CALGARY FLAMES NOTES:
FLAMES LAST GAME RECAP
February 23, 2023 – CALGARY FLAMES [3] vs. VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4
The Calgary Flames continued a three-game road trip with the second half of a back-to-back at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The Flames carried their momentum from a dominant performance in Arizona to the first period in Vegas, outshooting the Golden Knights 18-8 in the opening frame and were rewarded when Jakob Pelletier tipped home his third of the season. The Flames extended their lead in the second with Pelletier feeding Jonathan Huberdeau who slid home his 11th on the campaign to make it 2-0 for the visitors. Jack Eichel would draw Vegas within one, before Mikael Backlund extended his point-streak to five games and restored Calgary’s two-goal lead. Vegas would rally in the third to tie the
game, and eventually win in overtime 4-3.
CGY GOAL SCORERS: Pelletier (3), Huberdeau (11), Backlund (14)
GOALIE: Vladar (22/25, .862 Sv%)
PP: 1/4 (25%)
PK: 1/2 (50%)
FLAMES LAST FIVE RESULTS, RECORD: 2-2-1
DATE RESULT GWG CGY GOALIE OPP. GOALIE
February 23, 2023 CGY [] at VGK [] Pietrangelo Vladar Brossoit
February 22, 2023 CGY [6] at ARI [3] Pelletier Vladar Vejmelka
February 20, 2023 PHI [4] vs. CGY [3] 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
*shootout winning goal
FLAMES UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
DATE TIME
(MST) OPPONENT VENUE
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
March 6, 2023 6:30pm at Dallas Stars American Airlines Center
TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS
This is the third and final matchup this season between the Flames and Avalanche. These teams have split the season-series so far in 2022-23. This is a Pacific Division versus Central Division matchup; The Flames have an overall record of 7-6-2 against Central Division opponents this season and a record of 16-9-5 against Western Conference opponents.
THIS SEASON VERSUS COLORADO:
The Calgary Flames opened their season at home on October 13th against the 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 in meeting number one. In their second matchup Calgary fell behind the eight-ball early with Mikko Rantanen scoring quickly to give the Avs an early advantage, followed by a pair of goals by Artturi Lehkonen to make it 3-0 Colorado through 20. In the third the Flames tried to start a rally after Tyler Toffoli gave the Flames life, with his 16th of the season. But that is as close as Calgary would come, and the Flames fell 4-1 as Colorado evened the season-series.
CALGARY FLAMES vs. COLORADO AVALANCHE
CGY vs. COL ALL-TIME HOME AWAY L10 STRK
C 81-63-20-8 44-28-9-5 37-35-11-3 3-7-0 L1
GAME INFO:
Calgary Flames vs. Colorado Avalanche
8:00pm MT
Ball Arena
TV: CBC, Sportsnet, City
Radio: Sportsnet Fan 960
2022-23 Season Series: 1-1-0 (Home: 1-1-0, Road 0-0-0)
Oct. 23, 2022 – COL [3] at CGY [5]
Jan. 18, 2023 – COL [4] at CGY [1]
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: January 18, 2023 – Colorado [4] at Calgary [1]
Last Road Loss @ COL: March 13, 2022 – Colorado [3] vs. Calgary [0]
2022-23 CALGARY FLAMES
FLAMES RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Feb. 6 – activated Chris Tanev (D) from IR
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)
COLORADO AVALANCHE NOTES:
UPCOMING GAMES
Date Opponent Time (MT) TV Radio
Sat, Feb. 25 CALGARY 8 p.m. Altitude, CBC 950 AM
Mon, Feb. 27 VEGAS 7 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Wed, Mar. 1 NEW JERSEY 7 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Sat, Mar. 4 at Dallas 1:30 p.m. ESPN+, ABC, SNet 92.5 FM
Sun, Mar. 5 SEATTLE 7 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
TONIGHT’S GAME
COLORADO vs. CALGARY
8:13 p.m.
Altitude, CBC Hockey Night In Canada / 950 AM
The Colorado Avalanche hosts the Calgary Flames in a Saturday night matchup at Ball Arena … This evening’s contest is the second half of a back-to-back for the Avs, who beat the Jets 5-1 last night in Winnipeg … Tonight’s contest ends a run three consecutive sets of back-to-back games for the Avalanche … All three back-to-backs required travel in between (either home/road or road/home) and all three opponents on the second half of the back-to-back were waiting for the Avs, including the Flamestonight … Colorado has won fourstraight games, is 5-0-1 in its last six and 12-2-2 in itslast 16 contests… The Avalanche have won four consecutive road games and are 7-1-1 in the last nine away from home … Colorado is 5-1-1 in its last seven on home ice … Colorado has played only 56 games, tied for the fewest in the NHL.
ON THE CALL
Altitude TV: Marc Moser (play-by-play), Mark Rycroft (analyst), Katie Gaus (reporter)
CBC: Harnarayan Singh (play-by-play), Greg Millen (analyst), Scott Oake (reporter)
Altitude Radio: Conor McGahey
LAST GAME
Feb. 24 – Colorado 5, Winnipeg 1 at Canada Life Centre
The Avalanche scored four first-period goals en route to a 5-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre… Eleven different Colorado skaters got onto the scoresheet, led by J.T. Compher, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen who each had a goal and one assist … Bowen Byram and Matt Nieto also scored and Alexandar Georgiev made 26 saves.
SF: 36 SA: 27 PP: 0-3 PK: 4-5
The Avalanche have won four straight games, are 5-0-1 in their last six contests and 12-2-2 in their last 16 games The Avs have won four consecutive road games and are 7-1-1 in the last nine away from home Colorado is 12-4-1 against Central Division teams this season, 5-1-1 at home and 7-3-0 on the road The four-goal first period was the Avalanche’s most goals scored in the opening period of a game this season and ties the overall season high for goals in a single frame (fourth time) Rantanen goal was his 37th of the season, a new career high … He topped his 36 from a year ago Rantanen’s tally was his league-leading 30th even-strength goal of the season …. That’s the most even-strength goals
by an Avalanche player since Milan Hejduk had 32 in 2002-03 The goal stood as Rantanen’s 30th career game-winner, passing Matt Duchene (29) for ninth place in franchise history MacKinnon recorded his sixth consecutive multi-point game (6g/8a), tying his career high and matching the longest streak in Avalanche history (since the franchise relocated) …. MacKinnon and Rantanen had six straight multi-point games in 2018-19, as did Peter Forsberg in 1995-96 and Joe Sakic twice (1999-2000, 1997-98) It was MacKinnon’s 198th career multi-point game, tying Hejduk for fifth place in franchise history MacKinnon reached the 20-goal plateau for the eighth time in his career and for the sixth consecutive season … Only five players in franchise history have more overall 20-goal seasons and more consecutive: Sakic (17 overall, 11 straight), Hejduk (11 all consecutive), Peter Stastny (10 all consecutive), Michel Goulet (10 all consecutive), while Gabriel Landeskog (nine career 20-goal seasons) and Anton Stastny (eight consecutive) rank fifth, respectively MacKinnon’s goal came 19 seconds into the first period, the fastest goal to start a game for the Avs in 2022-23 Byram’s tally was his fifth goal of the season, the second-most among all Avalanche defensemen this season … The five goals match his rookie season total from a year ago Compher picked up his third straight multi-point game, during which he has eight points (2g/6a) Artturi Lehkonen’s assist was his 100th career helper and 39th point of the season to set a new career high Alexandar Georgiev is 8-1-1 in his last 10 appearances
CURRENT INJURIES
Pavel Francouz – lower body (Feb. 14 – present)
Darren Helm – lower body (Jan. 14 – present)
Erik Johnson – lower body (Feb. 14 – present)
Gabriel Landeskog – lower body (Oct. 12 – present)
Cale Makar – head (Feb. 19 – present)
Total: 316
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Feb. 25 – Justus Annunen recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Feb. 24 – Jonas Jonansson reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Feb. 23 – Brad Hunt, Jonas Johansson recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Feb. 21 – Justus Annunen reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Feb. 19 – Ben Meyers reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Feb. 17 – Justus Annunen, Ben Meyers recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – CALGARY FLAMES
The Avalanche and Flames close out the season series with the third and final meeting of 2022-23 … Tonight is Calgary’s first and only visit of the season to the Mile High City … Colorado and Calgary split the first two meetings at the Saddledome, with the Flames winning the first matchup 5-3 on Oct. 13 and the Avalanche winning the second 4-1 on Jan. 18
SCHEDULE vs. FLAMES
Oct. 13 @ Calgary (L, 3-5)
Jan. 18 @ Calgary (W, 4-1)
Feb. 25 vs. CALGARY
RECORD vs. FLAMES
THIS SEASON 2021-22 ALL-TIME SINCE 1995-96 ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS
Overall: 1-1-0 Overall: 2-0-1 Overall: 71-76-25 Overall: 60-54-13 Series: 1 (1-0)
Home: — Home: 1-0-1 Home: 38-33-15 Home: 31-24-9 W-L: 4-1
Road: 1-1-0 Road: 1-0-0 Road: 33-43-10 Road: 29-30-4 Last: 2019 R1 (W, 4-1)
BACK-TO-BACK
Tonight’s contest ends a stretch of three consecutive sets of back-to-back games for the Avalanche … All three back-to-backs required travel in between (either home/road or road/home) and all three opponents on the second half of the back-to-back were waiting for the Avs, including the Flames … Colorado is 10-5-1 overall in back-to-back games this season, going 5-2-1 in the first game and 5-2-0 in the second … Colorado will play 13 back-to-back contests this year … The Avalanche posted a 15-5-2 (.727) combined record in back-to-back games last season, the second-best mark behind Minnesota (.732, 19-6-3) … The Avs finished 7-3-1 in the first game and 8-2-1 in the second.
Feb. 14 vs. TBL (O, 3-4 SO)
Feb. 15 @ MIN (W, 3-2)
Feb. 18 @ STL (W, 4-1)
Feb. 19 vs. EDM (W, 6-5 OT)
Feb. 24 @ WPG (W, 5-1)
Feb. 25 vs. CGY
SATURDAY….IN THE PARK
The Avalanche are 12-3-0 (.800) on Saturdays this season, best in the NHL
