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Minnesota Wild at Calgary Flames

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Minnesota Wild
43-30-7
Final
2 - 4
Calgary Flames
38-27-14

Flames beat Minnesota 4-2 to prevent the Wild from clinching a playoff spot

Minnesota Wild vs. Calgary Flames: Game Highlights

Minnesota and St. Louis hold the two Western Conference wild-card spot, three points ahead of Calgary.

Mikael Backlund, Yegor Sharangovich and Ryan Lomberg also scored as Calgary built a 4-0 lead. Dustin Wolf made 16 saves, allowing only late goals to Yakov Trenin and Gustav Nyquist.

Filip Gustavsson stopped 25 shots for Minnesota before giving way to Marc-Andre Fleury after allowing Lomberg’s goal at 7:20 of the third.

Takeaways Wild: Minnesota has lost six straight on the road (0-4-2).

Flames: Calgary has points in five straight games (3-0-2).

Key moment Calgary gave itself some rare breathing room early in the second period when Sharangovich and Kadri scored less than two minutes apart to open up a 3-0 lead.

Key stat Calgary swept the season series with the Wild for the first time since 2016-17.

Up next The Wild are at Vancouver on Saturday night, then will close the regular season at home Tuesday night against Anaheim. The Flames host San Jose on Sunday night.

Regular Season Series

CGY wins series 3-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 16:25 Mikael Backlund Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Blake Coleman (22)
Goal 2nd Period 5:31 Yegor Sharangovich Goal (15) Tip-In, assists: Martin Pospisil (21)
Goal 2nd Period 7:23 Nazem Kadri Goal (32) Wrist Shot, assists: Morgan Frost (22), Matt Coronato (20)
Goal 3rd Period 7:20 Ryan Lomberg Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 3rd Period 15:39 Yakov Trenin Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 3rd Period 18:30 Gustav Nyquist Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Frederick Gaudreau (19)

Statistics

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18 Blocked Shots 24
25 Hits 26
4 Takeaways 5
18 Shots 32
0 Power Play Goals 1
2 Power Play Opportunities 2
0.0 Power Play Percentage 50.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
27 Faceoffs Won 30
47.4 Faceoff Win Percent 52.6
16 Giveaways 12
2 Total Penalties 2
4 Penalty Minutes 4
Calgary Flames Calgary Flames Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Yegor Sharangovich, C Out Apr 21
Connor Zary, C Out Apr 21
Justin Kirkland, C Injured Reserve Dec 4
Anthony Mantha, RW Injured Reserve Nov 11
Minnesota Wild Minnesota Wild Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Troy Grosenick, G Injured Reserve Oct 7

Game Information

Scotiabank Saddledome

Location: Calgary, AB
Attendance: 18,566 | Capacity:

2024-25 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Winnipeg 56 22 116 4
Dallas 50 26 106 6
Colorado 49 29 102 4
Minnesota 45 30 97 7
St. Louis 44 30 96 8
Utah 38 31 89 13
Nashville 30 44 68 8
Chicago 25 46 61 11

2024-25 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 50 22 110 10
Los Angeles 48 25 105 9
Edmonton 48 29 101 5
Calgary 41 27 96 14
Vancouver 38 30 90 14
Anaheim 35 37 80 10
Seattle 35 41 76 6
San Jose 20 50 52 12
Full Standings