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The Calgary Flames are in playoff contention despite starting the season with rock-bottom expectations. Rookie goalie Dustin Wolf and a resurgent season from Jonathan Huberdeau have them in the Wild Card hunt. That could mean a trade deadline acquisition for the team previously thought to be a sure-fire seller. The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun reported that […]

The Calgary Flames look to avenge their last loss as they face the St. Louis Blues. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Flames-Blues prediction and pick. The Flames come into the game at 21-15-7 on the year, which is good for fourth in the Pacific Division. Currently, the Flames are […]

The Buffalo Sabres hit rock bottom as they lost 13 straight games earlier this season. During that time, reports emerged that the team had an interest in shaking up its roster. Despite having talented players such as Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo could not string wins together. It remains unclear how they intended to shake the roster […]

The Calgary Flames are on the second night of a back-to-back as they visit the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night. The Flames are one of the few games on Monday night when they face the Chicago Blackhawks in the Amazon Prime matchup. The Blues have been dominating the season series against the Flames, including […]

The Calgary Flames feared that they had potentially lost forward Connor Zary with a long-term injury following a collision with Anaheim Ducks defenseman Drew Helleson. However, further medical testing has confirmed that he didn’t suffer an ACL or MCL injury as initially feared. The news was confirmed by Frank Seravalli of the Daily Faceoff via […]

The Los Angeles Kings are riding a hot streak when they face the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night, the second night of a back-to-back. The Flames had a challenging 3-2 overtime victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night, making them even more tired for this matchup. The Kings have been waiting at home since […]

The Calgary Flames have been starting to falter after sticking around in the playoff race for most of the season. They’ve begun to lose to some of the league’s bottom-tier teams, and they are in line to do it again when they face the surging Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night. However, the Flames have reason […]

The Nashville Predators get a chance to bring their struggling organization to the marquee matchup on Saturday night when they visit the Calgary Flames on Hockey Night in Canada. A small victory for the Predators is they’ve risen to seventh in the Central Division with the recent struggles of the Chicago Blackhawks, but Nashville has […]

The Calgary Flames are riding high after returning to a playoff spot in their previous game on New Year’s Eve. They feel they’re in the driver’s seat to secure another victory when they host the reeling Utah Hockey Club for the first game of 2025. The Flames are fourth in the Pacific Division and hold […]

The Calgary Flames added veteran talent in NHL Free Agency to replace names lost. Calgary intended to rebuild its roster after multiple significant trades that saw pending free agents head elsewhere. In the offseason, for example, the Flames traded Jacob Markstrom to the New Jersey Devils. This trend could continue in 2024-25, with defenseman Rasmus […]

The Calgary Flames entered the season needing veteran players to step up. One Calgary player whom everyone had an eye on in this regard is Jonathan Huberdeau. Huberdeau came over in the Matthew Tkachuk trade in 2022. But he had not lived up to the $84 million contract he signed following the trade from the […]

Macklin Celebrini will get another chance on the big stage in Canada when the San Jose Sharks host the Calgary Flames on Hockey Night in Canada. The Sharks lost last week in an overtime thriller on the afternoon game of HNIC against the Edmonton Oilers. It hadn’t been a good stretch for the Sharks entering […]

After back-to-back fifth place finishes in the Pacific Division — and two consecutive missed postseasons — the Calgary Flames are at least in the hunt in 2024-25. After winning 38 games in each of 2022-23 and 2023-24, the squad has already secured 16 in 34 contests, sporting a solid 16-11-7 record after the holiday break. […]

The Calgary Flames have confirmed a switch up in their coaching staff, but they’ve also not joined the three NHL clubs that have terminated a head coach. Flames assistant coach Brad Larsen has been granted an indefinite leave of absence from the club to attend to an undisclosed family matter. Meanwhile, the Flames have promoted […]

It’s an All-Canadian matchup on Thursday night when the Ottawa Senators continue their Western road trip with a matchup against the Calgary Flames. The Senators are running the full gauntlet after starting the swing against the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night and finishing with the remaining Canadian Western Conference teams. These teams are trending in […]

No one knows which version of the Boston Bruins will show up on any given night, and that was a reality again on Saturday night when they defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5-1. They’ll continue their Western Canadian road trip on Tuesday night when they visit the Calgary Flames before finishing it on Thursday night against […]

The Calgary Flames are closer to bringing back a pair of critical roster players into their lineup after both missed time with ailments. Both goaltender Dan Vladar and forward Andrei Kuzmenko, the latter of whom is in his first full year with the Flames after being acquired via trade, returned to practice on Monday; they […]

The Calgary Flames have had plenty of success over the Florida Panthers in their last ten matchups, winning seven. The teams have much more history than their on-ice battles, as it’ll also be Matthew Tkachuk’s first return to Calgary since winning his first Stanley Cup. There could be a mixed reaction for the former energy […]

The Calgary Flames will have a challenging time winning this game when considering their recent form and the Tampa Bay Lightning’s loss on Tuesday night. Calgary has fallen back to earth after a hot start to the season, as their only wins over the past eight games are against weaker competition. Meanwhile, Tampa Bay suffered a […]

The Flames look to break a losing streak as they face the Nashville Predators. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Flames-Predators prediction and pick. The Flames come into the game at 13-10-5 on the year, which is good for fifth place in the Pacific Division. Still, they have lost six […]

The St. Louis Blues have been on a hot streak since hiring Jim Montgomery, which includes a win over a top team in the league in their last game. They’ll attempt to continue their Western Canadian road trip with another victory when they visit the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. Despite the expectations, the Flames […]

The Columbus Blue Jackets continue their road trip as they face the Calgary Flames. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Blue Jackets-Flames prediction and pick. The Blue Jackets come into the game sitting at 11-9-3 on the year, which placed them in sixth in the Metropolitan Division. They have won […]

The Calgary Flames will host the Columbus Blue Jackets at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Tuesday night, marking the first time this season that both teams that the late Johnny Gaudreau played for will face one another in the venue that Gaudreau called home for the first several years of his NHL career. Gaudreau and his […]

The Calgary Flames were one of the best teams in the NHL very early on in 2024-25. In fact, they won each of their first four games in regulation in something of a surprise run. Things have cooled down as of late, but players like Dustin Wolf have helped the Flames remain competitive on the […]

The Calgary Flames are starting to experience a lull after their hot start to the season. The preseason predictions had the Flames being one of the worst teams in the league, but they currently sit second in the Pacific Division. Calgary will be unable to sustain that pace if they keep losing to inferior opponents, […]

The Minnesota Wild and Calgary Flames will meet in what could be a defensive battle. Both teams are in surprising positions in their respective divisions and doing it with some old-school, tight-checking systems. It’s getting to the point where teams can only solve their goaltenders with improbable goals, as we saw with Marc-Andre Fleury in […]

The New York Islanders continue their western road trip as they visit the Calgary Flames. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with an Islanders-Flames prediction and pick. The Islanders come into the game sitting at 7-7-4 on the year but have won just once in their last four games overall. Last time […]

The Calgary Flames were white-hot to begin the season, winning each of their first four games. Things have considerably cooled since then, to be fair. But they have still shown flashes of brilliance. Rookie goalie Dustin Wolf shutout the Nashville Predators, for instance. The Flames entered the season with a clear mandate to rebuild. Calgary […]

The Calgary Flames have cooled off after a red hot start, but they remain in third place in the Pacific Division after a 2-0 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night. Dustin Wolf’s first NHL shutout helped the Flames improve to 9-6-3, and there’s belief in Alberta that the club can hang around the […]

The Calgary Flames had a very impressive start to the 2024-25 season. However, they have since fallen back down to Earth just a little bit. Goaltending was a question mark entering the year. But it has shown itself to be something of a strength early on. Take Friday night, for instance, as youngster Dustin Wolf […]

The Calgary Flames return home as they host the Nashville Predators.  It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Predators-Flames prediction and pick. The Predators come into the game sitting at 5-9-2 on the year and have won just once in their last five games. In their last game, they faced the […]

Although the Calgary Flames have cooled off after a red hot start to the 2024-25 campaign, general manager Craig Conroy is reportedly not planning to transition into a full rebuild this season. Despite the Flames holding onto a playoff spot in the Western Conference halfway through November, Conroy will not divert from his overall plan, […]

The Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks will face off for the second time this season. The Flames took an exciting victory in the season’s first game, rallying back to win 6-5 in overtime with three third-period goals. The Flames entered the third with a one-goal deficit but took the lead on goals from Martin Pospisil, […]

The New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers enter this game on similar trajectories. It is surprising, as last year’s Stanley Cup runner-ups looked like a team that could follow a similar path as last year’s Florida Panthers and win the cup on their second opportunity. However, they’ll need to start climbing the standings for a […]

The regular season that began with so much promise for Calgary Flames veteran forward Anthony Mantha has officially come to a close. The Flames announced earlier on Monday afternoon that he is undergoing surgery to repair an ACL injury, and that his campaign is over. To compensate for the absence of Mantha in the lineup, […]

The Buffalo Sabres look to continue their winning streak as they face the Calgary Flames.  It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Flames-Sabres prediction and pick. The Flames come in sitting at 7-5-2 on the year but have lost six of their last eight games. Last time out, they faced the […]

One of the hottest teams to begin the 2024-25 NHL season, the Calgary Flames have since cooled off considerably. And one of the factors behind their hot start was newcomer Anthony Mantha, who signed a one-year “prove it” style contract with the club. But there’s been a discouraging health update on the first-year Flames forward. […]

The Boston Bruins return home as they host the Calgary Flames. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Flames-Bruins prediction and pick. The Flames come into the game sitting at 7-5-1 on the year and have won two of their last three games. Last time out, they visited the Montreal Canadiens. […]

The Calgary Flames bid goodbye over the summer to another member of their most recent playoff squad, trading goaltender Jacob Markstrom to the New Jersey Devils and receiving a first-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft and defenseman Kevin Bahl in return. The hope for the Devils was that Markstrom would provide a steady presence […]