The Flames may have to navigate the rest of Wednesday night in Edmonton without Devin Cooley after the goalie exited following a first-period collision with Colton Dach.
Cooley started the game for Calgary and was making his fifth straight appearance. With 12 seconds left in the opening period, he was run into by Dach on a sequence that drew a goaltender interference minor from the officials. The contact sent Cooley’s right leg into the post awkwardly, and his left leg folded underneath him as he fell back into the net.
He stayed in to finish the period, but Dustin Wolf opened the second. According to Sportsnet’s Eric Francis, who is on the road at Rogers Place, Cooley was not on the bench, where backup goaltenders are typically stationed, and travelling emergency backup Dustin Nickel was no longer in his usual spot in the press box.
Calgary later announced that Cooley, dealing with a lower body injury, was done for the night. The club also said forward Brennan Othmann, who has an upper body injury, would not return after he was hurt in a first-period fight with Edmonton’s Ty Emberson.
Cooley, 29, is in his second season with the Flames and third in the organization after joining the club as a free agent in the 2024 off-season. He has been one of the early stories of the 2026-27 NHL season, shaking off a rough Oct. 8 outing against Colorado, when he gave up seven goals, and rolling from there. Entering Wednesday’s game, he had won four straight and was coming off the league’s second-star recognition for the week.
Beyond the numbers, Cooley has also stood out as one of the more interesting voices around the team, often talking about topics like mathematics, philosophy and psychology in interviews.
As of the middle of the second period, the Flames were trailing the Oilers 2-0.
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