CALGARY FLAMES NOTES:
FLAMES LAST GAME RECAP November 1, 2023 –
CALGARY FLAMES [3] vs. DALLAS STARS [4]
The Calgary Flames welcomed the Dallas Stars to the Scotiabank Saddledome on Wednesday night. Connor Zary would open the scoring with his first NHL goal just over five minutes into the first to give the Flames an early lead. Jamie Benn would respond for the Stars in the ladder stages of the frame to leave the game deadlocked at one a piece through 20. In the second, Andrew Mangiapane sniped home his fourth of the year to give the Flames their second lead, but Dallas would score three unanswered goals to go up 4-2 through 40. MacKenzie Weegar would draw the Flames within one just 2:20 into the final stanza, but that is as close as Calgary would come as they fell 4-3.
TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS
This is the first of four meetings this season between the Flames and Kraken. The Flames went 2-1-0 against the Kraken last year, with the road team winning in all three contests. This is a Pacific Division matchup; the Flames have a record of 0-1-0 against Pacific Division teams and a record of 1-3-0 against Western Conference opponents.
2023-24 CALGARY FLAMES
Nov. 2 – placed Jordan Oesterle (D) on waivers; cleared
Nov. 3 – reassigned Matt Coronato (F) to Calgary (AHL, Jordan Oesterle (D)
Nov. 3 – recalled Martin Pospisil (F) and Nick DeSimone (D) from Calgary (AHL)
FLAMES RECENT INJURIES (Total man games lost – 33)
Jakob Pelletier – upper body injury (11 games, 10/11/23 – pres.)
Kevin Rooney – upper body injury (11 games, 10/11/23 -pres.)
Oliver Kylington – (11 games, 10/11/23 -pres.)
SEATTLE KRAKEN NOTES:
CURRENT INJURIES – (MAN GAMES LOST: 15)
Brandon Tanev (lower body; IR) – 10 games – week-to-week
Andre Burakovsky (upper body; IR) – 5 games – week-to-week
GAME NOTES
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW • Tonight’s matchup with Calgary is the second of 14 games the Kraken will play in November, which is tied with March for their most regular-season games in a single month this season. • If the Kraken defeat the Flames tonight it will give them their first three-game win streak this season. • The Kraken have gone 5-for-14 on the power play dating back to Oct. 24 at Detroit. The team’s 35.7 percent success rate on the power play from Oct. 24 on ranked third in the NHL entering play Friday. o In all this season, the Kraken have had a 25 percent success rate on the power play, which ranked ninth in the league this year entering play Friday. • Oliver Bjorkstrand and Jordan Eberle each have three assists in their last three games against the Flames. • Matty Beniers (April 12, 2022), Jordan Eberle (Oct. 7, 2010), Jared McCann (Oct. 7, 2015) and Kailer Yamamoto (Oct. 4, 2017) all made their NHL debuts against the Flames. • Entering play Friday, the defensive pair of Brian Dumoulin and Justin Schultz ranked sixth in expected goals percentage (58.8) among pairs that have played at least 100 minutes together according to MoneyPuck. • Adam Larsson’s 28 hits this season tied for seventh in the NHL this year entering play Friday. He was one of 10 skaters this season to total at least 20 hits and 20 blocked shots. • Larsson has totaled 195 points (41 goals, 154 assists) in his NHL career. Currently five points shy, he is set to become the third defenseman from the 2011 NHL draft class to total 200 or more career points, trailing only Dougie Hamilton (452) and Jonas Brodin (218). • Joey Daccord’s next win will be his third of the season, the most he’s recorded in a single year. His next start will be his sixth of the year, tying his career high that he set in 2020-21 with the Ottawa Senators.
