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Post Game Thread: Calgary Flames at Vegas Golden Knights – 23 Feb 2023



[Recap/Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022020928)

###Boxscore

|Teams|1st|2nd|3rd|OT|Total|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/calgaryflames)|1|2|0|0|3|
|[](/r/goldenknights)|0|1|2|1|4|

###Team Stats

|Team|Shots|Hits|Blocked|FO Wins|Giveaways|Takeaways|Power Plays|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/calgaryflames)|28|50|19|47.3%|6|7|1/4|
|[](/r/goldenknights)|29|40|21|52.7%|7|5|1/2|

###Goal Summary

|Period|Time|Team|Strength|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|OT|00:42|[](/r/goldenknights)|Even|Alex Pietrangelo (8) Backhand, assists: Jonathan Marchessault (20), Jack Eichel (23)|
|3rd|12:35|[](/r/goldenknights)|Even|William Carrier (16) Wrist Shot, assists: Alec Martinez (9), Chandler Stephenson (37)|
|3rd|05:08|[](/r/goldenknights)|Even|Zach Whitecloud (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Reilly Smith (20)|
|2nd|16:34|[](/r/calgaryflames)|Even|Mikael Backlund (14) Tip-In, assists: Blake Coleman (16), MacKenzie Weegar (17)|
|2nd|14:27|[](/r/goldenknights)|Power Play|Jack Eichel (19) Snap Shot, assists: Shea Theodore (25), Michael Amadio (7)|
|2nd|01:24|[](/r/calgaryflames)|Even|Jonathan Huberdeau (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Jakob Pelletier (3), Nazem Kadri (22)|
|1st|13:25|[](/r/calgaryflames)|Power Play|Jakob Pelletier (3) Batted, assists: Mikael Backlund (27), Noah Hanifin (24)|

###Penalty Summary

|Period|Time|Team|Type|Min|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:-:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|3rd|15:09|[](/r/goldenknights)|Minor|2|Brett Howden High-sticking against Nikita Zadorov|
|2nd|13:40|[](/r/calgaryflames)|Minor|2|Walker Duehr Interference – Goalkeeper against Laurent Brossoit|
|2nd|01:42|[](/r/calgaryflames)|Minor|2|MacKenzie Weegar Delaying Game – Puck over glass|
|1st|16:45|[](/r/goldenknights)|Minor|2|Jonathan Marchessault High-sticking against Noah Hanifin|
|1st|12:13|[](/r/goldenknights)|Minor|2|Shea Theodore Holding against Nazem Kadri|
|1st|08:50|[](/r/goldenknights)|Minor|2|Byron Froese Hooking against Blake Coleman|

by HockeyMod

43 Comments

  1. _sunburn

    Backlund with arguably the worst change I’ve ever seen

  2. KaRnAgEGiLL

    Change the drinking game from “Markstrom/Vladar big save – drink” –> to Finish and fill then finish again

  3. itoadaso1

    Awful change but if any player on this team deserves to be cut some slack it’s Backlund so whatever.

  4. natenicholson

    SO MUCH FOR THE 10 GAME HEATER😍😍🥰😍🥰😘🥰😄😍

  5. RandyBobandysGut

    Good thing we have made zero adjustments to improve our play in OT

  6. Comfortable-Ad-7158

    Backs..

    OT is a puck possession game. Don’t try a 1 on 3 and then take an idiotic change. I love you man but fuck.

  7. Crashviper

    How we feeling about that shitty GI penalty on Duehr now? Stings even more now

  8. Suzaku94

    Not good enough to be a contender, not bad enough for a high draft pick. Last nearly 2 decades of flames summed up

  9. Pelletier is the only thing keeping me sane this season

  10. swagsauce3

    This team makes me feel bad for people who weren’t born/live in Calgary, just chose this team lmao, chose to be hurt year after year, game after game.

  11. shichibukai3000

    They don’t even suck in a fun way. This team is just boring.

  12. ThreeBison

    If this team could only play three periods of hockey.

  13. Qwerty-Bo1

    Pissing away points all the way to the 16th overall pick, the flames way 🔥

  14. Salticracker

    22 one-goal losses fuck man. That feels extremely accurate.

  15. MonkeySailor

    Feels like this is the universe telling Treliving to not buy next week. It’s just not their season

  16. G-Swanky

    They clearly adjusted their strategy for the 3rd period…but why?? They were limiting Vegas chances just by all the pressure they were applying on offence

  17. cartographer721

    When it was 3-2 there was zero doubt in my mind they were going to lose that game. Total certainty. Flames hockey everybody.

  18. natenicholson

    No chance we make the playoff at this point.

    Wild and Avs woke up. Our div owns us

  19. bettycrockerinmybum

    They played well tho. Gonna need that effort for all of March. Especially with those Minnesota games

  20. DOITLIKEBRUTUS

    This team cannot carry any momentum. Game to game, period to period, shift to shift; they have shown time and again that they cannot be trusted to play well for any length of time. This is a .500 team masked by a good start and I’m tired of believing we can turn it around.

  21. Chad_TreintaUno

    “Protecting the lead” by dumping the puck in and sitting back is a really dumb strategy.

  22. weilycoyote

    As a fan on the east coast, why do I stay up til midnight to watch this shitshow? It’s disappointment every damn night 😓

  23. MeursaultWasGuilty

    I hate that we’re losing all these games in OT. If we were losing in regulation we might have a shot at Bedard. Lol.

  24. TalithePally

    That was the worst executed OT I’ve ever seen. Why did nobody join the attack with Backlund? Then they just pull back as Vegas walks in with 3 attackers and score

  25. prophetprofits

    This Flames organization is just a toxic wasteland at this point. Murray Edwards is responsible for the blame of enabling this old boys club catastrophe. He’s happy producing a mediocre product if it’ll get him an extra 3-4 games of playoff profits each year.

  26. CalgaryCheekClapper

    As soon as we went up 3-1 I was about to comment “OTL 4-3 incoming” but decided to be a good, optimistic fan and didnt . Anyways , disappointed but not surprised

  27. BFGSkittles

    Another blown two goal lead in the third

    Another loser point

    Another game where we concede 4 goals

  28. Oilers win 7-2 down 1-0. Never let off the gas. We are up 3-1… Cmon man

  29. DoctorSalter

    Win one Lose one

    Win one Lose one

    Win one Lose one

    Getoutofheadgetoutofmyhead
    GETOUTOFMYHEAD

  30. DiscipilusLuna

    Well, classic opposing team comeback in the 3rd period to them winning in OT. That’s flames hockey baby

  31. MightyMorpeko

    3 on 3 every team puts their star players on. For us its Chris Tanev, Backlund and Dube. These 3 players are great at 5 on 5 but this isn’t it… I can’t comprehend Sutter… Its the same as if Vegas would put Rielly Smith, Whitecloud and William Carrier to start OT. Nobody does that except for the Flames

  32. bluemountaindrew

    Why isn’t there anyone on here bitching about vladar? Like yeah that change sucked, but honestly backlund is one of the only players who derserves to make a mistake. The goaltending is the issue here. Lost us so many damn games this year.

  33. SmuckerNipples

    Play good 40 minutes

    Play shit 25 minutes

    No sadness just pain

  34. MeursaultWasGuilty

    I know it’s bad, but I’m wishing the team would collapse and not win another game this season.

    It’s a stupid system we have that actively rewards teams for being bad. But that’s the system we have. What is the difference between barely missing the playoffs and finishing last? Shit, I’d rather finish last then get bounced out of the first round.

    Maybe one day we’ll get a better system that incentives teams to not be terrible instead of rewarding it. Until then, if we can’t be elite then we should be terrible.

  35. doughflow

    The only thing Treliving is going to be selling at the trade deadline is his fucking house in Calgary LOL

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