The Calgary Flames completed their regular season schedule on Friday night with a trip to scenic Winnipeg to face the Jets. It was a close, tight game, and the Jets came out on top by a 3-1 score.
The recap is here, if you missed it. Here are selected highlights and post-game comments from Friday night.
The clips
Cleaned up his own rebound. pic.twitter.com/rSIKIDJdoR
— y – Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) April 30, 2022
A goal so nice, we'll show it twice 😏 pic.twitter.com/Xcx0RsV6XY
— Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) April 30, 2022
JMo with the original shot, and Appy is there to tap in the rebound!
🚨: @MTAppleton
🍎: Josh Morrissey
🍏: Zach Sanford #GoJetsGo | #CGYvsWPG https://t.co/vj9ucf944d pic.twitter.com/OmcZ9hfD8q— Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) April 30, 2022
WANTED: Connor Hellebuyck.
CHARGE: Grand Larceny 🫢 pic.twitter.com/1abPZSuzBn
— Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) April 30, 2022
Dilly also scored an empty netter just before time ran out, so please enjoy his getting all the fist bumps 👊 https://t.co/hyKG3q9Dv8 pic.twitter.com/oSOhsPRkFH
— Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) April 30, 2022
The quotes
Head coach Darryl Sutter
#Flames head coach Darryl Sutter checks in after the final game of the regular season and talks about prepping for the playoffs next week. pic.twitter.com/uM3FeYPvDX
— y – Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) April 30, 2022
On how the game unfolded: “I thought we had a really good first period. Second period, our goalie made some saves. You know what, they’re playing a free, easy game. And I think the third we show what we’re capable of doing, just couldn’t score.”
On sticking to the regular lineup and playing 82 meaningful games: “We did. Gotta play close games and we’ve played close games. Hopefully we get a schedule where we don’t have to play Monday. Bullshit. They set up the schedule, we play three in four to finish the year on the road. Makes sense.”
On Dan Vladar’s performance: “That’s his job. Back-to-backs, backup goalie come in, give yourself, your team a chance to win and he did that.”
Mikael Backlund
Hear from Mikael Backlund after the conclusion of the regular season, as the team preps for Round 1 of the #StanleyCup Playoffs! pic.twitter.com/mIVdmB1CvH
— y – Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) April 30, 2022
On how the game unfolded: “Today probably, of the three games, wasn’t the best of the three. But I thought the last two games we really battled hard. Today, came out, had a really good first period, let it slip a bit in the second and made it a pretty tight game in the third, pretty even game. That was our mission. We wanted to keep playing all the way ’til the end and have a good feeling going into the playoffs.”
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