Flames Stay Hot with Lopsided Win Over Canucks
The Calgary Flames rolled to a 7-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday night, putting together one of their most productive offensive outings of the season. Brennan Othmann made his Flames debut after arriving at the trade deadline, picking up his first point with the Flames, while Tyson Gross appeared in his second game with the club. In goal, Dustin Wolf was sharp throughout, turning aside 31 shots to earn the win.
© Sergei Belski-Imagn Images Calgary came out with energy and opened the scoring early. Just after a power play expired at 3:04, Zayne Parekh fired a wrist shot that created a rebound, and Matt Coronato buried it for his 17th of the season . Morgan Frost picked up the secondary assist as Coronato extended his point streak to five games.
The physical tone followed immediately, with Adam Klapka and Curtis Douglas dropping the gloves on the next shift, drawing a loud response from the Saddledome crowd. Moments later, the Flames doubled their lead. At 4:59, Joel Farabee posted up in front and tipped a Zach Whitecloud point shot past Nikita Tolopilo, with Mikael Backlund adding an assist.
© Sergei Belski-Imagn Images Vancouver thought they had cut into the lead midway through the period when Brock Boeser found a loose puck and scored after Dustin Wolf was knocked over. The play was challenged, however, and the goal was overturned for goaltender interference, keeping it 2-0. The Canucks did get one before the intermission.
At 18:53, a 2-on-1 saw Elias Pettersson feed Linus Karlsson, who slid the puck across to Liam Öhgren for a quick finish, making it 2-1 after 20 minutes. Calgary pulled away in the second period with a flurry of goals. Ryan Strome restored the two-goal cushion just 1:32 in, tipping an Olli Maatta point shot past Tolopilo.