The Vancouver cannucks beat the Calgary 3-1 flames in Abbotsford, British Columbia in NHL pre-season action.
This group of players was not made up of veterans or star players who played the previous night and who showed it.
The first period started badly when the Canucks scored two goals by 7:12 am. Calgary could not get shots on the target, looked messy and at the end of the first period, Vancouver exceeded Calgary 9-4.
The flames returned strongly in the second period. However, an insane jamming penalty from Joel Hanley at 12:42 Put the Canucks on the power game for the third time in the match. Filip Chytil would score only 25 seconds later, putting Vancouver 3-0. At 2:02 p.m., the Flames would receive a certain relief because the home team was called to a penalty for too many men. Connor Zary scored on the power game that followed, reducing the Calgary deficit by two.
Vancouver continued to press the gas pedal in the third and there was no return for Calgary.
The cannucks surpassed the flames for each period. The whole was 30 to 19 years old.
The defensive agreements looked disoriented and not in the form of quality. I will add Etienne Morin standing out from the Blueliners.
Vancouver’s skaters were pressuring Calgary to produce gifts and the local team took advantage of the opportunities. The cannucks were more aggressive and played more physical.
This did not help that Vancouver filled the goalkeeper Nikita Tolopilo absolutely stolen Calgary with a great stop in the middle of the third period which attracted audible “ooohs” of the crowd.
In this game, the flames were 7-in-7 on the penalty and that became their loss. They conceded two power goals, ultimately 2-in-4 on the penalty.
As mentioned earlier, Zary scored Calgary’s only goal, going 1 for 5 in the Flames Power game.
Calgary’s goalkeeper Ivan Prosvetov made 27 stops, recording an economy percentage of 0.900 exactly.
Chytil was appointed player of the match for his two points.
The next Flames pre-season match will take place on Saturday against the Jets in Winnipeg.
