CALGARY FLAMES NOTES:
FLAMES LAST GAME RECAP
JANUARY 14, 2023 – CALGARY FLAMES [6] vs. DALLAS STARS [5]
The Calgary Flames continued a five-game Central Division road trip on Saturday afternoon for a matinee game against the Stars. Calgary would start the scoring just 25 seconds in with Andrew Mangiapane outwaiting Scott Wedgewood on the backhand to slide home his ninth of the season and give the Flames an early 1-0 lead. Calgary would double their advantage later in the first with Trevor Lewis scoring his first power play goal since the 2017-18 campaign to make it 2-0 for the Flames. Jamie Benn would score in the late stages of the first to cut the lead in half, but Calgary skated into the intermission up 2-1. The Flames offense would explode in the second to the tune of four goals in the middle stanza with Lindholm, Kadri, Andersson and Tanev all contributing to put Calgary up 6-1. The Stars would claw back in the third to get within one, but the Flames were able to lock things down to prevail 6-5 and win their second-straight game. CGY GOAL SCORERS: Mangiapane (9), Lewis (8), Lindholm (14), Kadri (17), Andersson (6), Tanev (1)
GOALIE: Vladar (29/33, .879 Sv%)
PP: 2/5 (40%)
PK: 2/2 (100%)
FLAMES LAST FIVE RESULTS, RECORD: 3-0-2
DATE RESULT GWG CGY GOALIE OPP. GOALIE
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
January 6, 2023 NYI [1] vs. CGY [4] Coleman Markstrom Varlamov
*shootout winning goal
FLAMES UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
DATE TIME
(MST) OPPONENT VENUE
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
January 26, 2023 7:00pm vs. Chicago Blackhawks Scotiabank Saddledome
TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS
This is the second of three matchups this season between the Flames and Predators. The Flames fell 4-1 at the hands of Nashville in their first meeting at the start of November. This is a Pacific Division versus Central Division matchup; The Flames have an overall record of 6-3-2 against Central Division opponents this season and a record of 14-6-4 against Western Conference opponents.
LAST TIME VERSUS NASHVILLE:
The Flames welcomed the Nashville Predators into the Scotiabank Saddledome back on November 3rd for their first of three meetings this season. Nashville opened the scoring in the first with a goal from Mark Jankowski and would add two goals in the second frame off the sticks of Filip Forsberg and Roamn Josi and led 3-0 through 40. Calgary would try to claw back into the contest after Blake Coleman hammered home his first of the season off a slick feed from Mikael Backlund to cut the deficit to two. But that is as close as Calgary would come, and Matt Duchene would add an empty netter in the late stages of the game and Nashville prevailed 4-1.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS NOTES:
ALL-TIME vs. CALGARY
OVERALL (81 GP) 39-25-(4)-13
HOME (42 GP) 21-12-(1)-8
ROAD (39 GP) 18-13-(3)-5
LAST MEETING Nov. 3, 2022 at CGY (W, 4-1)
PLAYOFFS Never Met
− The Predators are 39-25-(4)-13 all-time against the Flames, including a 21-12-(1)-8 record at Bridgestone Arena.
− This is the second of three matchups between Nashville and Calgary in 2022-23; it is the first and only at home.
− Nashville is 1-0-0 against Calgary this season, picking up a 4-1 win at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Nov. 3.
− The Predators are 4-0-1 in their last five games against the Flames; they are 6-2-2 in their last 10; and 2-1-2 in their last five at home.
− The Predators have only lost three times in regulation to the Flames since Dec. 15, 2015 (10-3-6) and have picked up at least one point in 25 of their last 32 games (17-7-8).
NOTABLES vs. CALGARY
− Roman Josi has five goals and 19 assists in 30 career games vs. Calgary.
− Ryan Johansen has nine points (3g-6a) in his last 13 meetings with the Flames, and 15 points (5g-10a) in 28 career games against Calgary.
− Juuse Saros is 6-1-1 with a .918 save percentage in nine career games vs. the Flames.
− Mikael Granlund became the fourth player in NHL history to score a game-tying goal in the final 10 seconds of regulation and the overtime winner (regular season and playoffs) on Feb. 27, 2020 vs. Calgary.
− Matt Duchene became the first 40-goal scorer in Predators history on April 19, 2022 vs. Calgary.
− Mark Jankowski was drafted by Calgary in the first round (21st overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft. He posted 64 points (36g28a) in 208 games with the Flames from 2016-20.
LAST TIME OUT
− Buffalo Sabres 5, Nashville Predators 3 – Jan. 14 (Bridgestone Arena)
− NSH goals: Josi – PP (11), Lauzon (3), Johansen (10)
− BUF goals: Skinner (18), Cozens (14), Olofsson – PP (17), Okposo – SH/GWG (7), Quinn (7)
− Goaltenders: NSH – Saros (L, 28/33); BUF – Luukkonen (W, 38/41)
− Power plays: NSH 1-3; BUF 1-4
− Notes: Nashville moved to 9-7-3 at home in 2022-23… The Predators have now dropped their last three games (0-3-0)… It was Nashville’s first home game since Jan. 3 (five-game road trip from Jan. 5-12)… The Predators tied the game after trailing 1-0 and 3-1… Nashville scored twice in 40 seconds during the second period to make it a 3-3 game… Eight different Nashville skaters tallied a point, led by Ryan Johansen’s two (1g-1a)… It was Johansen’s third multi-point game of the season and first since Dec. 1 at New Jersey (2g-1a)… Johansen’s goal (108) moved him past Jason Arnott (107) for the ninth-most in Predators history… Jeremy Lauzon scored his third goal of the season and had nine hits, the most in a game by a Predators player this season… Nashville had 41 shots on goal, eclipsing the 40-shot mark for the sixth time in 2022-23.
INJURY REPORT
Player Designation Dates Missed Games Missed
Mark Borowiecki Upper body – IR Oct. 27-Jan. 14 35
Michael McCarron NHL/NHLPA PAP Dec. 12-Jan. 14 17
Alexandre Carrier Upper body – day-to-day Jan. 14 1
Total man-games lost: 87
Individual man-games lost: Borowiecki – 36; McCarron – 18; McDonagh – 7; Smith – 6; Carrier – 5; Trenin – 5; Glass – 3; Lauzon – 3; Jankowski – 2; Duchene – 1; Lankinen – 1
NASHVILLE PREDATORS GAME NOTES
Jan. 16, 2023 vs. Calgary Flames
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
− Jan. 14: Recalled defenseman Roland McKeown from Milwaukee (AHL).
− Jan. 13: Reassigned goaltender Yaroslav Askarov to Milwaukee (AHL).
− Jan. 11: Recalled goaltender Yaroslav Askarov from Milwaukee (AHL). Reassigned defenseman Roland McKeown to Milwaukee (AHL).
− Jan. 2: Recalled defenseman Roland McKeown from Milwaukee (AHL).
− Jan. 1: Reassigned defenseman Roland McKeown to Milwaukee (AHL).
− Dec. 29: Recalled defenseman Roland McKeown from Milwaukee (AHL).
− Dec. 27: Recalled forward Tommy Novak from Milwaukee (AHL).
