If you’re looking for a silver lining to the frustrating start of the 2025-26 season for the Calgary Flames, it may be that the goal-starved team has yet to be shut out this season.

A third period goal from Adam Klapka off a turnover caused by a Morgan Frost backcheck allowed the Flames to avoid the indignity of being blanked at home. The Flames, however, lost 2-1 in overtime to the visiting Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday evening at the Saddledome to run their ongoing winless streak to seven games (0-6-1).

Flames head coach Ryan Huska agreed that he wasn’t disappointed with the effort, speaking the media following the game.

“Second, third period, I would say that,” said Huska. “I thought it would have been a different game if Dustin [Wolf] wasn’t the way he was in the first period. He made some excellent saves for us at that point.”

Speaking in the Flames locker room post-game, alternate captain MacKenzie Weegar discussed the latest setback for his club.

“I guess we got to put a little stop to the bleeding,” said Weegar, referencing the point the team earned. “I mean, we got ourselves to OT. I thought we kept with it. I think the five-on-five part of the game was solid. If I can take anything out of that game, special teams probably could have helped us out. Would have liked to have seen the power play step up in this game.”

The Flames power play went 0-for-5, registering just three shots on goal on their advantages. Their power play has scored just four goals on 32 advantages through eight games, converting on just 12.5% of their advantages – fifth from last in the league in that category.

“I thought it was much better leading up to this game than it was tonight,” said Huska, on the team’s power play performance. “We flipped a few guys around on that one power play that looked really disorganized, and then we went back to the units after that. I thought they were much better with the attempts they had in that situation. They are getting chances to score. I would like to see them shoot the puck more than what they do, and I’d like to see the puck pace on it move quite a bit quicker than what it is.”

The Flames put 37 shots on Montreal’s net, with Jakub Dobes making 36 stops. Wolf made 26 saves on 28 shots, but could only watch on as his teammates did basically everything but score at the other end of the ice – including several chances that were laying in the crease before Dobes smothered them.

“It’s tough,” said Wolf. “I mean, I can’t generate offence, so I do my job. I try to keep the puck out of our net and hope that our guys can generate a couple. I’m glad we got one there. We got a point, but we’ve got to keep working to find more offence.”

Weegar had a lot of praise for his club’s netminder following the game.

“Unbelievable,” said Weegar. “I mean, he’s just as elite as they come. I thought first period, you know, we were sleepy. They got a team that can make some good plays. And Dusty, when he goes across crease like that, it’s impressive to watch. I mean, the save on Suzuki there where he stops laterally, makes a big save. He’s unbelievable. So he’s a bright spot. He’s a great kid. What a goalie.”

It was the second consecutive strong outing for Wolf, following Monday’s loss to Winnipeg that could have easily gotten out of hand if not for the Flames netminder.

“I felt good,” said Wolf, regarding Wednesday’s performance. “You know what, it’s a building block. It’s a process, and I like where my game’s at right now, but at the same time, we’re not getting two points every night. It doesn’t matter how I feel. We need to get two points and keep building, and that’s the goal for Friday.”

The Flames (1-6-1) are back in action on Friday in Winnipeg, still searching for their first regulation win of the season.

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