CALGARY FLAMES NOTES:
FLAMES LAST GAME RECAP
JANUARY 8, 2023 – CALGARY FLAMES [3] vs. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS 4
The Calgary Flames began a five-game Central Division road trip on Sunday night in Chicago. The Blackhawks drew first blood just 2:39 into the contests courtesy of Lukas Reichel’s first NHL goal. The Flames would respond on the power play with Elias Lindholm sliding home his 13th on the campaign, but Colin Blackwell would restore Chicago’s lead shortly after and the score was 2-1 through 20. In the second, Philipp Kurashev scored just 0:35 into the frame to give the Blackhawks a two-goal lead. The Flames would battle back with goals from Jonathan Huberdeau and a second power play marker from Nazem Kadri to tie the game at three before the end of the second. No goals were scored in the third, and in overtime Max Domi was the hero for Chicago and the Flames claimed a point in a 4-3 overtime defeat.
CGY GOAL SCORERS: Lindholm (13), Huberdeau (8), Kadri (16)
GOALIE: Markstrom (8/11, .727 Sv%), Vladar (13/14, .929 SV%)
PP: 2/3 (66%)
PK: 1/1 (100%)
FLAMES LAST FIVE RESULTS, RECORD: 3-1-1
DATE RESULT GWG CGY GOALIE OPP. GOALIE
January 8, 2022 CGY [3] at CHI 4 Domi Markstrom/Vladar Stalock
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
*shootout winning goal
FLAMES UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
DATE TIME
(MST) OPPONENT VENUE
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
January 18, 2023 7:30pm vs. Colorado Avalanche Scotiabank Saddledome
TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS
This is the second of three matchups this season between the Flames and Blues. The Flames fell 5-2 in the teams opening meeting in December. This is a Pacific Division versus Central Division matchup; The Flames have an overall record of 4-3-1 against Central Division opponents this season and a record of 12-6-3 against Western Conference opponents.
FIRST MEETING WITH ST. LOUIS:
The Calgary Flames welcomed the St. Louis Blues to the Saddledome on December 16th. The Blues struck first with Ivan Barbashev scoring the games opening goal just 4:07 into the contest, but later in the frame, Connor Mackey would net his first of the season for the Flames and the two teams would skate into the first intermission tied at one. In the second Jordan Kyrou would bury the only goal of the period and through 40 it was 2-1 Blues. Pavel Buchnevich recorded his 10th of the season just under four minutes into the third to extend the Blues lead to two, but later in the period Connor Mackey would strike again for Calgary, scoring his second of the game for his first NHL multi-goal game, drawing the Flames within one. The Blues would quickly restore their two-goal lead with Brandon Saad scoring just over a minute later. Kyrou would add his second of the night in the late stages of the game, and the Blues won 5-2.
CALGARY FLAMES vs. ST. LOUIS BLUES
ALL-TIME HOME AWAY L10 STRK
CGY vs. STL 81-81-14-6 45-37-5-5 36-44-9-1 2-6-2 L3
GAME INFO:
Calgary Flames vs. St. Louis Blues
7:00pm CT
Enterprise Center
TV: Sportsnet West
Radio: Sportsnet Fan 960
2022-23 Season Series: 0-0-0 (Home: 0-0-0, Road 0-0-0)
Dec. 16, 2022 – STL [5] at CGY [2]
Jan.10, 2022 – CGY at STL
Jan. 12, 2023 – CGY at STL
2021-22 Season Record vs. STL: 1-2-0 (Home: 1-1-0, Road: 0-1-0)
Last Home Win vs. STL: January 24, 2022 – St. Louis [1] vs. Calgary [7]
Last Road Win @ STL: December 16, 2018 – Calgary [7] at St. Louis [2]
Last Home Loss vs. STL: December 16, 2022 – St. Louis [5] vs. Calgary [2]
Last Road Loss @ STL: January 27, 2022 – Calgary [1] at St. Louis [5]
2022-23 CALGARY FLAMES
FLAMES RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
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)
Dec. 27 – recalled Radim Zohorna (F) from Calgary (AHL)
Dec. 28 – activated Dennis Gilbert (D) from IR
Dec. 29 – reassigned Dennis Gilbert (D) and Radim Zohorna (F) to Calgary (AHL)
Dec. 30 – recalled Radim Zohorna (F) from Calgary (AHL)
Jan. 7 – recalled Jakob Pelletier (F) and Walker Duehr (F) from Calgary (AHL)
FLAMES RECENT INJURIES (Total man games lost – 29)
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 (4 games: Dec. 20 – Dec. 27)
ST. LOUIS BLUES NOTES:
CURRENT INJURIES
Scott Perunovich – Shoulder (Re-evaluated in 6 months, announced on Oct. 4)
Marco Scandella – Right Hip (Re-evaluated in 6 months, announced on Sep. 20)
Torey Krug – Lower-Body (Re-evaluated in 6 weeks, announced on Dec. 27)
Vladimir Tarasenko – Hand Injury (Re-evaluated in 4 weeks, announced on Jan. 2)
Ryan O’Reilly – Broken Foot (Re-evaluated in 6 weeks, announced on Jan. 2)
Logan Brown – Upper-Body (announced on Jan. 7)
Robert Bortuzzo – Lower-Body (announced on Jan. 9)
2022-23 Total Man Games Lost: 160
Recent Transactions
January
9 – Placed defenseman Robert Bortuzzo on injured reserve
9 – Recalled defenseman Dmitri Samorukov from the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
5 – Placed forward Logan Brown on the injured reserve
5 – Recalled defenseman Tyler Tucker from the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
4 – Assigned defenseman Tyler Tucker to the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
4 – Recalled defenseman Steven Santini from the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL)
BLUES VS. FLAMES
- The Blues and Flames will meet for the 2nd of 3 matchups this season
- The Blues won the first matchup of the season, 5-2 on Dec. 16 in Calgary
- The Blues and Flames will finish their season series on Thursday in St. Louis, as the Blues will host the Flames at Enterprise Center in back-to-back games
-The Blues went 2-1-0 against Calgary last season (1-1-0 away; 1-0-0 at home)
-The Blues have won 3 straight games against the Flames
- In their last 8 matchups with the Flames, the Blues are 7-1-0
- The Blues have won back-to-back games against Calgary at Enterprise Center and are 4-1-1 in their last 6 home games against the Flames
- The Blues have scored at least 1 power play goal in 7 of their last 8 games against Calgary, going 8 for 19 (42.1%) on the power play over those 8 games
- The Blues are 8-3-3 in their last 14 games overall since Dec. 11 vs. Colorado
- The Blues’ 8 wins share 5th in the NHL (1. Boston, 11), while their 19 points rank 5th in the NHL (1. Boston, 25 points) since Dec. 11
- The Blues are 17-6-0 this season when scoring first, which shares the 5th most wins in the NHL (1. Boston, 21-0-2)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
1/12 – vs. Calgary
1/14 – vs. Tampa Bay
1/16 – vs. Ottawa
1/19 – vs. Nashville
11/21 – vs. Chicago
A LOOK AHEAD
- The Blues will begin a season-long 7-game home stand on Tuesday against Calgary after starting 2023 with a 4-game road trip (3-1-0 on 4-game trip)
- The Blues will play 14 of their next 19 games at Enterprise Center, which will go through February and take them into March
- The Blues next 3 games, including tonight and Thursday against Calgary, will come against teams who currently hold a playoff spot
