CALGARY FLAMES NOTES:
FLAMES LAST GAME RECAP
JANUARY 6, 2023 – CALGARY FLAMES [4] vs. NEW YORK ISLANDERS [1]
The Calgary Flames welcomed the New York Islanders to the Scotiabank Saddledome for a Friday night clash. The Flames peppered the Islanders early and just 4:36 in Milan Lucic scored his third on the season to break the ice for Calgary. Just under two minutes later, Blake Coleman scored in his second straight home game to double the Flames advantage before Nikita Zadorov got into the scoring act with a blast from the point to make it 3-0 Calgary. Zach Parise would get one back for the Islanders, but through a busy opening 20 the Flames led 3-1. Calgary would outshoot New York in the second 9-8 but neither team could find the back of the net so there was no change to the score through two periods of play. The lone goal of the final frame came off the stick of Nazem Kadri who picked his spot and sniped home his 15th on the campaign from a tight angle, and the Flames All-Star would make it 4-1 and that is the way things would end.
CGY GOAL SCORERS: Lucic (3), Coleman (7), Zadorov (6), Kadri (15)
GOALIE: Markstrom (24/25, .960 Sv%)
PP: 0/2 (0%)
PK: 1/1 (100%)
FLAMES LAST FIVE RESULTS, RECORD: 3-0-2
DATE RESULT GWG CGY GOALIE OPP. GOALIE
January 6, 2023 NYI [1] vs. CGY [4] Coleman Markstrom Varlamov
January 3, 2023 CGY [2] at WPG [3] Gagner Markstrom Hellebuyck
December 31, 2022 VAN [2] vs. CGY [3] Weegar Markstrom Martin
December 28, 2022 CGY [3] at SEA [2] Huberdeau Vladar Grubauer
December 27, 2022 EDM [2] vs. CGY [1] McDavid Markstrom Skinner
*shootout winning goal
FLAMES UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
DATE TIME
(MST) OPPONENT VENUE
January 8, 2023 5:00pm at Chicago Blackhawks United Center
January 10, 2023 6:00pm at. St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center
January 12, 2023 6:00pm at. St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center
January 14, 2023 12:00pm at Dallas Starts American Airlines Center
January 16, 2023 6:00pm at Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena
TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS
This is the first of three matchups this season between the Flames and Blackhawks. The Flames swept the season-series against Chicago in 2021-22. This is a Pacific Division versus Central Division matchup; The Flames have an overall record of 4-3-0 against Central Division opponents this season and a record of 12-6-2 against Western Conference opponents.
LAST SEASON VERSUS CHICAGO:
The Flames and Blackhawks squared off three times last season with the Flames emerging victorious on all three occasions. Their first meeting came at the Scotiabank Saddledome on November 23, 2021, a contest the Flames won 5-2 and saw Dube, Lucic and Lewis all score for the Flames while Rasmus Andersson was the games First Star with a two-assist night. The clubs didn’t meet again until the new year, where Jacob Markstrom made 30 saves with a .968 SV% to help the Flames to a 5-1 victory. In their final meeting, Dube scored his second against Chicago, Coleman also joined in on the scoring act and the Flames made it two wins at the United Center with another 5-2 victory.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBCSCH – Chris Vosters (PxP), Troy Murray (analyst) and Colby Cohen (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Caley Chelios (analyst)
SPANISH RADIO: Univision Sports Radio 1200 AM – Miguel Esparza (PxP) and Jorge Moreno (analyst)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Thursday, Jan. 12 vs. COL, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Saturday, Jan. 14 vs. SEA, 7:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Tuesday, Jan. 17 vs. BUF, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Sunday, Jan. 22 vs. LAK, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Tuesday, Jan. 24 at VAN, 9:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 4 – Recalled Lukas Reichel and Brett Seney from Rockford … Placed MacKenzie Entwistle and Jujhar Khaira on IR … Dec. 19 – Activated Alex Stalock off IR and assigned Arvid Soderblom to Rockford … Placed Jarred Tinordi on IR and recalled Isaak Phillips from Rockford … Dec. 13 – Activated Tyler Johnson off IR and assigned Filip Roos to Rockford … Dec. 12 – Activated Petr Mrazek off injured reserve and assigned Jaxson Stauber to Rockford … Dec. 7 – Assigned Lukas Reichel to Rockford … Dec. 6 – Recalled Lukas Reichel and placed Petr Mrazek on IR … Dec. 1 – Recalled Ian Mitchell from Rockford and placed Jarred Tinordi on IR.
LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (2) vs. Coyotes (0) – Fri., Jan. 6 – United Center
CHI Goals: McCabe (2), T. Johnson (4; EN)
ARI Goals:
Goalies: CHI – Stalock (22/22, 59:57) ARI – Ingram (30/31, 59:21)
CHI PP: 0/2; PK: 1/1
ARI PP: 0/1; PK: 2/2
Recap: The Blackhawks earned their first shutout victory of the season on Friday against Arizona, with Alex Stalock stopping all 22 shots he faced for his 10th career shutout … Jake McCabe got the Blackhawks on the board with his second goal of the season … McCabe tied his career high with five shots on goal (3x) … Tyler Johnson scored on the empty net to seal the deal … Reese Johnson posted a season-high seven hits … Seth Jones tallied an assist and has points in back-to-back games (1G, 1A) … Max Domi also recorded an assist to give him helpers in consecutive games (2A).
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – CALGARY FLAMES
The Blackhawks are 13-6-3 in their last 22 home games against the Calgary Flames … Chicago fell to the Flames in their last matchup on April 18, falling 5-2 … Tyler Johnson scored for the Blackhawks with Jonathan Toews and Jake McCabe notching assists … Patrick Kane has 11 points (4G, 7A) over his last seven contests against the Flames, including a four-point night on Dec. 31, 2019 (2G, 2A) … Max Domi has nine points (3G, 6A) over his last nine games against the Flames, including a three-point effort … Andreas Athanasiou has five points (3G, 2A) over his last four games against Calgary, with two multipoint contests.
2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Jan. 8 | AWAY: Jan. 26, April 4
All-Time Record: 77-68-34 Home: 41-32-16 Road: 36-36-18
Last Home Win: Nov. 1, 2016 (5-1) Last Road Win: Feb. 15, 2020 (8-4) Last Home Loss: April 18, 2022 (2-5) Road Loss: Nov. 23, 2021 (2-5)
ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. CGY ALL-TIME
GOALS: Patrick Kane, 24; Jonathan Toews, 11; Tyler Johnson/Max Domi, 4
ASSISTS: Patrick Kane, 32; Jonathan Toews, 19; Max Domi, 10
POINTS: Patrick Kane, 56; Jonathan Toews, 30; Max Domi, 14
BLACKHAWKS RECORD ON…
One-Day Rest: 6-10-1
Two-Days Rest: 1-4-0
Three+ Days Rest: 1-2-1
First Game of a B2B: 1-4-1
Second Game of a B2B: 0-5-1
BLACKHAWKS RECORD BY DAY
Monday: 0-1-0
Tuesday: 1-5-0
Wednesday: 0-5-0
Thursday: 1-4-1
Friday: 3-2-1
Saturday: 3-3-1
Sunday: 1-5-1
