A little bit later, the Flames drew\u00a0yet another penalty and cashed in on the power play. That time, Morgan Frost made a smart bad-angle shot, seemingly shooting to create a rebound. Well, it worked, and Wallstedt made the initial stop but the puck blooped over to Joel Farabee, who collected it and fired it past a sprawling Jared Spurgeon to give the Flames a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Power play goal for Calgary!<\/p>\n
Scored by Joel Farabee with 05:54 left in the 1st. Assisted by Morgan Frost and Matt Coronato.<\/p>\n
CGY: 2 | MIN: 0<\/p>\n
#MINvsCGY<\/a> #Flames<\/a> #mnwild<\/a><\/p>\n Neither team scored in the second period, though the Wild generated a couple power plays of their own\u2026 but the Flames were up for the challenge on the penalty kill and kept the Wild\u2019s special teams attackers at bay.<\/p>\n The Wild pressed hard to start the third period, aided by an early power play. The Flames killed off the man advantage, but a few minutes later the Wild finally lit the lamp. The Flames couldn\u2019t quite clear the zone or disrupt Minnesota\u2019s cycle, and Nico Sturm made a pass from below the goal line that found Mike McCarron near the slot area. His shot beat Devin Cooley to cut the Flames\u2019 lead to 2-1.<\/p>\n Minnesota goal!<\/p>\n Scored by Michael McCarron with 15:21 left in the 3rd. Assisted by Nico Sturm and Jonas Brodin.<\/p>\n CGY: 2 | MIN: 1<\/p>\n #MINvsCGY<\/a> #Flames<\/a> #mnwild<\/a><\/p>\n The Wild kept pressing throughout the rest of the period, really dominating the flow of play. They pulled Wallstedt for the extra attacker and kept pressing late. But they couldn\u2019t solve Cooley, and the Flames held on for a 2-1 win.<\/p>\n Why the Flames won<\/p>\n What\u2019s the old saying? You\u2019ve gotta be good to be lucky? Well, the Flames were lucky. But they were also pretty good. The Wild hit a lot of posts and narrowly missed the net when they had chances in this one. But the Flames did a good job limiting their chances through two periods, and then kinda held on for dear life in the third period when the Wild pressed.<\/p>\n But the Flames were in that position \u2013 leading the Wild through two periods \u2013 because they executed quite well offensively at key moments earlier in the game. Yeah, they were opportunistic. Yeah, they got some fortunate bounces and the posts were on their side.<\/p>\n But missing their captain and arguably their most consistent player, the Flames were full marks in this one. They faced a tough opponent in a less than opportunity situation \u2013 missing Mikael Backlund \u2013 and they seemed up for the challenge.<\/p>\n Red Warrior<\/p>\n We\u2019re gonna go with Devin Cooley again. He was superb.<\/p>\n But a lot of guys in red jerseys brought their workboots.<\/p>\n Turning point<\/p>\n Honestly, take you pick of any number of Devin Cooley saves in the third period while the Flames were holding onto a one-goal lead.<\/p>\n Flames lineup<\/p>\n The Flames looked like this against Minnesota:<\/p>\n Joel Farabee [A] \u2013 Ben Jones \u2013 Matt Coronato Kevin Bahl \u2013 Simon Nemec Devin Cooley started in net, backed up by Dustin Wolf. The healthy extras were Joel Hanley and Maxim Tsyplakov. Jonathan Huberdeau, Sam Honzek and Mikael Backlund missed the game due to injury.<\/p>\n With Backlund out day-to-day with an upper body injury, AHL call-up Ben Jones got into his first game with the Flames.<\/p>\n This and that<\/p>\n This was Blake Coleman\u2019s first game back in Calgary after his trade to Minnesota. He was given a video tribute at the first TV timeout.<\/p>\n Welcome back, Colesy \u2764\ufe0f Thank you for everything!<\/p>\n This was the 1,661st regular season game at the Saddledome, tying the \u2018Dome with the old Detroit Olympia for eighth all-time in NHL history for games hosted by a single venue.<\/p>\n After Burner<\/p>\n Join Mike Gould and Cami Kepke right after the game for After Burner!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Up next<\/p>\n The Flames (3-6-0) are back at it on Saturday night when they host the Detroit Red Wings. It\u2019s the first of four games with the Flames wearing their special 2004 retro alternate jerseys, and they\u2019ll be giving out green hard hats to the first 2,004 fans in attendance.<\/p>\n PRESENTED BY THE DFO CALGARY NEWSLETTER
Matvei Gridin \u2013 Martin Pospisil \u2013 Ryan Strome [A]
Yegor Sharangovich \u2013 Morgan Frost \u2013 Aydar Suniev
Brennan Othmann \u2013 Jonathan Castagna \u2013 Adam Klapka<\/p>\n
Jake Middleton \u2013 Zach Whitecloud [A]
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