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Notes from last game: Both veterans and youngsters shine in Flames’ 6-2 victory over Kraken

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By Cynthia Ryley Delaney

Oct 31, 2026, 12:30 EDTUpdated: Oct 31, 2026, 01:55 EDT

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The Calgary Flames may never lose at the Saddledome again.

After a 4-0 loss to the Edmonton Oilers in the first Battle of Alberta on Wednesday, the Flames returned home and defeated the Seattle Kraken 6-2. With this win, not only did their record move to 6-7-0, but they got their revenge after a pair of 6-1 losses to the Kraken to begin the season.

It was a great bounce-back game, but let’s take a look at the positives, negatives, and other notes from this game!

The positives

My favourite thing about watching a rebuild in real time is seeing those prospects, especially those that I watched and wrote about before they were NHLers, develop into everyday players. That’s the case with Aydar Suniev, Matvei Gridin, and Zayne Parekh.

Since Suniev joined the team, the Flames are now 6-4-0, with Suniev scoring four goals and five points in those 10 games. On Friday, he picked up his fourth one-timing a terrific pass by Morgan Frost past Philipp Grubauer. What a pick up he was in the third round of the 2023 NHL Draft.

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Gridin, also a Russian with a great release, has been terrific in the Flames’ 6-2-0 stretch since starting the season 0-5-0. With a goal and an assist in this game, Grindin has five goals and nine points over his last eight games.

And then there’s Parekh. The right-shot defenceman picked up an assist, his first even strength point of the season. But his play was far better than the scoresheet suggests. Late in the game, he and Suniev nearly set each other for a goal. His skating has also stood out these past few games as he’s gained confidence.

There was a particular play late in the second period of note. On a Kraken rush, Parekh sprawled on the ice and blocked a pass. Seconds later, Kraken forward Frédérick Gaudreau took a run at the youngster, and Parekh retaliated for a slash.

Ignoring the goal the Kraken scored on the man-advantage, I like him doing this. It shows players around the league not to mess with him. He did a similar thing in the game against the Oilers, wrestling Trent Frederic to the ice.

It wasn’t just the youngsters that stood out in this game. Matt Coronato was the Flames’ best player, picking up three helpers and a goal. My note for the goal was as follows: “Lol what a shot by Coronato.” There have been a few nice shots by Flames players these last few games, Coronato’s may be near the top. Through 13 games, Coronato has three goals and 14 points.

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Morgan Frost is also off to a strong start this season, scoring four goals and nine points through 13 games. He scored the game’s opening goal, ripping it past Grubauer. Frost also picked up a helper. He could’ve had another one as he had a sick feed to Yegor Sharangovich shortly before the Flames’ second power play.

Joel Farabee has been the team’s best player this season, and he scored the insurance goal with two helpers. I liked the trade to acquire Frost and Farabee back in January 2025, I really like it now. They’re skilled veterans, something every rebuilding team needs.

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Adam Klapka has really settled into a nice fourth line role on this team. It seems like in every one of these articles, I’m praising something. In this game, he dropped the gloves with fellow large human being Curtis Douglas, getting a big punch for the win. As the two players were going down, Douglas threw a pair of punches and received a roughing call.

The Flames’ special teams have been a wagon this season. On Friday, they scored on both power play opportunities they had, while killing off three of the four penalties that they took. Good stuff.

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The negatives

Coming into this season, I really thought this was the year that the Flames wouldn’t be in the mushy middle. Through 13 games, they now have a 6-7-0 record and are 6-2-0 in their last eight. It’s a good reminder that games aren’t played on paper and that players don’t want to lose, even if it’s for the betterment of the team.

I’m not sure that’s a negative, honestly. Yeah, they won’t land a high pick, but these eight games have been entertaining. You can’t really ask for more than that.

Three of the four Flames’ lines had an expected goal share below 50 percent, but again, games aren’t played on paper. In the end, they won 6-2, despite losing 60 percent of the face-offs and taking four penalties.

It was a good win for the team.

Other notes

This was a pretty chippy game, and that’s because the two teams have played five games against one another since the beginning of pre-season. Early in the first pre-season match-up, Brennan Othmann caught Ville Ottavainen high with a hit, with Ottavainen responding the next pre-season game.

Add in three blow outs in the regular season, and these two teams don’t really like each other. Good news for us fans is that the two teams will be in action for the fourth and final time on Nov. 4 in Seattle.

Noted on the broadcast was the fact that this was the Flames’ 60th consecutive victory when scoring four or more goals. The last time they lost a game when scoring four goals was back on Dec. 12, 2023 when they lost 5-4 in overtime to the Vegas Golden Knights. That was before I even started writing here! The night before that, they fell 6-5 to the Colorado Avalanche.

Funnily enough, they play the second game of a back-to-back against the Avalanche on Saturday. That game has a start time of 8:00 p.m. MT. We’ll see if Arsenii Sergeev appears in his second NHL game.

Cynthia Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for DFO Calgary, DFO Edmonton, and Blue Jays Nation. She can be followed on Twitter @CynthiaRDelaney.

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