Colorado Avalanche v. Calgary Flames
Game Recap:
Calgary seemed to impose their will from the beginning of this game with very little push back from the Avalanche. The Flames couldn’t strike in the first period though, due in part to superb goaltending by Colorado goalie Philip Grubauer. As the second period rolled around the Flames kicked it up a notch again and rookie Andrew Mangiapane put one behind Grubauer to get the crowd rolling into it. Nothing other than a few penalties and more play in the Colorado end transpired until Matthew Tkachuk tipped one past Grubauer on the powerplay with just over a minute to go in the 2nd period. The Flames would go on to strike 2 more times in the 3rd period including an empty netter to convincingly defeat the Avalanche and take game 1.
Lineups:
Toronto:
Johnny Gaudreau – Sean Monahan – Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk – Mikael Backlund – Michael Frolik
Sam Bennett – Mark Janokowski – James Neal
Andrew Mangiapane – Derek Ryan – Garrett Hathaway
Mark Giordano – TJ Brodie
Noah Hanifin – Travis Hamonic
Oscar Fantenberg – Rasmus Andersson
Mark Smith
David Rittich
Scratched: none
Injuries: None
Suspension: None
Colorado:
Gabriel Landeskog – Nathan MacKinnon – Alexander Kerfoot
Colin Wilson – Carl Soderberg – Mikko Rantanen
Matt Nieto – Derick Brassard – JT Compher
Matt Calvert – Tyson Jost – Sven Andreighetto
Samuel Girard – Erik Johnson
Nikita Zadorov – Tyson Barrie
Ian Cole – Patrick Nemeth
Philip Grubauer
Seymon Varlamov
Scratched: None
Injuries: Mark Barberio, Vladislav Kamenev
Suspension: None
GameDay:
First Period:
Colorado Penalty – 6:38 – Erik Johnson, 2 minutes for High Sticking
Calgary Penalty – 11:02 – Mikael Backlund, 2 minutes for Cross Checking
Calgary Penalty – 15:58 – Noah Hanifin, 2 minutes for Holding
End of 1st – COL – 0 CGY – 0
Shots 7 6
Faceoffs 9/22 13/22
Hits 11 12
PP 0/2 0/1
Second Period:
Calgary Penalty – 00:49- TJ Brodie, 2 minutes for Hooking
Colorado Penalty – 10:05 – Carl Soderberg, 2 minutes for Tripping
Colorado Penalty – 18:37 – Patrick Nemeth, 2 minutes for Holding
Calgary Goal – 14:25 – Andrew Mangiapane (1) unassisted
Calgary PP Goal – 18:58 –Matthew Tkachuk (1) assisted by Mark Giordano (1) and Elias Lindholm (1)
End of 2nd – COL- 0 CGY- 2
Shots 15 19
Faceoffs 15/47 32/47
Hits 22 24
PP 0/3 1/3
Third Period:
Calgary Penalty – 5:08- Oscar Fantenberg, 2 minutes for Hooking
Colorado Penalty – 16:36 – Nikita Zadorov, 2 minutes for Tripping
Calgary PP Goal – 17:01 –Mikael Backlund (1) assisted by Sam Bennett(1) and Rasmus Andersson (1)
Calgary Goal – 17:55 – Matthew Tkachuk (2) assisted by Mike Smith (1)
Colorado Penalty – 18:05 – Matt Calvert, 2 minutes for Roughing
Calgary Penalty – 18:05- Travis Hamonic, 2 minutes for Roughing
Colorado Penalty – 19:52- Gabriel Landeskog, 2 minutes for Slashing
End of 3rd – COL – 0 CGY – 4
Shots 26 32
Faceoffs 24/68 44/68
Hits 33 36
PP 0/4 2/5
