The Calgary Flames had a chance to finish their road trip on a high note in Seattle on Wednesday night, and for long stretches they looked capable of doing it. They came out sharp, grabbed the first goal, and carried plenty of the play early. But the Kraken kept climbing back into the game, and once regulation ended tied 1-1, Seattle needed only one overtime rush to send the Flames home with a 2-1 loss.
Calgary’s opening period was its best stretch of the night. The Flames skated well, moved the puck cleanly, and eventually turned that pressure into a lead. After some solid cycling in the offensive zone, a Zach Whitecloud point shot was redirected by Yegor Sharangovich and slipped past Joey Daccord for a 1-0 Calgary advantage.
Seattle thought it had answered later in the period when Berkly Catton scored on a partial breakaway, but the Flames challenged the play and won. The zone entry was off-side, and the goal came off the board.
The Kraken found another gear in the second period, and this time the goal counted. Midway through the frame, Catton took a pass from Mackie Samoskevich off the rush and beat Dustin Wolf with a wrister to tie the game 1-1.
From there, the game tightened up. Both teams had looks in the third period, but Seattle generated the more dangerous chances as the Flames spent more time defending than attacking. Calgary did enough to survive regulation, including a pair of third-period penalty kills that kept the score level.
Still, the Flames never found the second goal they needed. Joel Farabee had one of their best chances of the night on a breakaway midway through the third, but he couldn’t finish. He was noticeable all game long, enough that he was double-shifted late in the period.
Overtime ended quickly. Calgary had some zone time, but a Matvei Gridin pass attempt to Matt Coronato was picked off by Brandon Montour. Montour immediately sprung Matty Beniers on a breakaway, and Beniers beat Wolf to seal the 2-1 Kraken win.
There was still a case to be made for Calgary earning a point. The Flames were playing the third game of their road trip and their fifth game in eight days, and they opened with pace and purpose. They faded as the night went on, but they also handled Seattle’s speed fairly well for much of the game and defended intelligently even when the Kraken started pushing harder.
Morgan Frost also hit a milestone in the first period, picking up the assist on Sharangovich’s goal for the 200th point of his NHL career.
The Flames lined up with Joel Farabee, Mikael Backlund and Matt Coronato on the top line, followed by Matvei Gridin, Martin Pospisil and Ryan Strome; Yegor Sharangovich, Morgan Frost and Aydar Suniev; and William Stromgren, Jonathan Castagna and Adam Klapka. On defense, it was Kevin Bahl with Simon Nemec, Jake Middleton with Zach Whitecloud, and Yan Kuznetsov with Zayne Parekh.
Dustin Wolf started in goal with Arsenii Sergeev backing up. Joel Hanley and Maxim Tsyplakov were the healthy extras, while Jonathan Huberdeau, Sam Honzek, Devin Cooley and Brennan Othmann were out injured.
Seattle wore its Hometown Remix jerseys for the first time, featuring the anchor secondary logo. The game also started at 9:08 p.m.
Alberta Time and ended at 11:39 p.m. Alberta Time, which may have made it the latest regular-season finish in recent memory.
The Flames are now 7-8-1 and head back home to face the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night at the Saddledome.
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