Beyond the Boxscore: Battle of Alberta swings Oilers way as Flames cannot close out game late

The Calgary Flames had the game within their grasps before Leon Draisaitl clutched a 3-2 overtime victory for the Edmonton Oilers. CF% – 49.61%|| SCF% – 49.02%|| HDCF% – 54.99%|| xGF% – 52.53% It’s a Team Game – One thing I enjoy is a har

Published: 9 months ago

Flames' Beecher suspended 1 game for sucker-punching Preds' McCarron

The NHL's Department of Player Safety suspended Calgary Flames forward John Beecher one game Sunday for roughing Nashville Predators forward Michael McCarron.Beecher sucker-punched McCarron while the latter was being restrained by a linesman in Satur

Published: 3 days ago

Flames’ Beecher suspended one game for punch on McCarron

Calgary Flames centre John Beecher will have to answer for his post-whistle actions. The 24-year-old has been suspended one game for roughing Nashville Predators winger Michael McCarron, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced on Sunday. Be

Published: 3 days ago

Flames prospect Hunter Brzustewicz is impressing in his NHL audition

Gang, sometimes things don’t go quite according to plan and you end up having to pivot. But sometimes those pivots turn out to have positive impacts. With that in mind, let’s chat about the 2025-26 Calgary Flames and how some unexpected challenge

Published: 3 days ago

Flames forward John Beecher to have hearing with Player Safety following incident with Michael McCarron

On Saturday night, Calgary Flames forward John Beecher received a roughing minor penalty and a 10-minute misconduct for a skirmish with Nashville Predators defender Michael McCarron. On Sunday morning, the National Hockey League’s Department of Pla

Published: 3 days ago

Flames 2025-26 second quarter report cards: defence and goalies

Folks, the Calgary Flames have completed 41 of their 82 games in the 2025-26 regular season schedule. In other words: we’re halfway home for the 2025-26 season, and we’ve completed two quarters of Flames hockey. With that in mind, let’s dig int

Published: 4 days ago

Flames’ John Beecher to have hearing for punching McCarron in scrum

Supplemental discipline could be coming down the pipe for Calgary Flames centre John Beecher. The 24-year-old will have a hearing on Sunday for roughing Nashville Predators winger Michael McCarron, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced. B

Published: 4 days ago

Flames’ John Beecher To Have Player Safety Hearing

Calgary Flames forward John Beecher will have a hearing today for roughing Nashville Predators forward Michael McCarron during last night’s contest, the Department of Player Safety announced. Beecher is now facing the prospect of a suspension after

Published: 4 days ago

Calgary Flames Prospect Update: New Years, New Efforts for Prospects

The Flames crawled back to the .500 mark (though they dipped one game below after last night’s loss), but with Zayne Parekh and Cole Reschny playing well at the World Juniors, the Flames look to be in a good position for 2026. This is a sentence mo

Published: 4 days ago

John Beecher facing possible suspension for sucker punch on Michael McCarron

The NHL Department of Player Safety (DOPS) has announced that Calgary Flames forward John Beecher will have a hearing today for his punch on Michal McCarron in last night’s game against the Nashville Predators. Calgary’s John Beecher will have a

Published: 4 days ago

Flames Sunday Census: What are you looking forward to in 2026?

The New Year is here and the Calgary Flames kicked off their first game of 2026 with a tough loss at the ‘Dome against the Nashville Predators Saturday night. Tied at 3–3 late in the third, the Predators scored to seal the regulation victory 4–

Published: 4 days ago

Beyond the Boxscore: Predators take advantage of Flames at home in crushing 4-3 regulation loss

The Calgary Flames almost snuck away with some points, but ultimately got the result that was deserved with a crushing 4-3 regulation defeat against the visiting Nashville Predators. CF% – 40.84%|| SCF% – 37.28%|| HDCF% – 36.46%|| xGF% – 41.3

Published: 4 days ago

Flames slide back below .500 with uneven outing against Nashville

If you’ve watched the Calgary Flames over the past couple of seasons, you’ve probably noticed that when the Flames look a certain way, they tend to give themselves a chance. They rely on structure, pace, a tenacious forecheck and keying in on det

Published: 4 days ago