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<\/a><\/p>\nMONTREAL, CANADA – JANUARY 07: Head coach Ryan Huska of the Calgary Flames handles bench duties during the second period against the Montr\u00e9al Canadiens at the Bell Centre on January 7, 2026 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montr\u00e9al Canadiens defeated the Calgary Flames 4-1. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n
Since the NHL returned from the 2026 Winter Olympics break in late February, the Flames have posted a 1-3-1 record. In these five games, the Flames have managed only eight goals while allowing 16. The lack of an offensive finish over the last four games is part of a larger problem for this team.<\/p>\n
Calgary is the lowest-scoring team in the league, tallying 150 goals this season. The team has scored just 98 goals during five-on-five while allowing 125 goals.<\/p>\n
When you look at the advanced statistics, the Flames\u2019 season becomes both a little more encouraging and a lot more frustrating.<\/p>\n
The Flames had 127 expected goals during five-on-five. That massive gap between their expected and actual goals shows that, while the Flames are generating some decent offensive chances, they severely lack the finishing touch needed to actually put the puck in the net.<\/p>\n
The team has a Corsi percentage just over 50 percent, meaning they control the puck a bit more than the opponent during five-on-five.<\/p>\n
Looking at expected goals against, it is 132 during five-on-five. Calgary has allowed 125 goals, and when looking at the number of high-danger chances, credit is due to Wolf.<\/p>\n
The Flames are a young, retooled team. There is not much for them to gain this season, but putting up a solid effort against one of the best squads in the NHL can help them look to the future with confidence.<\/p>\n
There are no nights off in the NHL, and the Hurricanes need to finish off this Canadian tour strong.<\/p>\n
Brandon Bussi earned his first career shutout against the Flames back in November. With Frederik Andersen earning the win last night, and getting an assist on Jordan Staal\u2019s goal, Bussi is expected to make the start.<\/p>\n
Nikolaj Ehlers is the hot Hurricane right now. After his hat trick against Vancouver, Ehlers netted his 20th goal of the season last night.<\/p>\n
Jackson Blake netted two third period goals to set a new career high in his sophomore season, and put him one marker away from the 20-goal threshold.<\/p>\n
K\u2019Andre Miller had three assists last night, his first three-assist night since February 8, 2023.<\/p>\n
Sebastian Aho assisted on Shayne Gostisbehere\u2019s first-period goal last night, putting him one away from 40 assists on the season. With his next apple, Aho will reach the 40-assist plateau for the fourth time in his 10 NHL seasons.<\/p>\n
The most concerning news from last night was a lower-body injury to Gostisbehere. He left the game and did not return. Head coach Rod Brind\u2019Amour did not have an update after the game.<\/p>\n
Stay tuned for lineup changes, notably Gostisbehere and the fourth-line center.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how to check out the action:<\/p>\n
Time: 10:00 PM ETLocation: Scotiabank Saddledome \u2013 Calgary, ABTV: FanDuel Sports Network with Mike Maniscalco, play-by-play; Tripp Tracy, color analyst; Shane Willis, analyst; Hannah Yates, rinkside.Radio: 99.9 The Fan FMLine: ML: CAR -192; PL: CAR -1.5 +136<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After defeating Edmonton 6-3 last night, the Carolina Hurricanes travel three hours south to take on Calgary tonight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48,205647],"class_list":{"0":"post-521574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-calgary","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-carolina-hurricanes-game-day-previews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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