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Instant Reaction: Flames earn a point in shootout loss to Jets
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Ryan Pike
Nov 16, 2025, 00:55 EST
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Welcome to Instant Reaction, where we give you our instant reaction to tonight’s Calgary Flames game and ask our readers to do the same in the comments section below!
The Calgary Flames had a pretty up and down evening of ice hockey when they hosted the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night. They never led during regulation and they lost a key player to injury. But, to their credit, they battled for three-plus periods against a pretty strong Jets side.
The Flames lost 4-3 in a shootout to the Jets.

The rundown

Neither team scored in the opening period as they seemed to go through a feeling-out process during the frame. Both teams had some decent looks – Gustav Nyquist and Morgan Forst both had breakaways – but neither team was able to capitalize.
First period shots were 12-8 Flames. Via Natural Stat Trick, 5v5 scoring chances were 10-6 Jets and high-danger scoring chances were 5-4 Jets.
As the midway mark of the second period neared, we started seeing some goals.
Mikael Backlund collided with Sam Honzek at the Jets blueline, losing the puck and creating some confusion on the red team’s side. To add insult to injury, the Jets collected the puck, moved up ice, and Kyle Connor found Mark Scheifele unattended on the right wing with a pass. Scheifele’s wrister beat Dustin Wolf to give the Jets a 1-0 lead.
But on the very next shift, the Flames answered back. After a couple passes following a face-off win, Jake Bean’s shot beat Connor Hellebuyck high short-side to tie the game at 1-1.
But on the very next shift (again), the Jets answered back. A Luke Schenn point shot hit a crowd in the slot in front of Wolf. Tanner Pearson grabbed the loose puck and fired it past the crowd and Wolf to give the Jets a 2-1 lead.
The Flames tied the game later in the period, though. Matt Coronato and Morgan Frost worked the puck to the point, where Kevin Bahl fired the puck towards the net. His shot changed direction off Logan Stanley and beat Hellebuyck to tie the game at 2-2.
Second period shots were 10-10. 5v5 scoring chances were 12-5 Jets and high-danger scoring chances were 5-3 Jets.
Connor Zary subbed in for Honzek and immediately took a minor penalty in the Jets zone. On the subsequent Jets man advantage, Wolf made a save on a one-timer from Connor, but the puck trickled through him and laid in the crease, and Cole Perfetti jammed in the puck to give the Jets a 3-2 lead.
The Jets took a penalty with less than three minutes left in regulation, and the Flames pulled Wolf for the extra attacker and cashed in. With 1:14 left in regulation, Coronato grabbed a rebound off a shot from Rasmus Andersson and slid it past Hellebuyck to tie the game at 3-3.
Third period shots were 10-4 Flames. 5v5 scoring chances were 4-2 Jets and high-danger scoring chances were 1-0 Jets.
Off to overtime they went! MacKenzie Weegar drew a holding penalty with 1:29 left in overtime, but the power play couldn’t cash in and so this game went to the shootout. (Scheifele did not like the penalty call.)
Gabe Vilardi was the lone scorer in the shootout for the Jets, while Frost, Jonathan Huberdeau and Andersson all failed to score for the Flames, and the Jets won this one 4-3 in the shootout.

Why the Flames got a point

The Flames didn’t play badly. But the problem is that the Jets gradually got better throughout the game and found their confidence with the puck. Meanwhile, the Flames were perfectly fine, but just didn’t look dangerous with the puck. And they seemed to lose a lot of their rhythm at five-on-five when Honzek was injured, as their lines were thrown into the blender for awhile.
We’ll give the Flames credit, though: they kept battling. When the Jets took a minor late in the third, they made them pay. They couldn’t earn another one, but they did a good job grinding for the one they got.

Red Warrior

Morgan Frost had a couple assists and looked really poised and confident in the offensive zone.

Turning point

Be honest: there probably wasn’t much expectation that the 32nd-ranked power play in the NHL would tie the game and force overtime. But that’s precisely what they did. When the Flames really needed their special teams group to come through in a key moment, they did.

This and that

Honzek left the game after his collision with Backlund and did not return.
The Bear star Ebon Moss-Bachrach was in attendance for this game. He’s won two Primetime Emmy Awards for his role on the show.

After Burner

Join Mike and Jordan from the In The Dome podcast right after the game for After Burner!

Up next

The Flames (5-12-3) are headed back on the road. They face the Chicago Blackhawks in the Windy City on Tuesday night.

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