CALGALRY FLAMES NOTES:
FLAMES LAST GAME RECAP
JANUARY 12, 2023 – CALGARY FLAMES [4] vs. ST. LOUIS BLUES [1]
The Calgary Flames continued a five-game Central Division road trip on Thursday night for their second of back-to-back games against the Blues. It was a busy opening 20 minutes of play with the teams combining for 28 first frame shots with the Flames holding a 16-12 shot advantage, but Dan Vladar and Thomas Greiss stood tall to keep the game scoreless after one. The game remained knotted at zero’s with less that five minutes to go in the second until Walker Duehr took a pass from Nazem Kadri and rifled home his first career NHL goal to give the Flames a 1-0 lead. The Blues would draw level just 20 seconds into the third, but the Flames would battle back with Dillon Dube reclaiming the lead for Calgary, followed by a late dagger from Blake Coleman. Dube would add an empty-netter for his second of the night to put the game out of reach, and the Flames prevailed 4-1.
CGY GOAL SCORERS: Duehr (1), Dube (9, 10), Coleman (8)
GOALIE: Vladar (25/26, .962 Sv%)
PP: 0/1 (0%)
PK: 3/3 (100%)
FLAMES LAST FIVE RESULTS, RECORD: 2-1-2
DATE RESULT GWG CGY GOALIE OPP. GOALIE
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
January 6, 2023 NYI [1] vs. CGY [4] Coleman Markstrom Varlamov
January 3, 2023 CGY [2] at WPG [3] Gagner Markstrom Hellebuyck
*shootout winning goal
FLAMES UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
DATE TIME
(MST) OPPONENT VENUE
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
January 21, 2023 1:00pm vs. Tampa Bay Lightning Scotiabank Saddledome
January 23, 2023 7:30pm vs. Columbus Blue Jackets Scotiabank Saddledome
TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS
This is the first of three matchups this season between the Flames and Stars. The Flames recorded points in every game against the Stars last season going 2-0-1. This is a Pacific Division versus Central Division matchup; The Flames have an overall record of 5-3-2 against Central Division opponents this season and a record of 13-6-4 against Western Conference opponents.
LAST SPRING VERSUS THE STARS:
This is the first meeting between Calgary and Dallas since their playoff matchup last spring. The Flames and Stars met in the first round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs and the two teams split the first four games. In game five Calgary scored three third-period goals off the sticks of Mikael Backlund, Andrew Mangiapane, and Trevor Lewis to take a 3-2 series lead. The first do-or-die game of the series was in game six, the Flames overcame a two-goal deficit in the second period, but the Stars would stave off elimination and force game seven with a 4-2 win. In game seven, Dallas scored just 40 seconds into the game and held the lead until Tyler Toffoli tied the game in the second. The teams traded goals and through 60 minutes of play the score was deadlocked at two’s, forcing overtime. Calgary prevailed thanks to Johnny Gaudreau who scored to send the Flames to the second round for the first time since 2015.
DALLAS STARS NOTES:
LAST DALLAS STARS GAME
Jan. 12, 2023 – STARS 1 at RANGERS 2 (OT)
Just 0.9 seconds away from what would’ve been a 1-0 shutout victory, the Stars instead fell 2-1 in overtime to the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Thursday. Goaltender Jake Oettinger was perfect up that point, but defenseman K’Andre Miller’s shot through traffic beat the buzzer to force overtime. Then, just 1:16 into sudden death, defenseman Adam Fox sent a backhander over Oettinger’s shoulder to steal a win for the Rangers. Forward Tyler Seguin (1-0—1) opened the scoring at the 17:53 mark of the second period with a power-play tally on assists from forwards Mason Marchment (0-1—1) and Denis Gurianov (0-1—1).
PP: 1-1 | PK: 1-2 | SF: 25 | SA: 31 | DAL TOI: Heiskanen (24:41) | Attendance: 18,006
Three Stars: 1. NYR – A. Fox 2. NYR – I. Shesterkin 3. DAL – J. Oettinger
UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time (CT) Location TV/Radio
Sat., Jan. 14, 2023 Calgary Flames 1 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSW/KTCK
Mon., Jan. 16, 2023 Vegas Golden Knights 5 p.m. T-Mobile Arena BSSW/KLIF
Wed., Jan. 18, 2023 San Jose Sharks 9 p.m. SAP Center TNT/KTCK
Thu., Jan. 19, 2023 Los Angeles Kings 9:30 p.m. Crypto.com Arena BSSW/KTCK
Sat., Jan. 21, 2023 Arizona Coyotes 7 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSW/KTCK
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 12 – Recalled forward Riley Tufte from Texas (AHL)
Dec. 15 – Acquired defenseman Oskari Laaksonen from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for defenseman Joseph Cecconi
Dec. 23 – Loaned forward Riley Tufte to Texas (AHL)
Dec. 27 – Recalled forward Fredrik Olofsson from Texas (AHL)
Jan. 1 – Loaned forward Fredrik Olofsson to Texas (AHL)
Jan. 1 – Signed forward Joe Pavelski to a one-year contract extension through the 2023-24 season
Jan. 2 – Recalled forward Fredrik Olofsson from Texas (AHL)
INJURIES
Man-games lost, 2022-23: 16
NAME INJURY # OF GAMES DATES
D Miro Heiskanen Upper body 3 Oct. 25-29
G Jake Oettinger Lower body 4 Nov. 1-8
F Denis Gurianov Upper body 6 Nov. 11-21
F Roope Hintz Lower body 1 Nov. 19
F Roope Hintz Upper body 2 Jan. 10-pres.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Flames and Stars have met in the first round of the playoffs twice since the 2019-20 season with both teams each winning a series. Dallas won 4-2 in 2020, Calgary won 4-3 in 2022. The Flames lead the NHL in first period goals with 47. Two Flames players played their first career NHL games against the Dallas Stars. Milan Lucic skated in his first NHL game at the American Airlines Center on October 5th , 2007 and Michael Stone made his NHL debut against the Stars on February 18th, 2012.
CALGARY FLAMES vs. DALLAS STARS
ALL-TIME HOME AWAY L10 STRK
CGY vs. DAL 79-66-25-9 44-25-14-6 35-41-11-3 4-4-2 W2
GAME INFO:
Calgary Flames vs. Dallas Stars
1:00pm CT
American Airlines Center
TV: Sportsnet
Radio: Sportsnet Fan 960
2022-23 Season Series: 0-0-0 (Home: 0-0-0, Road 0-0-0)
Jan.14, 2023 – CGY at DAL
Mar. 6, 2023 – CGY at DAL
Mar. 18, 2023 – DAL at CGY
2021-22 Season Record vs. DAL: 2-0-1 (Home: 1-0-1, Road: 1-0-0)
Last Home Win vs. DAL: April 21, 2023 – Dallas [2] vs. Calgary [4]
Last Road Win @ DAL: February 1, 2022 – Calgary [4] at Dallas [3]
Last Home Loss vs. DAL: November 4, 2021 – Dallas [4] vs. Calgary 3
Last Road Loss @ DAL: December 18, 2018 – Calgary [0] at Dallas [2]
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 – 32)
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 (3 games: Jan. 8 – Jan. 12)
DALLAS STARS NOTES
TONIGHT’S GAME: The oddity that is the midway point of the 2022-23 Dallas Stars regular-season schedule continues today as the team returns home for an afternoon affair against the Calgary Flames at American Airlines Center (1 p.m. CT, TV: Bally Sports Southwest, Radio: The Ticket 96.7-FM/1310-AM). Today’s matchup continues a stretch that’s seen the Stars traverse from one coast to the other with a home game split in between. Dallas had road games Jan. 3-4 in LA and Anaheim, respectively, returned for a home game against Florida, then traveled to the East Coast for games against the New York Islanders and New York Rangers earlier this week. Following today’s game, the Stars will head back on the road for games against Vegas, San Jose and LA.
I PUT ON MY OVERCOAT AND WALKED INTO WINTER
- The Stars and Flames meet today for the first time since Game 7 of the First Round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs on May 15, 2022.
- Dallas went 1-2-0 against Calgary last season, earning a split at Scotiabank Saddledome and losing 4-3 at American Airlines Center on Feb. 1, 2022.
- The Stars enter today’s game with points in nine of their past 12 (8-3-1) and 11 of their past 16 games overall against the Flames (10-5-1).
- The Stars are 75-69-35 all-time against the Flames, including a 44-28-18 mark at home.
- Dallas also has points in four of the past six home games against Calgary (3-2-1).
- Defenseman Miro Heiskanen led the team with four points (0-4—4) while averaging 24:46 TOI in three games against the Flames last season.
- Heiskanen has seven points (1-6—7) in nine career games vs. Calgary and leads active Stars in TOI/G against them (24:37).
- Captain Jamie Benn has points (2-2—4) in four of his past five home games against Calgary. He leads active Stars in goals (20) and ranks second in points (20-15—35) in 37 career matchups vs. the Flames.
- Forward Tyler Seguin enters today’s game with 12 goals and 24 points (12-12—24) in 26 games against the Flames. He shares the lead in game-winning goals (4; with Benn) and is one of three active Stars with overtime winners against them (also Benn and Joe Pavelski).
- Forward Joe Pavelski has eight points (2-6—8) in his past eight home games against Calgary and leads active Stars in assists (36) and points (16-36—52) in a team-high 58 games against them. Pavelski also paces the club in power-play goals (7) and shots on goal (173) and ranks second in game-winning markers (3) vs. Calgary.
- Forward Denis Gurianov has points (2-2—4) in each of his past four games vs. Calgary.
- Defenseman Ryan Suter has 28 points (5-23—28) with a team-best +11 rating in 57 games against the Flames.
- Goaltender Jake Oettinger is 0-2-0 with a 3.56 goals-against average and .908 save percentage in two career appearances vs. Calgary, while netminder Scott Wedgewood is 0-2-0 with a 2.87 GAA and .924 SV% in two career games against them.
2022-23 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
Jan. 14 vs. Calgary
March 6 vs. Calgary
March 18 at Calgary
