5 h. ago Three takeaways as Flames’ fourth line leads thrilling comeback in Colorado

Calgary’s depth dudes were the difference-makers Monday as the Flames picked up a pair of key points in their wild-card quest.

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52 h. ago Three takeaways as Flames admit ‘we kind of blew it’ in Edmonton

For nearly 57 minutes, Dustin Wolf and the Calgary Flames had silenced the NHL’s leading lamp-lighter. And then, with 3:12 remaining in regulation, Leon Draisaitl sniped his 50th of the season. During the sudden-death session, the Edmonton Oilers’ second-fiddle superstar scored No. 51. In what was a speedy, scrappy, tight-checking and hard-hitting edition of the […]

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4 d. ago Three takeaways as Calgary Flames feel robbed by refs in loss to Dallas Stars

“I certainly feel like we got robbed tonight.” The Calgary Flames have had frustrating losses this season, but they haven’t felt like that. When Nazem Kadri spoke to the media after Thursday night’s 5-2 loss to the Dallas Stars, his frustration was palpable. Twice, the Calgary Flames thought they had scored early in the game. […]

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6 d. ago Three takeaways as Nazem Kadri makes Flames franchise history in OT triumph

With Tuesday’s sudden-death strike against the Kraken, Nazem Kadri is the first Flames sharpshooter to notch the overtime winner in consecutive contests

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1 week ago Three takeaways as Matt Coronato leads Flames to big win in Big Apple

In his first career contest at Madison Square Garden, New York’s own Matt Coronato scored the game-winner for the Flames in a gutsy victory

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1 week ago Three takeaways from Flames' special teams letdown against Leafs

There weren’t a tonne of things that the Calgary Flames did right. Make no mistake, though, the Flames’ special teams were the biggest issue on Monday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Everything else was secondary to a brutal night on both the penalty-kill and power-play. “Special teams, it’s as easy as that,” Flames defenceman […]

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1 week ago TAKEAWAYS: Matthews backs it up in complete Maple Leafs win over Flames

Auston Matthews talked the talk and walked the walk. Some 48 hours after the Maple Leafs captain said his team had to wrap their heads around playing better in the final stretch to the Stanley Cup playoffs, Matthews stepped forward in a 6-2 beating of the Calgary Flames on Monday night. Our takeaways from the […]

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2 w. ago Three takeaways as Flames fall in shootout against Canucks, lose Backlund to injury

Wednesday was a double whammy for the Flames. They allowed the Canucks to pull even in the wild-card race and their captain made an early exit

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3 w. ago Three takeaways as Dustin Wolf leads Flames to shutout win over Habs

Flames netminder Dustin Wolf was perfect Saturday, stopping 26 shots to secure a 1-0 victory and to set a franchise rookie record

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3 w. ago ‘We’ll take it’: Three takeaways as Flames wrap marathon trip with overtime loss in Dallas

The Flames, despite settling for a single point in Dallas, seemed to agree that a .500 record on this gruelling trip was not too shabby

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3 w. ago Three takeaways as Zary leads Flames’ offensive outburst in Philly

There could be a line outside Ryan Huska’s hotel-room door on the next stop, a few snakebitten forwards wondering if the head coach could put ’em on the fourth line for the morning skate. It certainly worked for Connor Zary. After the fan-base fumed all afternoon over the news that Zary was supposed to skate […]

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4 w. ago Three takeaways as Flames salvage a point but fall to Hurricanes to OT

They picked up a point. And after getting shut out two games in a row, that was obviously an improvement for the Calgary Flames (28-23-9). They fought and clawed and showed a tonne of resilience to get to overtime on Sunday afternoon, but ultimately were beaten when Sebastian Aho fired in the three-on-three winner to […]

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4 w. ago Three takeaways as Flames salvage a point but fall to Hurricanes in OT

They picked up a point. And after getting shut out two games in a row, that was obviously an improvement for the Calgary Flames (28-23-9). They fought and clawed and showed a tonne of resilience to get to overtime on Sunday afternoon, but ultimately were beaten when Sebastian Aho fired in the three-on-three winner to […]

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last month Three takeaways as Flames let Vladar down, fall to Panthers in second straight shutout

Dan Vladar couldn’t have done much more. The Calgary Flames (28-23-8) were not very good against the Florida Panthers (37-21-3) on Saturday afternoon. They were outshot and outplayed, plain and simple, and it would be no exaggeration to say that Vladar was the only reason the 3-0 scoreline looked at all respectable. “We obviously let […]

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