The Flames had some good looks for the remainder of the period, but couldn\u2019t get more pucks past Comrie.<\/p>\n
First period shots were 9-5 Flames. Via Natural Stat Trick, 5v5 scoring chances were 11-9 Flames and high-dangers were 4-2 Flames.<\/p>\n
The game got away from the Flames a bit in the early second period.<\/p>\n
During a stretch of four-on-four play, Josh Morrissey juked around MacKenzie Weegar in the neutral zone, leading to a two-on-one with Kyle Connor against Jake Bean. Connor converted Morrissey\u2019s pass past Dustin Wolf to tie the game at 1-1.<\/p>\n
Kyle Connor ties this game up. Not sure what MacKenzie Weegar was thinking on this play. <\/p>\n
\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Flames<\/a> <\/p>\n Just over a minute later, the Jets grabbed the lead. Off a face-off win in the Flames\u2019 zone, Morrissey swung low in the zone and threw the puck towards the front of the net. Jonathan Toews, with his skates in the blue paint, redirected the puck past Wolf to give the Jets a 2-1 lead.<\/p>\n Jonathan Toews scores his 2nd goal of the season. <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Flames<\/a> <\/p>\n The Flames challenged for goaltender interference. The league\u2019s verdict? The goal stood: \u201cVideo review confirmed the Referee\u2019s call on the ice that the presence of Winnipeg\u2019s Jonathan Toews in the crease did not hinder Dustin Wolf\u2019s ability to play his position prior to Toews\u2019 goal.\u201d<\/p>\n The Flames killed off the delay-of-game minor stemming from the unsuccessful challenge, but Kevin Bahl took a holding minor right after that penalty expired. On the resulting power play, Gabe Vilardi back-handed the puck over Wolf\u2019s outstretched pad to give the Jets a 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n Winnipeg scores on the power play. It’s 3-1 Jets <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Flames<\/a> <\/p>\n A little later, the Flames got one back. Sam Honzek battled for the puck in the neutral zone and came away with it. He passed to Blake Coleman, who spun and found Mikael Backlund in the slot. Backlund deked and fired the puck past Comrie to cut Winnipeg\u2019s lead to 3-2.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd25FLAMES GOAL\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n Blake Coleman sets up Mikael Backlund for a beautiful goal! The captain gets Calgary back in this game! <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Flames<\/a> <\/p>\n But the Jets got their two-goal back on another power play. With Rasmus Andersson in the box, Vilardi made a nifty backhand pass to set up Alex Iafallo for a one-timer that beat Wolf to give the Jets a 4-2 lead.<\/p>\n Winnipeg scores their 2nd power play goal of the game. <\/p>\n 4-2 Jets <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Flames<\/a> <\/p>\n Second period shots were 16-9 Jets. 5v5 scoring chances were 7-6 Flames and high-dangers were 4-2 Flames.<\/p>\n The Flames inched within one midway through the third period. After killing off a penalty, Backlund had the puck in the corner of the Jets zone and found Coleman in the slot. Coleman beat Comrie to cut Winnipeg\u2019s lead to 4-3.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd25FLAMES GOAL\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n Mikael Backlund makes an unreal pass to find Blake Coleman alone in the slot and he buries it! <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Flames<\/a> <\/p>\n But the Flames could not get any closer. Vladislav Namestnikov added an empty-netter with Wolf on the bench for the extra attacker to give the Jets a 5-3 victory.<\/p>\n Third period shots were 15-11 Flames. 5v5 scoring chances were 8-3 Flames and high-dangers were 6-2 Flames.<\/p>\n Why the Flames lost<\/p>\n Five-on-five, the Flames were pretty good against a tuckered Jets team that played the prior evening. They out-shot them 23-17, out-chanced them 26-18 and had a high-danger chance edge of 14-6. That should be enough to win you a lot of games.<\/p>\n But the Flames had an utter lack of discipline. The Jets had eight power plays and scored twice. The Flames also twice took penalties that wiped out significant amounts of power play time. When you can\u2019t get out of your own way, it\u2019s tough to win hockey games<\/p>\n Red Warrior<\/p>\n Let\u2019s jointly give it to the Honzek-Backlund-Coleman line, who were consistently noticeable and chipped in a pair of goals.<\/p>\n Turning point<\/p>\n The Flames led this game until early in the second period. Then the Flames gave up three goals to the Jets over a span of 4:31. The Jets grabbed the lead and the Flames were chasing for the balance of the contest.<\/p>\n This and that<\/p>\n Adam Klapka fought Logan Stanley in the first period. It was one of the biggest fights in Flames history, in terms of the combined height of the combatants.<\/p>\n We got two giants dropping the gloves! <\/p>\n 6’8 Adam Klapka \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Flames<\/a> <\/p>\n Zayne Parekh was moved up to the first power play unit for this contest. They scored a power play goal and he registered the second assist, so that\u2019s a positive.<\/p>\n Sam Honzek\u2019s assist on Backlund\u2019s goal was his first NHL point.<\/p>\n After Burner<\/p>\n Join Mike Gould and Kent Wilson right after the game for After Burner!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Up next<\/p>\n The Flames (1-7-1) are headed home. They host the New York Rangers on Sunday night.<\/p>\n This article is brought to you by Platinum Mitsubishi
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