom tied Trevor Kidd who spent five seasons with the Flames from 1991 to 1997 playing in 178 games over the course of his time as a Flame. Markstrom is in his third year as a Flame and has amassed the 75 wins in 142 total games in a Flames sweater.
‘DOME SWEET ‘DOME:
The Flames finished their California road-trip prior to the Christmas break with a record of 3-0-1 and recorded seven of a possible eight points. They started with back-to-back wins in San Jose, outscoring the Sharks 12-5 over the two games. They then went to Los Angeles where they fell 4-3 in overtime but finished the trip strong with the 3-2 overtime victory at the Honda Center. The Flames improved their record to 6-3-4 in December, totaling the seventh most points in the NHL through the month.
DID YOU KNOW?
For the first time since 2009, the first two Battle of Alberta matchups in a season have both been decided by one goal. The last time was October 3, 2009 (CGY [4] at EDM [3]) and (October 8, 2009, CGY [4] at EDM 3). Chris Tanev scored his first NHL goal against the Edmonton Oilers on February 4th, 2013. Blake Coleman skated in his first NHL game against the Edmonton Oilers back on January 12th, 2017. Mikael Backlund recorded his first assist against the Oilers on February 4th, 2013.
CALGARY FLAMES vs. EDMONTON OILERS
ALL-TIME HOME AWAY L10 STRK
CGY vs. EDM 131-106-19-6 75-46-9-1 56-60-10-5 5-5-0 L1
GAME INFO:
Calgary Flames vs. Edmonton Oilers
7:00pm MT
Scotiabank Saddledome
TV: Sportsnet West
Radio: Sportsnet Fan 960
2022-23 Season Series: 1-1-0 (Home: 0-1-0, Road 1-0-0)
Oct. 15, 2022 – CGY [4] vs. EDM [3]
Oct. 29, 2022 – EDM [3] vs. CGY [2]
Dec. 27, 2022 – EDM vs. CGY
2021-22 Season Record vs. EDM: 2-2-0
Last Home Win vs. EDM: March 26, 2022 – Edmonton [5] vs. Calgary [9]
Last Road Win @ EDM: October 15th, 2022 – Calgary [4] at Edmonton [3]
Last Home Loss vs. EDM: October 29, 2021 – Edmonton [3] vs. Calgary [2]
Last Road Loss @ EDM: January 22, 2022 – Calgary [3] at Edmonton [5]
2022-23 CALGARY FLAMES
FLAMES RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Dec. 8 – placed Kevin Rooney (F) on waivers; cleared waivers
Dec. 8 – recalled Matthew Phillips (F) from Calgary (AHL)
Dec. 9 – recalled Radim Zohorna (F) from Calgary (AHL)
Dec. 18 – recalled Dennis Gilbert (D) from Calgary (AHL); placed Chris Tanev (D) on IR (retroactive)
Dec. 20 – recalled Nick DeSimone (D) from Calgary (AHL); placed Dennis Gilbert (D) on IR
Dec. 20 – reassigned Radim Zohorna (F) to Calgary (AHL)
Dec. 24 – reassigned Matthew Phillips (F) and Nick DeSimone (D) to Calgary (AHL)
FLAMES RECENT INJURIES (Total man games lost – 27)
Noah Hanifin – illness (1 game: Oct. 21)
Chris Tanev – upper-body (5 games: Nov. 3 – Nov. 10)
Jonathan Huberdeau – upper-body (3 games: Nov. 8 – Nov. 12)
Michael Stone – lower-body (11 games: Nov. 7 – Nov. 25)
MacKenzie Weegar – non-COVID illness (1 game: Dec. 12)
Elias Lindholm – upper-body injury (1 game: Dec. 12)
Chris Tanev – upper-body injury (3 games: Dec. 14 – Dec. 18)
Radim Zohorna – non-COVID illness (1 game: Dec. 18)
Dennis Gilbert – lower-body injury (3 games: Dec. 20 – Dec. 23)
