COLORADO AVALANCHE NOTES:
UPCOMING GAMES
Date Opponent Time (MT) TV Radio
Wed, Jan. 18 at Calgary 7:30 p.m. Altitude 2 950 AM
Fri, Jan. 20 at Vancouver 8 p.m. Altitude 950 AM
Sat, Jan. 21 at Seattle 8 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Tue, Jan. 24 WASHINGTON 7 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Thu, Jan. 26 ANAHEIM 7 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Sat, Jan. 28 ST. LOUIS 1 p.m. Hulu / ESPN+ 950 AM
TONIGHT’S GAME
COLORADO @ CALGARY
7:38 p.m.
Altitude / 950 AM
The Colorado Avalanche opens a three-game road trip tonight in Calgary against the Flames … The Avs will finish the trip with a back-to-back in Vancouver and Seattle on Friday and Saturday … The Avs just wrapped up a 2-0-0 homestand, outscoring the opposition 13-3.
ON THE CALL
Altitude: Marc Moser (play-by-play), Mark Rycroft (analyst), Kyle Keefe (reporter)
Radio: Conor McGahey
LAST GAME
Jan. 16 – Colorado 6, Detroit 3 at Ball Arena
Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and two assists, Cale Makar scored twice with one assist and the Avalanche beat the Detroit Red Wings, 6-3, on Monday afternoon at Ball Arena … J.T. Compher and Artturi Lehkonen also scored for the Avs, while Devon Toews and Evan Rodrigues added two assists each … Pavel Francouz made 26 saves while making his season-high third consecutive start.
SF: 27 SA: 29 PP: 2-4 PK: 2-2
The Avalanche finished 2-0-0 on their two-game homestand, out-scoring the opposition 13-3 Colorado scored 12 unanswered goals at one point during the homestand, the third time in franchise history that the Avalanche/Nordiques scored 12 or more consecutive goals; also Oct. 19-22, 1983 (16) and Mar. 18-22, 2021 (12) The Avs improved to 7-1-1 at home on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and 10-4-1 overall on MLK Day The Avalanche are 2-0-0 in day games this season and 15-3-1 (.816) in afternoon contests since 2019-20, the second highest points percentage in day contests during that span behind only Carolina (20-3-3, .827) … Colorado is 17-3-2 in home afternoon contests since 2017-18 Makar recorded his eighth career multi-goal game, tying the franchise record for a defenseman set by Sandis Ozolinsh It was Makar’s 57th career multi-point game, tying Tyson Barrie for the second-most by an Avalanche/Nordiques defenseman behind only Ozolinsh (63) … It was Makar’s 16th three-point effort, one shy of Barrie’s franchise mark for a blueliner (17) Makar tied Mario Marois (162) for the sixth-most career assists by a defenseman in franchise history and moved within one goal of Rob Blake (62) for fifth place in goals MacKinnon notched his 14th career 4-point game, tying Mikko Rantanen for the sixth most in franchise history It was MacKinnon’s 58th career 3-point game, passing Anton Stastny (57) for sole possession of the fifth most 3-point outings in franchise history … It was also MacKinnon’s 100th career multi-assist game Devon Toews tied his career high with a +4 rating (second time this season, third career) … He is a league-best +92 since joining the Avalanche in 2020-21 (next closest is +73 MacKenzie Weegar) Makar (six games), MacKinnon (five games), Rodrigues (five games, career high) all extended point streaks
CURRENT INJURIES
*full list later in notes
Bowen Byram – lower body (32 games, Nov. 5 – present)
Darren Helm – lower body (2 games, Jan. 14 – present)
Gabriel Landeskog – lower body (all season, Oct. 12 – present)
Dennis Malgin – upper body (5 games, Jan. 7 – present)
Josh Manson – lower body (21 games, Dec. 3 – present)
Total: 246 (3rd in NHL)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 16 – Anton Blidh recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Jan. 14 – Denis Malgin placed on Injured Reserve (retroactive to Jan. 5) … Sampo Ranta recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL) … Martin Kaut and Sampo Ranta reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – CALGARY FLAMES
Tonight is the second of three meetings between the Avalanche and Flames and the second and final matchup here in Calgary … The Flames won the first meeting 5-3 back on Oct. 13.
SCHEDULE vs. FLAMES
Oct. 13 @ Calgary (L, 3-5)
Jan. 18 @ Calgary
Feb. 25 vs. CALGARY
RECORD vs. FLAMES
THIS SEASON 2021-22 ALL-TIME SINCE 1995-96 ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS
Overall: 0-1-0 Overall: 2-0-1 Overall: 70-76-25 Overall: 59-54-13 Series: 1 (1-0)
Home: — Home: 1-0-1 Home: 38-33-15 Home: 31-24-9 W-L: 4-1
Road: 0-1-0 Road: 1-0-0 Road: 32-43-10 Road: 28-30-4 Last: 2019 R1 (W, 4-1)
CALGARY FLAMES NOTES:
FLAMES LAST GAME RECAP
JANUARY 16, 2023 – CALGARY FLAMES [1] vs. NASHVILLE PREDATORS [2]
The Calgary Flames finished off a five-game Central Division road trip on Monday night in Nashville. The Predators would open the scoring just before the halfway mark of the first frame with a Roman Josi point shot taking a deflection and finding the twine to give the Predators a 1-0 lead. Nashville would extend their lead shortly after with Juuso Parssinen poking home his fifth of the year to make it 2-0 heading into the intermission. It would take almost the entire second period for another goal, and it would come courtesy of Nikita Zadorov who tied his career-high in goals with his seventh of the season to cut the Flames deficit to one heading into the third. Tyler Toffoli thought he had scored to tie the game, but after review, the goal was called back for a kicking motion. Calgary would go on to outshoot Nashville 21-5 in the third, but Juuse Saros was equal to the task, and the Predators held on for a 2-1 win.
CGY GOAL SCORERS: Zadorov (7)
GOALIE: Markstrom 27/29, .931 Sv%)
PP: 0/4 (0%)
PK: 3/3 (100%)
FLAMES LAST FIVE RESULTS, RECORD: 3-0-2
DATE RESULT GWG CGY GOALIE OPP. GOALIE
January 16, 2023 CGY [1] at NSH [2] Parssinen Markstrom Saros
January 14, 2023 CGY [6] at DAL [5] Tanev Vladar Wedgewood
January 12, 2023 CGY [4] at STL [1] Dube Vladar Greiss
January 10, 2023 CGY [3] at STL 4 Thomas Markstrom Binnington
January 8, 2022 CGY [3] at CHI 4 Domi Markstrom/Vladar Stalock
*shootout winning goal
FLAMES UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
DATE TIME
(MST) OPPONENT VENUE
January 18, 2023 7:30pm vs. Colorado Avalanche Scotiabank Saddledome
January 21, 2023 1:00pm vs. Tampa Bay Lightning Scotiabank Saddledome
January 23, 2023 7:30pm vs. Columbus Blue Jackets Scotiabank Saddledome
January 26, 2023 7:00pm vs. Chicago Blackhawks Scotiabank Saddledome
January 27, 2023 8:00pm at Seattle Kraken Climate Pledge Arena
TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS
This is the second of three matchups this season between the Flames and Avalanche. The Flames knocked off Colorado
5-3 in their home opener earlier this season.
This is a Pacific Division versus Central Division matchup; The Flames have an overall record of 6-4-2 against Central
Division opponents this season and a record of 14-7-4 against Western Conference opponents.
LAST TIME VERSUS COLORADO:
The Calgary Flames opened their season at home on October 13th against the defending Stanley Cup Champion, Colorado Avalanche. The Avs opened the scoring courtesy of Bowen Byram but the Flames would respond with five*unanswered tallies from Brett Ritchie, Dillon Dube, Rasmus Andersson, Tyler Toffoli, and Elias Lindholm. Colorado would try and battle back in the third with goals from MacKinnon and Nichushkin, but the Flames would hold on and win 5-3. MacKenzie Weegar had a pair of assists and Rasmus Andersson had a goal and an assist in the season-opener.
DOME SWEET DOME:
The Calgary Flames return home from a five-game road trip where they went 2-1-2 to begin a four-game homestand. The Flames begin with tonight’s contest against Colorado and will then face two Eastern Conference opponents in Tampa Bay n Saturday afternoon during Hockey Day in Canada, followed by Columbus on Monday. The Flames will finish up against Chicago before heading back on the road to Seattle. The Flames last homestand of four or more games came from November 29th to December 7th where they went 4-1-0 in the five-game stanza, outscoring their opponents 20-11.
CALGARY FLAMES vs. COLORADO AVALANCHE
ALL-TIME HOME AWAY L10 STRK
CGY vs. COL 81-62-20-8 44-27-9-5 37-35-11-3 6-4-0 W1
GAME INFO:
Calgary Flames vs. Colorado Avalanche
7:30pm MT
Scotiabank Saddledome
TV: Sportsnet One, Sportsnet West
Radio: Sportsnet Fan 960
2022-23 Season Series: 1-0-0 (Home: 1-0-0, Road 0-0-0)
Oct. 23, 2022 – COL [3] at CGY [5]
Jan. 18, 2023 – COL at CGY
Feb. 25, 2023 – CGY at COL
2021-22 Season Record vs. COL: 1-2-0
Last Home Win vs. COL: October 13, 2022 – Calgary [5] vs. Colorado [3]
Last Road Win @ COL: March 5, 2022 – Calgary [4] at Colorado 3
Last Home Loss vs. COL: March 29, 2022 – Colorado [2] at Calgary [1]
Last Road Loss @ COL: March 13, 2022 – Colorado [3] vs. Calgary [0]
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); placed Brett Ritchie (F) on IR
Jan. 13 – reassigned Radim Zohorna (F) to Calgary (AHL)
FLAMES RECENT INJURIES (Total man games lost – 33)
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)
Brett Ritchie – upper-body injury (5 games: Jan. 8 – Jan. 16)
