On a night full of mystery and trades the Calgary Flames were able to handle business and beat the visiting Anaheim Ducks 4-1.
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CF% &#8211; 48.11%|| SCF% &#8211; 46.9%|| HDCF% &#8211; 44.51%|| xGF% &#8211; 48.81%
It’s a Team Game – This night will not go down as the night the Flames beat the Anaheim Ducks. No, it will be remembered as the night the Flames removed a player from a game to get traded. That isn’t totally uncommon, but it is weird the Flames have been involved in these twice (Cammalleri, anyone?). To be fair the team really rallied in the second period after Pelletier was pulled from the game. They stayed on task and kept their noses down to try and defeat the Ducks.  It wasn’t their usual dominant 5v5 performance, but I think they can get a pass on that. After all they did wind up getting the victory.
Corsi King – Blake Coleman (64.51 CF%) ended up getting credit for the Flames second goal, so Matt Coronato (53.59 per cent) got his hat-trick taken from him. I do not think despite getting two new incoming players in Morgan Frost (C) and Joel Farabee (LW) that Coleman or Coronato should expect new linemates. This trio works so well and is producing offence so there’s no reason to separate them going forward. Matt Coronato is moulding into quite the player – there’s more than 30 goals in him one day, I believe that.
Under Pressure &#8211; 
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Taken By Chance – Let’s all just take a minute to appreciate the highest danger chance of all in this one – Adam Klapka’s filthy first goal of the season. That big man used his reach to show why he can go toe-to-toe with the big boys in the show. Not many people can say they’ve scored a goal that nice in the National Hockey League. MacKenzie Weegar (75.77 SCF% || 100 HDCF%) was the high danger chance king going 4-0 in this one. Jakob Pelletier (29.47 per cent || 100 per cent) hit one more last high danger chance before getting moved to Philadelphia. The other guys cooking were Kadri (58.18 per cent || 72.47 per cent) and Huberdeau (50.32 per cent || 72.47 per cent). They both spent some time with some mixed-up line combinations, but their best minutes still came together. My early guess – Joel Farabee gets a look next to them.
xG Breakdown &#8211; 
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xGF% &#8211; Martin Pospisil (85.92 per cent) was the primary replacement after Pelletier (16.86 per cent) got pulled. I still don’t know exactly where Pospisil fits best, but if the production remains low the fourth line would be the best thing for him. I know he forechecks hard but if it’s not leading to tangible production we have to find a way back to reality. Achieving chances are great, but if you have trouble finishing you need to be lined up accordingly. I love me some Martin Pospisil so it hurts me to say that maybe he’s the one that can be the fourth line solution to the issues stemming from Rooney’s (58.20 per cent) issues in creating offence. That was 0.1 to 0.07 expected goals for Rooney – as marginal as you can get while producing actual numbers.
Game Flow – 
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Game Score –
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NHL GameScore Impact Card for Calgary Flames on 2025-01-30: <a href="https://t.co/kSk0vUvBvZ">pic.twitter.com/kSk0vUvBvZ</a>
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Shot Heatmap – 
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In The Crease – The sun seems brighter when I check my internet feed and see Pat Steinberg say “Dustin Wolf is starting”. It is appointment viewing for Flames fans who watch this young netminder almost never struggle. Any sort of adversity he faces is brushed off. I think the phrase is water off a ducks back. He posted another 5v5 shutout – although the goal he let in was shorthanded this time. That’s personnel’s fault for giving Frank Vatrano a chance to shoot on a 2-on-1 while killing a penalty. 1.74 expected goals against 5v5, zero behind him, another W in the bank.
The Goals &#8211; 
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🔥FLAMES GOAL🔥
Adam Klapka scores a beauty to tie this game up! 
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🔥FLAMES GOAL🔥
Matt Coronato puts the Flames up by one!
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*They ended up giving this to Coleman &#8211; whose hustle on the next goal more than earns it for him.
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🔥FLAMES GOAL🔥
Matt Coronato scores his second goal of the game! 
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🔥FLAMES GOAL🔥
Matt Coronato picks up his first career hat trick! 
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Flash’s 3 Stars –  
1) Matt Coronato
2) Dustin Wolf
3) Blake Coleman 
(Stats compiled from Naturalstattrick.com // Game Score from Hockeystatcards.com // xG and Under Pressure charts from HockeyViz.com // Game Flow and Shot Heatmap from NaturalStatTrick.com)
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On a night full of mystery and trades the Calgary Flames were able to handle business and beat the visiting Anaheim Ducks 4-1.
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CF% - 48.11%|| SCF% - 46.9%|| HDCF% - 44.51%|| xGF% - 48.81%

It’s a Team Game – This night will not go down as the night the Flames beat the Anaheim Ducks. No, it will be remembered as the night the Flames removed a player from a game to get traded. That isn’t totally uncommon, but it is weird the Flames have been involved in these twice (Cammalleri, anyone?). To be fair the team really rallied in the second period after Pelletier was pulled from the game. They stayed on task and kept their noses down to try and defeat the Ducks.  It wasn’t their usual dominant 5v5 performance, but I think they can get a pass on that. After all they did wind up getting the victory.

Corsi King – Blake Coleman (64.51 CF%) ended up getting credit for the Flames second goal, so Matt Coronato (53.59 per cent) got his hat-trick taken from him. I do not think despite getting two new incoming players in Morgan Frost (C) and Joel Farabee (LW) that Coleman or Coronato should expect new linemates. This trio works so well and is producing offence so there’s no reason to separate them going forward. Matt Coronato is moulding into quite the player – there’s more than 30 goals in him one day, I believe that.

Under Pressure - 

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Taken By Chance – Let’s all just take a minute to appreciate the highest danger chance of all in this one – Adam Klapka’s filthy first goal of the season. That big man used his reach to show why he can go toe-to-toe with the big boys in the show. Not many people can say they’ve scored a goal that nice in the National Hockey League. MacKenzie Weegar (75.77 SCF% || 100 HDCF%) was the high danger chance king going 4-0 in this one. Jakob Pelletier (29.47 per cent || 100 per cent) hit one more last high danger chance before getting moved to Philadelphia. The other guys cooking were Kadri (58.18 per cent || 72.47 per cent) and Huberdeau (50.32 per cent || 72.47 per cent). They both spent some time with some mixed-up line combinations, but their best minutes still came together. My early guess – Joel Farabee gets a look next to them.

xG Breakdown - 

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xGF% - Martin Pospisil (85.92 per cent) was the primary replacement after Pelletier (16.86 per cent) got pulled. I still don’t know exactly where Pospisil fits best, but if the production remains low the fourth line would be the best thing for him. I know he forechecks hard but if it’s not leading to tangible production we have to find a way back to reality. Achieving chances are great, but if you have trouble finishing you need to be lined up accordingly. I love me some Martin Pospisil so it hurts me to say that maybe he’s the one that can be the fourth line solution to the issues stemming from Rooney’s (58.20 per cent) issues in creating offence. That was 0.1 to 0.07 expected goals for Rooney – as marginal as you can get while producing actual numbers.

Game Flow – 

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Game Score –

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Shot Heatmap – 

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In The Crease – The sun seems brighter when I check my internet feed and see Pat Steinberg say “Dustin Wolf is starting”. It is appointment viewing for Flames fans who watch this young netminder almost never struggle. Any sort of adversity he faces is brushed off. I think the phrase is water off a ducks back. He posted another 5v5 shutout – although the goal he let in was shorthanded this time. That’s personnel’s fault for giving Frank Vatrano a chance to shoot on a 2-on-1 while killing a penalty. 1.74 expected goals against 5v5, zero behind him, another W in the bank.

The Goals - 

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*They ended up giving this to Coleman - whose hustle on the next goal more than earns it for him.

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Flash’s 3 Stars –  

1) Matt Coronato

2) Dustin Wolf

3) Blake Coleman 

(Stats compiled from Naturalstattrick.com // Game Score from Hockeystatcards.com // xG and Under Pressure charts from HockeyViz.com // Game Flow and Shot Heatmap from NaturalStatTrick.com)

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