The Flames approached Saturday’s return home like a road game

On Saturday night, the Calgary Flames played their first home game in nearly two weeks as they hosted the Montreal Canadiens. The annual visit to the Saddledome from the bleu, blanc et rouge can often feel like a road game for the Flames, as red Flam

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GAME DAY: Flames look to extend their winning streak against the Islanders

Calgary Flames (32-25-11) at New York Islanders (32-28-8) When: Saturday, 2 p.m. MT, UBS Arena TV: Sportsnet West Radio: Sportsnet 960 The Fan Odds: Islanders (-141) Flames (+118) The buzz  The Calgary Flames insisted that .500 wouldn’t be goo

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3 Flames players will lose their waiver exemption after this season

As the 2024-25 regular season winds down, we’ll start turning our attentions to the future. Quietly, one of the most important parts of the National Hockey League’s roster building tools is the waiver wire: the Calgary Flames currently feature a

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Wild card recap: The Flames mount third period comeback but the Blues occupy the final wild card

The race for the final wild card could come down to the final day. Each of the four teams fighting for the final spot was in action on Thursday, with every team picking up at least a point. The four teams we’ll be looking at in this article are the

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Wolf's former Wranglers teammates totally unsurprised by NHL success

It’s not like the Calgary Wranglers thought they’d never see Dustin Wolf again. He was eligible to play in the AHL playoffs last year, after all, so they had a pretty good idea that he’d be returning to them for a few games, at least. But when

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The Jacob Markstrom trade might go down as Craig Conroy’s finest piece of work

The Calgary Flames did extremely well in acquiring Kevin Bahl and a first-round pick from the New Jersey Devils for Jacob Markstrom last year, but those two pieces are still secondary reasons why they won that particular trade. Especially in a year w

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Calgary Flames' Huberdeau on pace to score most goals in a season since his junior days

As he has on plenty of occasions this season, Jonathan Huberdeau came up huge in the Calgary Flames’ 5-3 win over the New Jersey Devils last night. The Flames were able to overcome two separate two-goal deficits in the win thanks to a four-goal ef

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‘A fresh start was needed’: J.T. Miller weighs in on his trade by the Canucks

NEW YORK — In the Vancouver Canucks’ season opener on Oct. 9, which feels about three years ago, J.T. Miller completed a Gordie Howe hat trick by scoring the tying goal late in the third period of what turned into a 6-5 overtime loss to the Calga

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Miss a me, Misa you: a chat with Calgary Flames prospect Luke Misa

Luke Misa was ranked as a late second, early third-round talent at the 2024 NHL draft, so when he was still on the board when the Calgary Flames picked him in the fifth round, Craig Conroy and crew knew they needed to select him. The Win Column recen

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Checking in on the Calgary Flames’ playoff odds this week

Welcome back to our weekly playoff odds check-in. This week’s playoff race in the West remains tight, and the Calgary Flames are right in the thick of it. Last week, the Flames occupied the second wildcard spot but now find themselves barely outsid

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Beyond the Boxscore: Flames make huge third period comeback against Devils

The Calgary Flames created some momentum with a big-time comeback win over the New Jersey Devils by a score of 4-3. CF% – 60.8%|| SCF% – 52.88%|| HDCF% – 60.75%|| xGF% – 66.15% It’s a Team Game – The Flames started this game keeping thing

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Want to understand the Flames? Watch their win over New Jersey

The Calgary Flames are not a perfect hockey team. They don’t score a lot of goals. They low on what’s termed “elite” offensive skill. Their blueline group features two experienced, reliable veterans, leading a group that’s otherwise full of

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How rookie goaltender Dustin Wolf saved the Calgary Flames' season

The Northern California native, and 214th overall pick in 2019, has his team right in the playoff mix.

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