SAN JOSE SHARKS NOTES:
LAST GAME
Game 72 – 3/23 – SJS 2 at VAN 7…Tomas Hertl (1g, 0a) netted his 20th goal of the season, marking the fifth 20-goal campaign of his career to become the seventh player in Sharks history to register five years of 20 or more goals. Andrew Agozzino (1g, 0a) lit the lamp for the first time as a Shark and Jacob Peterson (0g, 1a) registered an assist in his Sharks debut. Erik Karlsson (0g, 1a) matched his career high with his 66th assist of the season, coming on Hertl’s score. It was Radim Simek’s 200th career NHL game played.
SJ Goals: Hertl (20), Agozzino (1 sh)
SF: 19
SA: 21
SJ PP: 0/2
SJ PK: 5/5
W: Demko
L: Reimer
RECENT SHARKS TRANSACTIONS
3/25 Reassigned D Derrick Pouliot to the San Jose Barracuda
3/22 Recalled F Jacob Peterson from the San Jose Barracuda
3/19 Recalled F Andrew Agozzino from the San Jose Barracuda
3/19 Assigned F William Eklund to the San Jose Barracuda
3/18 Recalled F Martin Kaut from the San Jose Barracuda
3/16 Assigned D Shakir Mukhamadullin to the San Jose Barracuda
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: CALGARY FLAMES
The Calgary Flames look to bank critical points in the Western Conference Wild Card race as they host the San Jose Sharks, coming into Saturday’s matinee after falling 3-2 against the Vegas Golden Knights Thursday. The Flames enter the tilt six points back of the Winnipeg Jets for the final Wild Card, having banked points in seven of the team’s past 10 games (5-3-2). The Flames are paced offensively by Tyler Toffoli with 65 points and 29 goals, a career best in the former and two goals shy of his all-time high in the latter. Newcomers Jonathan Huberdeau and Nazem Kadri highlight a reconfigured Flames club that saw Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk’s departures after the 2021-22 season.
March 25, 1:00 p.m. PT
SAN JOSE SHARKS AT CALGARY FLAMES
19-38-15 (53 pts), 8th Pacific 2022-23 RECORD/STANDING 32-26-15 (79 pts), 5th Pacific, 4th WC
0-2-3 LAST 5 GAMES 2-2-1
0-2-0 SEASON SERIES 2-0-0
59-60-8-7 ALL-TIME RECORD AGAINST OPPONENT 67-53-8-6
2022-23 PLAYER STATS
Logan Couture and Erik Karlsson (72) GAMES PLAYED LEADER 8 players (73)
Timo Meier (31) GOALS LEADER Tyler Toffoli (29)
Erik Karlsson (66) ASSISTS LEADER Elias Lindholm (40)
Erik Karlsson (88) POINTS LEADER Tyler Toffoli (65)
CALGARY FLAMES NOTES:
FLAMES LAST GAME RECAP
March 23, 2023 – CALGARY FLAMES [3] vs. VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS [2]
The Flames welcomed the Vegas Golden Knights to the Scotiabank Saddledome to kick off a three-game homestand on Thursday night. Midway through the first, Jonathan Marchessault scored his 23rd of the season to give Vegas the lead. The Golden Knights would add to it just under five minutes later courtesy of Michael Amadio before Milan Lucic cut the Flames deficit in half with just 58-seconds left in the opening frame. No goals would come again until the third where Nicolas Roy would restore the Golden Knights two-goal lead. Nazem Kadri responded for Calgary on the power play at the 12:33 mark of the final stanza but that’s as close as Calgary came, falling 3-2.
CGY GOAL SCORERS: Lucic (6), Kadri (22)
GOALIE: Markstrom (29/32, .906 Sv%)
PP: 1/2 (50%)
PK: 1/1 (100%)
FLAMES LAST FIVE RESULTS, RECORD: 2-1-2
DATE RESULT GWG CGY GOALIE OPP. GOALIE
March 23, 2023 VGK [3] vs. CGY [2] Roy Markstrom Thompson
March 21, 2023 CGY [5] at ANA [1] Stecher Vladar Gibson
March 20, 2023 CGY [2] at LAK [8] Vilardi Markstrom/Vladar Copley
March 18, 2023 DAL [6] vs. CGY 5 Robertson Markstrom Oettinger
March 16, 2023 CGY [7] at VGK [2] Coleman Markstrom Quick
*shootout winning goal
FLAMES UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
DATE TIME
(MST) OPPONENT VENUE
March 25, 2023 2:00pm vs. San Jose Sharks Scotiabank Saddledome
March 28, 2023 7:00pm vs. Los Angeles Kings Scotiabank Saddledome
March 31, 2023 8:00pm at Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena
April 2, 2023 6:00pm vs. Anaheim Ducks Scotiabank Saddledome
April 4, 2023 7:00pm vs. Chicago Blackhawks Scotiabank Saddledome
TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS
This is the third of four matchups this season between the Flames and Sharks. The Flames have won both previous meetings so far this season. This is a Pacific Division matchup; The Flames have an overall record of 11-6-3 against Pacific Division opponents this season and a record of 20-14-7 against Western Conference opponents.
FLAMES VERSUS THE SHARKS THIS SEASON:
The Flames and Sharks are set to square off for the third time this season, and first at the Scotiabank Saddledome. San Jose and Calgary met twice in back-to-back tilts back on December 18th and 20th with Calgary winning both contests 5-2 and 7-2. Elias Lindholm led the Flames with two goals and four assists for six points through the pair of games, while Tyler Toffoli (3-2 – 5), Nazem Kadri (2-2 – 4), Jonathan Huberdeau (0-4 – 4), Dillon Dube (2-1 – 3) Milan Lucic (2-1 – 3) and Trevor Lewis (1-1 – 2) all recorded at least a point-per game. Jonathan Huberdeau also skated in his 700th NHL game in the first of the two tilts at SAP Center on December 18th with an assist in the contest. Rasmus Andersson went a combined +8 through the two games.
QUICK HITS:
Milan Lucic scored his sixth of the season against Vegas with rookie Walker Duehr picking up the assist on the play. Nazem Kadri had a game-high seven shots on goal on Thursday night and was rewarded with his 22nd goal of the season and Second Star honors. Calgary out-hit the Golden Knights 25-12 with Nikita Zadorov, Trevor Lewis, Nick Ritchie, MacKenzie Weegar, and Walker Duehr all tying with a team-best three hits on the night.
CALGARY FLAMES vs. VEGAS SAN JOSE SHARKS
CGY vs. SJS ALL-TIME HOME AWAY L10 STRK
66-54-8-6 34-24-4-3 32-30-4-3 6-4-0 W3
GAME INFO:
Calgary Flames vs. San Jose Sharks
2:00pm MT
Scotiabank Saddledome
TV: Sportsnet
Radio: Sportsnet Fan 960
2022-23 Season Series: 2-0-0 (Home: 0-0-0, Road 2-0-0)
Dec. 18, 2022 – CGY [5] at SJS [2]
Dec. 20, 2022 – CGY [7] at SJS [2]
Mar. 25, 2023 – SJS at CGY
Apr. 12, 2023 – SJS at CGY
2021-22 Season Record vs. SJS: 1-3-0 (Home: 0-2-0, Road: 1-1-0)
Last Home Win vs. SJS: December 31, 2018 – San Jose [5] vs. Calgary [8]
Last Road Win @ SJS: December 20, 2022 – Calgary [7] at San Jose [2]
Last Home Loss vs. SJS: March 22, 2022 – San Jose [4] vs. Calgary [3]
Last Road Loss @ SJS: December 7, 2021 – Calgary [3] at San Jose [5]
2022-23 CALGARY FLAMES
FLAMES RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Mar. 3 – acquired Dryden Hunt (F) from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Radim Zohorna (F)
Mar. 3 – acquired Troy Stecher (D) and Nick Ritchie (F) from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for Brett Ritchie (F) and Connor Mackey (D)
FLAMES RECENT INJURIES (Total man games lost – 60)
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 (14 games: Feb. 22 – Mar. 23)
Chris Tanev – upper body injury (2 games: Mar. 21 – Mar. 23)
