What Calgary Flames players said after being eliminated from playoff contention

An electric 5-4 shootout win over the Vegas Golden Knights wasn’t enough to keep the Calgary Flames’ playoff hopes alive. The Flames did their part, but were unable to get help on the out-of-town scoreboard. Both the St. Louis Blues and Minnesot

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NHL odds, betting preview (Mar. 22): Flames vs. Islanders predictions

The Calgary Flames will wrap up their four game Eastern road trip with a matinee versus the New York Islanders, who are also in the midst of a competitive wild card race. Thanks to a spirited comeback on Thursday versus the New Jersey Devils, the Fla

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Breaking down the Calgary Flames’ potential first round opponent

Love it or hate it, the Calgary Flames are in the thick of the playoff race right now. With 14 games left, they sit two points behind the St. Louis Blues—with two games in hand—for the second wild card spot in the Western Conference. They’ll al

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Flames Game Day 69: Closing out the road trip on Long Island (2pm MT)

The Calgary Flames (32-24-11, 75 points) are in the midst of a four game eastern road trip. The trip began with a tough night at the office against the Toronto Maple Leafs, but they’ve put in two pretty outings – with two good results – in thei

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Flames Can Learn From Islanders When Handling Dustin Wolf

The Calgary Flames wrap up their New York road trip looking to sweep the three games. They defeated the New York Rangers on March 18 with a 2-1 final and…

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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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