The Calgary Flames have flipped their season in a hurry.
A team that opened 0-5-0 and looked stuck in the mud has suddenly found its footing, winning seven of its last 10 and moving to within one point of a playoff spot in the Western Conference as of Tuesday afternoon. It’s still early, but the change has been real enough to notice.
What’s driving it starts at the back end. The Flames are giving up fewer dangerous chances and getting much better goaltending from both Devin Cooley and Dustin Wolf. They are actually allowing more shots in their past 10 games - 30.6 per game - than they did over their first five, but the chances against have been less threatening, and the results in net have improved dramatically.
That matters for a team built around survival first. Calgary doesn’t need to win track meets; it needs to keep opponents from piling up goals. So far, that’s where the turnaround has begun.
The offense has come along, too, and not just from one source. Joel Farabee and Matt Coronato each have six power-play points, while Morgan Frost and Matvei Gridin have four apiece. Gridin leads that group with three goals, and Zayne Parekh has added three points of his own.
The way they’re doing it fits the identity they’ve been leaning into. The puck is moving faster, bodies are getting to the front of the net, and the Flames look increasingly comfortable in the “positionless” style they describe - a game where players are constantly in motion and never seem to stand still.
That kind of growth is exactly what Craig Conroy was talking about when he said in April of 2025, “We need all these young guys to take a step in both on-ice and in the accountability to the team.”
He was pointing ahead then. A few short weeks into this season, the Flames are starting to show what that step can look like.
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