Three Takeaways: Flames Power To Three Straight Wins At Vancouver's Expense
Calgary Flames left wing Joel Farabee (86) celebrates his goal against the Vancouver Canucks during the second period of their game at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC (Source: Simon Fearn-Imagn Images)The Calgary Flames beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 and registered their first three-game win streak this season.
Here are the takeaways:
Dominant even-strength performance
Want to know how big this game was for Calgary?
The time on ice in even-strength situation (45:25) was the sixth-lowest, yet the Flames put up the seventh-most high-danger scoring chances (10) in this game out of all their 23 contests this season.
Getting rewarded with four goals was only fitting.
Special Teams
With that decrease in even-strength time comes an increase in the time in power play and penalty-kill situations.
Unfortunately, this is the most the Flames have spent in time on the ice in the power play (8:00) and come away with single digit total shots on the man-advantage (8).
They were 13-for-13 on the penalty-kill but unfortunately that streak ended on Sunday evening thanks to Quinn Hughes. They did end up going 3-for-4.
And, hey? At least they got a short-handed goal...
Dustin Wolf
He needed his redemption game and he got it. With 28 saves off 30 shots, he registered a save percentage of 0.933. An excellent night.
Bottom Line
A three-game win streak is outstanding and Calgary has been on a roll.
They need to continue this as they head on a tough four-game road schedule.
