CALGARY FLAMES NOTES:
FLAMES LAST GAME RECAP
February 22, 2023 – CALGARY FLAMES [6] vs. Arizona Coyotes [3]
The Calgary Flames began a three-game road-swing with their first ever stop at Mullett Arena to take on the Arizona Coyotes. The only goal of the first period came when Walker Duehr fed Milan Lucic who snapped home his fifth of the season to put the Flames up through 20. In the second, Arizona would score three-unanswered goals to go up 3-1. Calgary would battle back first with Elias Lindholm cutting the deficit to one before Tyler Toffoli tied the game at three through 40. In the third, it would be the youngsters who stepped up for Calgary with Jakob Pelletier tipping home his second career goal, immediately followed up by a beauty backhand from Walker Duehr just 20 seconds later. Mikael Backlund would add another for the Flames, as Calgary emerged from their first trip to Mullett Arena victorious, 6-3.
CGY GOAL SCORERS: Lucic (5), Lindholm (17), Toffoli (24), Pelletier (2), Duehr (3), Backlund (13)
GOALIE: Vladar (12/14, .857 Sv%)
PP: 3/5 (60%)
PK: 1/2 (50%)
FLAMES LAST FIVE RESULTS, RECORD: 2-2-1
DATE RESULT GWG CGY GOALIE OPP. GOALIE
February 22, 2023 CGY [6] at ARI [3] Pelletier Vladar Vejmelka
February 20, 2023 PHI [4] vs. CGY [4] Allison Markstrom Ersson
February 18, 2023 NYR [2] vs. CGY 3 Backlund Markstrom Halak
February 16, 2023 DET [5] vs. CGY [2] Kubalik Vladar Hellberg
February 13, 2023 CGY [3] at OTT 4 Stützle Markstrom Sogaard
*shootout winning goal
FLAMES UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
DATE TIME
(MST) OPPONENT VENUE
February 23, 2023 7:00pm at Vegas Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena
February 25, 2023 8:00pm at Colorado Avalanche Ball Arena
February 28, 2023 7:00pm vs. Boston Bruins Scotiabank Saddledome
March 2, 2023 7:00pm vs. Toronto Maple Leafs Scotiabank Saddledome
March 4, 2023 8:00pm vs. Minnesota Wild Scotiabank Saddledome
TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS
This is the second of four matchups this season between the Flames and Golden Knights. These teams met in October with the Flames coming from behind to win 3-2. This is a Pacific Division matchup; The Flames have an overall record of 9-3-2 against Pacific Division opponents this season and a record of 16-9-4 against Western Conference opponents.
LAST MEETING WITH VEGAS:
The Flames welcomed the Vegas Golden Knights into the Scotiabank Saddledome on October 18th at the start of a season-long eight-game homestand. Vegas came out quickly, scoring two first period goals from William Carrier and Calgary native Brett Howden as the Flames went into the first intermission down a pair. The Flames would get a flurry of power plays in the second and would capitalize on two of them as Elias Lindholm would score the first and Tyler Toffoli would score the second as the game would head into the third period knotted at two. In the third, Mikael Backlund would score the go-ahead goal with under five minutes remaining in the game off a slick feed from Blake Coleman as the Flames knocked-off Vegas 3-2.
CALGARY FLAMES vs. VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
CGY vs. VGK ALL-TIME HOME AWAY L10 STRK
5-10-0 5-3-0 0-7-0 3-7-0 W1
GAME INFO:
Calgary Flames vs. Vegas Golden Knights
7:00pm PT
T-Mobile Arena
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. 18, 2022 – VGK [2] at CGY [3]
Feb. 23, 2023 – CGY at VGK
Mar. 16, 2023 – CGY at VGK
Mar. 23, 2023 – VGK at CGY
2021-22 Season Record vs. VGK: 1-2-0
Last Home Win vs. VGK: October 18, 2022 – Vegas [2] vs. Calgary [3]
Last Road Win @ VGK: TBD
Last Home Loss vs. VGK: April 14, 2022 – Vegas [6] vs. Calgary [1]
Last Road Loss @ VGK: December 5, 2021 – Calgary [2] at Vegas [3]
2022-23 CALGARY FLAMES
FLAMES RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Feb. 21 – recalled Walker Duehr (F) from Calgary (AHL); placed Michael Stone (D) on IR
FLAMES RECENT INJURIES (Total man games lost – 44)
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 (8 games: Jan. 8 – Jan. 26)
Chris Tanev – injury reserve (2 games: Jan. 26 – Jan. 27)
Rasmus Andersson – day-to-day (3 games: Feb. 9 – Feb. 13)
Michael Stone – injury reserve (1 game: Feb. 22)
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS NOTES:
GOLDEN KNIGHTS UPCOMING GAMES
Golden Knights 2022-23 Record: 34-18-5, 73 points (17-13-0 at Home, 17-5-5 on Road)
DATE OPPONENT TELEVISION RADIO SPANISH RADIO
Feb. 23 vs. Calgary Flames ESPN Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
Feb. 25 vs. Dallas Stars AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
Feb. 27 at Colorado Avalanche AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM None
Mar. 1 vs. Carolina Hurricanes TNT Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
Mar. 3 vs. New Jersey Devils AT&T SportsNet Fox Sports 98.9 FM/1340 AM Deportes 1460 AM
GOLDEN KNIGHTS LAST GAME RECAP
February 21 – Vegas Golden Knights 2, Chicago Blackhawks 3 SO
The Vegas Golden Knights (34-18-5) had their five-game win streak snapped in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Chicago Blackhawks (19-32-5) on Tuesday night at the United Center. Keegan Kolesar opened the scoring 3:26 into the contest. Midway through the period, Cole Guttman knotted the score, and the teams went into the intermission level at 1-1. In the second period, Jack Eichel buried his 18th goal of the season to give Vegas a 2-1 lead. The Golden Knights held the lead until the final minute of regulation when Tyler Johnson’s power-play goal tied the game and sent it to overtime. After overtime passed without a goal, Johnson netted the only goal in the shootout to give Chicago the 3-2 win.
LAST GAME BY THE NUMBERS
- Shea Theodore extends his point streak to four games with an assist on Eichel’s goal
- In his first NHL start since Mar. 15 2022, Laurent Brossoit makes 37 saves and posts a .949 save percentage
- Vegas extended their point streak to seven games, going back to their game against the Islanders on Jan. 28
Back on Track
Despite seeing their five-game win streak come to an end on Tuesday against the Blackhawks, the Golden Knights currently hold on to a seven-game point streak at 5-0-2 entering their game with the Flames on Thursday. The previous win streak was the second-longest for Vegas this year, behind their nine-game streak early in the season.
Against the Flames
The Golden Knights’ matchup against the Flames marks the second of four this season. Vegas owns an all-time record of 10-5-0 against Calgary and have never lost to the club at T-Mobile Arena, outscoring the Flames 30 to 8 in Vegas. The last time the teams met, the Flames handed the Golden Knights their first loss of the season. William Carrier and Brett Howden each recorded their first goals of the season but it was Calgary’s Mikael Backlund’s late third-period goal that completed the comeback win for the Flames.
2022-23 Season CGY Series: 0-1-0 (Home: 0-0-0, Road: 0-1-0)
Oct. 18 – at Calgary (Vegas 2, Calgary 3)
Feb. 23 – at Vegas
Mar. 16 – at Vegas
Mar. 23 – at Calgary
2021-22 Season CGY Series: 2-1-1 (Home: 1-0-0, Road: 1-1-0)
Dec. 6 – at Vegas (Vegas 3, Calgary 2)
Feb. 9 – at Calgary (Vegas 0, Calgary 6)
Apr. 14 – at Calgary (Vegas 6, Calgary 1)
