17 h. 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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18 h. 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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5 d. ago MORE TAKEAWAYS: Straying from the script to the sin bin sinks Maple Leafs

The fight for first in the Atlantic Division leaves little room for error.  Toronto found that out Thursday when it stumbled into special teams’ troubles that the Cup-champion Florida Panthers long ago learned to deal with under stress.  Our takeaways on a 3-2 Maple Leafs’ loss, close but disappointing nonetheless, as the Cats opened a […]

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5 d. ago TAKEAWAYS: On Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner and Max Domi in the Maple Leafs loss

Well, the four-game homestand didn’t get off to a good start. In their first game at Scotiabank Arena after another lengthy trip, the Maple Leafs couldn’t take control at five-on-five and failed on special teams, losing 3-2 to the Florida Panthers on Thursday night. Yes, that’s the defending Stanley Cup champions. Also, though, it was […]

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5 d. 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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9 d. ago LEAFS TAKEAWAYS: Two trade debuts, Mitch Marner contract and a late letdown in Denver

The Maple Leafs should be very good with their two trade deadline additions, but the also bulked-up Colorado Avalanche was definitely better on home ice Saturday night.  With five unanswered goals, including NHL leading scorer Nathan MacKinnon’s 100th point, the Avs downed the Leafs 7-4, inflated by two empty-net markers.  Nevertheless, 6-foot-5 defenceman Brandon Carlo […]

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9 d. 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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1 week 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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1 week 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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2 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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2 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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2 w. ago 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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3 w. ago Three Takeaways as Hanley the hero for Flames against Sharks

If the Calgary Flames are going to actually pull this off, defy the odds and surpass every expectation by booking themselves a spot in the playoffs in the spring, they’re going to need unlikely heroes to step up. They’re going to need guys like Joel Hanley to seize whatever opportunities present themselves. And with the […]

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