CALGARY FLAMES NOTES:
FLAMES LAST GAME RECAP
April 4, 2023 – CALGARY FLAMES [3] vs. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS [4]
The Calgary Flames began their final back-to-back set of the season last night when they welcomed the Chicago Blackhawks to the Scotiabank Saddledome. Chicago struck first courtesy of Andreas Athanasiou to go up 1-0, but Tyler Toffoli would respond for Calgary to draw the Flames level. Chicago would add one more before the end of the frame to go into the intermission up 2-1. Noah Hanifin scored the only goal of the second off a slick three-way passing play with Coleman and Huberdeau picking up assists to tie the game at two’s through 40. In the third, Chicago struck twice in the periods opening four minutes, and that would prove to be the difference as Backlund would score late for the Flames, but Chicago held on for a 4-3 win.
CGY GOAL SCORERS: Toffoli (34), Hanifin (7), Backlund (18)
GOALIE: Markstrom (19/23, .826 Sv%)
PP: 0/1 (0%)
PK: —
FLAMES LAST FIVE RESULTS, RECORD: 4-1-0
DATE RESULT GWG CGY GOALIE OPP. GOALIE
April 4, 2023 CHI [4] vs. CGY [3] Wagner Markstrom Mrazek
April 2, 2023 ANA [4] vs. CGY [5] Stone Markstrom/Vladar Dostal
March 31, 2023 CGY [5] at VAN 4 Toffoli Markstrom Demko
March 28, 2023 LAK [1] vs. CGY [2] Duehr Markstrom Korpisalo
March 25, 2023 SJS [3] vs. CGY [5] Kadri Markstrom Kahkonen
*shootout winning goal
FLAMES UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
DATE TIME
(MST) OPPONENT VENUE
April 5, 2023 5:30pm at Winnipeg Jets Canada Life Centre
April 8, 2023 8:00pm at Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena
April 10, 2023 7:30pm vs. Nashville Predators Scotiabank Saddledome
April 12, 2023 8:00pm vs. San Jose Sharks Scotiabank Saddledome
TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS
This is the third and final matchup this season between the Flames and Jets. The Flames have gone 1-1-0 against Winnipeg this season with the home team winning 3-2 in both matchups. This is a Pacific Division versus Central Division matchup; The Flames have an overall record of 9-9-4 against Central Division opponents this season and a record of 24-15-7 against Western Conference opponents.
FLAMES VERSUS THE JETS THIS SEASON:
The Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets get set to meet for the third and final time this season and the second time at the Canada Life Centre. In meeting one the Flames came out of the gates flying with Elias Lindholm scoring just 3:23 into the game. Neal Pionk would tie the game for the Jets before Adam Ruzicka helped the Flames retake the lead heading into the break. The two teams would trade goals in the second with Dubois scoring for Winnipeg and Trevor Lewis recording a shorthanded marker for the Flames which would hold up to be the game winner. Calgary would lock things down in the third to knock off the Jets 3-2. In meeting number two, both teams were firing the puck early with a combined 24 first period shots but Jacob Markstrom and Connor Hellebuyck stood tall, and the game remained scoreless through 20. In the second, Brenden Dillon and Nikita Zadorov traded goals to make it 1-1 through 40. In the third Josh Morrissey gave the Jets their lead back before Mikael Backlund found himself in alone and slid his eighth on the campaign through the legs of Hellebuyck to tie the game once again. The Jets scored late in the third and would hold on for a 3-2 win.
QUICK HITS:
Noah Hanifin scored his seventh goal of the season last night, giving him the third-most goals, he’s recorded in a single season. Hanifin also added an assist for his fourth multi-point effort on the campaign and was third on the team in ice-time last night, logging 21:42 of TOI. Tyler Toffoli had a team-high five shots against Chicago and was rewarded with his team-leading 34th goal of the campaign. Chris Tanev returned to the lineup after missing six games due to injury, skating in 18:33 of ice-time.
DID YOU KNOW?
MacKenzie Weegar and Nikolaj Ehlers were teammates on the Halifax Mooseheads during the 2013-14 season. Dillon Dube scored his first NHL goal against the Jets on November 21, 2018. This is the Flames final back-to-back scenario of the 2022-23 season, Calgary has won the second game in their previous two back-to-backs (1-0 at MIN: Mar. 7) (5-1 at ANA: Mar. 21).
CALGARY FLAMES vs. WINNIPEG JETS
CGY vs. WPG ALL-TIME HOME AWAY L10 STRKC
22-20-1-3 16-6-0-1 6-14-1-2 4-6-0 L1
GAME INFO:
Calgary Flames vs. Winnipeg Jets
6:30pm CT
Canada Life Centre
TV: Sportsnet West
Radio: Sportsnet Fan 960
2022-23 Season Series: 1-1-0 (Home: 1-0-0, Road 0-1-0)
Nov. 12, 2022 – WPG [2] at CGY [3]
Jan. 3, 2023 – WPG [3] vs. CGY [2]
Apr. 5, 2023 – WPG vs. CGY
2021-22 Season Record vs. WPG: 1-2-0 (Home: 1-1-0, Road: 0-1-0)
Last Home Win vs. WPG: November 1, 2022 –Winnipeg [2] vs. Calgary [3]
Last Road Win @ WPG: February 1, 2021 – Calgary [4] at Winnipeg 3
Last Home Loss vs. WPG: November 27, 2021 – Winnipeg [4] vs. Calgary [2]
Last Road Loss @ WPG: January 3, 2023 –Winnipeg [3] at Calgary [2]
2022-23 CALGARY FLAMES
FLAMES RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Mar. 30 – signed William Stromgren (F) to a three-year entre level contract
Mar. 30 – signed William Stromgren (F) to an ATO, assigned to Calgary (AHL)
Mar. 31 – activated Michael Stone (D) from IR
FLAMES RECENT INJURIES (Total man games lost – 66)
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 – lower-body injury (19 games: Feb. 22 – Mar. 28)
Chris Tanev – upper body injury (6 games: Mar. 21 – Apr. 2)
FLAMES CAREER MILESTONES WITHIN REACH:
Blake Coleman – 197 points (3 away from 200 points)
Andrew Mangiapane – 93 goals (7 away from 100 goals)
Blake Coleman – 93 assists (7 away from 100 assists)
Trevor Lewis – 90 goals (10 away from 100 goals)
RECORD BY MONTH
October November December January February March April
HOME 4-2-0 3-2-1 4-3-1 3-2-0 1-2-1 3-4-1 1-1-0
AWAY 1-0-0 2-5-2 4-1-3 3-2-2 2-1-3 5-1-1 0-0-0
TOTAL 5-2-0 5-7-3 8-4-4 6-4-2 3-4-4 7-5-2 1-1-0
RECORD BY DAY
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
3-0-1 5-3-4 7-5-3 3-1-2 3-10-2 4-4-0 11-4-3
RECORD BY DAYS BETWEEN GAMES/ON…
0 Days: 5-2-2
1 Day: 21-16-12
2 Days: 8-7-1
3 Days: 0-2-0
4+ Days: 1-0-1
First of B2B: 2-6-2
Second of B2B: 5-2-2
WINNIPEG JETS NOTES:
Scene Setter
The Winnipeg Jets entertain the Calgary Flames on Wednesday at Canada Life Centre in the third game of a five-game homestand. The Jets are 2-0-0 during the homestand after a 6-2 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday and 6-1 against the New Jersey Devils on Sunday night. Winnipeg ends their last homestand of the season with games against the Nashville Predators on Saturday and San Jose Sharks on Monday.
Tale of the Tape
WPG Stat CGY
77 GP 77
43 W 36
31 L 26
3 OT 15
89 PTS 87
233 GF 247
215 GA 240
19.3% PP 20.6%
82.3% PK 81.9%
Next Five Games
Date Opp TV Radio
Apr. 5 CGY SN CJOB/Power 97
Apr. 8 NSH SN CJOB/Power 97
Apr. 10 SJS SN CJOB/Power 97
Apr. 11 At MIN TSN CJOB/Power 97
Apr. 13 At COL TSN CJOB/Power 97
Recent Five Games
Date Opp SC Res Streak
Mar. 23 At ANA 3-2 W 2W
Mar. 25 At LAK 4-1 L 1L
Mar. 28 At SJS 3-0 L 2L
Mar. 31 DET 6-2 W 1W
Apr. 2 NJD 6-1 W 2W
Broadcast Information
TV: Sportsnet
Play-By-Play: Rick Ball
Analyst: Kelly Hrudey
Rinkside: Sean Reynolds
Radio: 680 CJOB/Power 97
Play-By-Play: Paul Edmonds
Analyst: Jamie Thomas
Host: Kelly Moore
Upcoming Schedule
Wednesday, April 5
Morning Skate 9:30 a.m.
Jets vs. New Jersey Devils 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 6
Practice – Canada Life Centre 12:00 p.m.
Friday, April 7
Practice – Canada Life Centre 11:00 a.m.
All Times Local
Last Game
Winnipeg Jets 6
New Jersey Devils 1
Jets Scorers: Ehlers (11, 12), Niederreiter (24), Barron (8), Connor (30), Dubois (26)
Devils Scorers: Hischier (31)
Jets Goaltender: Connor Hellebuyck (31 sv, 1 ga)
Devils Goaltender: Viteck Vanecek (17 sv, 4 ga); Mackenzie Blackwood (4 sv, 2 ga)
Jets PP: 1-for-3
Jets PK: 2-for-3
Recap: The Jets tallied two goals in each period in a 6-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday night. Nikolaj Ehlers had a pair of goals, while Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist and Blake Wheeler and Josh Morrissey had two assists. Ehlers also led the Jets with five shots, while Dylan Samberg had four hits.
Where They Stand
The Jets are in the second wild card position in the Western Conference… Winnipeg trails the Seattle Kraken by three points for the first wild
card spot, while the Calgary Flames are two points behind the Jets and the Nashville Predators trail Winnipeg by five points with a game in-hand.
Outburst
The Jets have scored six goals in each of their past two games… It’s the seventh time in franchise history and fourth time since relocation that Winnipeg has had at least six goals in consecutive games… The Jets franchise has never scored six goals in three consecutive games, which
has happened twice in the NHL this season (NY Rangers (Feb. 10-15) and St. Louis (Mar. 25-28)).
All 77
Five members of the Jets have played all 77 games this season – Kyle Connor, Brenden Dillon, Adam Lowry, Neal Pionk, and Mark Scheifele…Scheifele has played all 82 games in a season twice in his career, while Connor, Dillon and Lowry have each done it once… Pionk could play all 82 games for the first time in his career… The Jets didn’t have anyone play all 82 games last season.
Backend Production
Jets defencemen have combined for 180 points (43G, 137A) this season, which is tied for eighth in the NHL… A defenceman has been in on 39 of Winnipeg’s past 51 goals… Josh Morrissey (71), Neal Pionk (33), Dylan DeMelo (25), and Brenden Dillon (22) have all reached the 20-point mark, while Nate Schmidt has 17 points… Defencemen have accounted for 27.7% of Winnipeg’s points this season, which is fourth in the NHL.
Road Record
The Jets are 19-19-1 on the road this season… Winnipeg has won four of their past eight road games… Kyle Connor (13G, 21A) leads the Jets in scoring on the road with 34 points in 39 games… Mark Scheifele has a team leading 19 goals… Nikolaj Ehlers has 19 points (7G, 12A) in 22 road games this season and has a point in 12 of the 22 games.
PK Prowess
Winnipeg is sixth in the NHL with a penalty kill successful 82.3% of the time… Winnipeg has given up a power play goal against in five consecutive games for the first time this season… The last time the Jets had a penalty kill better than 82% was in 2013-14 when they finished the season at 83.2%… The franchise record for penalty kill percentage in a season is 85.2%, which occurred in Atlanta during the 2003-04 season.
Jets vs. CGY Records
Overall Record
GP W L OT
46 23 20 3
Home Record
GP W L OT
23 16 4 3
Away Record
GP W L OT
23 7 16 0
Jets vs. CGY Notes
Season Series
The Jets and Flames meet three times this season. Winnipeg lost 3-2 in Calgary on Nov. 12 before beating the Flames 3-2 at Canada Life Centre on Jan. 3.
Recent History
The Jets are 11-4-1 against the Flames in the past 16 meetings, dating back to 2019… The Jets haven’t lost consecutive games to Calgary during that time… Thirteen of the 16 games have been decided by two goals or less.
In Winnipeg
Winnipeg has a point in eight consecutive games against the Flames at Canada Life Centre (7-0-1).
Player Notes
Blake Wheeler has 31 points (11G, 20A) in 34 career games against Calgary to lead the Jets. Wheeler had a nine-game point streak against the Flames from Mar. 9/12-Mar. 16/16, which is the longest against the Flames in franchise history… Kyle Connor has 16 points (7G, 9A) in 20 games against the Flames… Neal Pionk leads Jets defencemen with 14 points (2G, 12A) in 19 career games against Calgary… Connor Hellebuyck is 13-5-1 during his career against the Flames with a 1.93 goals-against average and .935 save percentage.
Jets vs. CGY Past 10 Games
Date Opp Res G GA S PPO PPG PIM SA PPOA PPGA PIMA
02/09/2021 @Cgy L 2 3 27 2 1 4 29 2 1 4
03/26/2021 @Cgy W 3 2 29 6 2 8 27 4 1 12
03/27/2021 @Cgy L 2 4 24 2 0 4 33 2 1 4
03/29/2021 @Cgy W 5 1 29 2 0 8 30 4 1 4
05/05/2021 @Cgy W 4 0 19 3 1 10 32 5 0 6
11/27/2021 @Cgy W 4 2 28 3 0 8 36 4 1 19
02/21/2022 @Cgy L 1 3 23 3 0 8 31 4 1 6
04/29/2022 Cgy W 3 1 43 4 0 4 33 2 0 8
11/12/2022 @Cgy L 2 3 23 3 0 10 35 3 0 10
01/03/2023 Cgy W 3 2 25 4 0 6 35 2 0 10
