The Calgary Flames kept rolling Saturday night, beating the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 at the Scotiabank Saddledome for their third straight win.
In their 2004 tribute jerseys, the Flames looked the part and the result matched the moment. Calgary picked up its first win over Detroit since 2022 while continuing to build momentum.
Joel Farabee got the scoring started late in the first period. Adam Klapka controlled the puck in the corner and slipped it to Farabee out front, where the forward beat Detroit goaltender John Gibson with a one-timer to make it 1-0.
Detroit answered back, but Calgary seized control again on the power play. Rookie defenceman Zayne Parekh buried his first goal of the season after firing a wrist shot from the blue line that went in off a deflection from Gibson’s pad, putting the Flames ahead 2-1.
Ryan Strome added another before the period was over. Morgan Frost found him in the middle of the ice, and Strome snapped the puck past Gibson to push Calgary’s lead to 3-1.
The Flames weren’t done with the man advantage. Late in the second period, Matvei Gridin finished off another power-play sequence when Farabee set him up for a one-timer that landed in the net, stretching the margin to 4-1 heading into the third.
From there, Calgary closed it out without much drama. With special teams doing major damage and Cooley continuing to stack wins, the Flames handled business and made it three in a row.
Farabee drove the offense all night, finishing with a goal and two assists. He scored the opener, helped set up Gridin’s power-play goal and was in the middle of plenty of Calgary’s best work. That kind of dual threat gives the Flames another weapon as they keep this run going.
The power play was a difference-maker, too. Calgary went 2-for-2 with the extra man, with Parekh and Gridin both cashing in. Those goals flipped the game in Calgary’s favour and showed how dangerous the Flames can be when their young players deliver on special teams.
Devin Cooley also earned his third straight win in goal. He wasn’t forced into heavy traffic against Detroit, but he was calm, clean and steady throughout. Sometimes that’s exactly what a team needs from its goaltender, and Cooley gave Calgary that foundation once again.
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