Welcome to Instant Reaction, where we give you our instant reaction to tonight’s Calgary Flames game and ask our readers to do the same in the comments section below! After a few days of practice since their triumph over the…
The Calgary Flames secured a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Calgary built a first-period lead thanks to two power-play goals from Aydar Suniev and Joel Farabee, spoiling former Flame Blake Coleman's return following his July trade to Minnesota.
Minnesota cut the deficit in the third period with a goal from Michael McCarron, but Flames goaltender Devin Cooley held off a late surge against goaltender Jesper Wallstedt and the Wild. Calgary played without injured captain Mikael Backlund, giving AHL call-up Ben Jones his team debut.
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