8 h. ago Three takeaways as Calgary Flames eliminated from playoff contention

This was not how teams are usually treated by fans as the final buzzer sounds in a game where they’ve been eliminated from playoff contention. But the Calgary Flames faithful who were in attendance at the Scotiabank Saddledome knew, just like anyone else who has paid the slightest bit of attention, that the group of […]

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57 h. ago ‘Ready for the challenge’: Three Takeaways as Flames keep playoff hopes alive with win over Sharks

Yegor Sharangovich tallied twice and Dustin Wolf came up clutch as the Flames defeated the Sharks, improving to 4-0-2 in their past six.

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4 d. ago Three takeaways as Flames stay in playoff hunt with vital win over Wild

So you’re saying there’s a chance? Two nights after it had seemed like the Calgary Flames’ playoff chances might have hit the end of the road, they took to the ice against the Minnesota Wild and refused to take the exit ramp. These Flames aren’t ready to give up on reaching the promised land just […]

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6 d. ago 'Tough one to swallow': Three takeaways from Flames’ costly collapse in Anaheim

The Flames were up by two goals with less than four minutes remaining in regulation Wednesday. They wound up on the wrong end in overtime.

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8 d. ago Three takeaways as comeback secure precious points for Flames against Sharks

These Calgary Flames absolutely refuse to go gently into the night. Even when you think it might finally be time to declare them done and dusted, they find a way to fight another day. They definitely don’t do it the easy way, though. There were moments on Monday night when it felt like the jig […]

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8 d. ago Three takeaways as comeback secures precious points for Flames against Sharks

These Calgary Flames absolutely refuse to go gently into the night. Even when you think it might finally be time to declare them done and dusted, they find a way to fight another day. They definitely don’t do it the easy way, though. There were moments on Monday night when it felt like the jig […]

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1 week ago Three Takeaways as Flames see bright side of ‘huge point’ from OT loss to Golden Knights

Reilly Smith’s game-winning goal Saturday at the Saddledome was an attempted pass that glanced off the skate of MacKenzie Weegar

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2 w. ago It was in again? Three takeaways as disallowed goal costs Flames in Utah

It won’t live as long in the memory of the most famous “It Was In” moment in Calgary Flames history. But a disallowed goal against the Utah Hockey Club (34-29-12) on Tuesday night could wind up costing the Flames (35-27-12) big-time. Maybe not as much as the shoulda-been-goal Martin Gelinas scored in Game 6 of […]

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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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3 w. 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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4 w. 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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4 w. 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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4 w. 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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