How did all the call-ups do against Arizona?

The Calgary Flames had four new faces in their lineup last night when they visited the Arizona Coyotes. Granted, two of the four “new” players were both up with the Flames earlier this season, but all four guys were summoned from the American Hockey League’s Stockton Heat and pressed into service at relatively short notice.

How’d the quartet of newcomers do?

In his first NHL game since the last game of last season, Poirier played 14:03 (13:07 at even-strength and 0:56 on the power play) and had two shots, three hits and a minor penalty that resulted in a waved-off Arizona goal.

He played primarily with Mikael Backlund and Michael Frolik, and played pretty well.

This was Shinkaruk’s first NHL game since November and his first with the Flames. He played 14:56 (13:11 at even-strength and 1:45 on the power play), with two shots and an assist. (I’m 80% sure that Brodie’s goal will be given to Shinkaruk overnight, though.)

He played primarily on the top line with Sean Monahan and Derek Grant. His underlyings weren’t amazing, but his line did face a bit of Oliver Ekman-Larsson at even-strength.

Last night’s game was the 10th of the season for Grant – he’s waiver-eligible now – and the 34th of his NHL career. He played 16:45 (13:03 at even-strength, 0:47 on the power play and 2:28 on the penalty kill), with one face-off win in two draws, two shots and an assist (and a plus-1 rating).

He played primarily with Sean Monahan and Hunter Shinkaruk. His numbers are skewed a bit by his penalty-killing duties, as at even-strength he did pretty well considering the match-ups his line saw.

Last night was Kulak’s first game up since October and his eighth overall NHL game. He played the least of the call-ups with 14:55 (all at even-strength) and had two shots.

And compared to his fellow Stockton recalls, he was really kept with a narrow cross-section of defenders and since he didn’t play with the top two pairings, he got relatively easy opposition.