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In any language, the Edmonton Oilers waved goodbye, so long and farewell to the Calgary Flames in the NHL Pacific Division playoff race Monday night before ...

That’s on Connor. That’s on me. Nugent-Hopkins and Puljuvarvi won’t be back in time to stop the bleeding. Draisaitl was brought to the interview room after the game and didn’t mention that it was the Oilers seventh game in 13 days in seven different cities — their sixth in the last 10 — but did point out that not having Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jesse Puljuvarvi in particular has had an effect. Article content After going undefeated in their first five under new head coach Jay Woodcroft Edmonton has only won two of the last eight. But in this one he was without blame and actually was one of the few Oilers that played well. Article content Article content The Kings scored with 26 seconds remaining to tie the game and won it in overtime. Article content Article content Article content

It was a year and a couple of days ago when the Calgary Flames decided to cut loose coach Geoff Ward after an 11-11-2 start and bring back Darryl Sutter.

A year ago, the Flames were looking up at the Oilers and never did close the gap. I think if we start looking at the playoff picture, I don’t think that’s a recipe for success right now.” The problem for the Oilers right now is they have to try to make a playoff push with a depleted line-up. The addition of Sutter wasn’t enough to get the Flames over the hump last season, but with some roster changes and some time, they’re where fans in Cowtown want them now. Dating back to when he took over last season, the Flames are 49-29-7 overall with Sutter behind the bench. That made for much joy in this town, at least until the Oilers got swept by Winnipeg in the first round of the post-season.

The Washington Capitals held their gameday morning skate at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary Tuesday morning. They face the high-flying Flames tonight ...

The Capitals hold a record of 590-299-110 with Ovechkin and Backstrom in the lineup. Ovechkin and Backstrom will become the ninth set of teammates to accomplish this feat in NHL history. They will become the first set of Capitals teammates to play 1,000 games together in franchise history. The Flames will counter with Dan Vladar in goal tonight. Vitek Vanecek will start tonight against the Flames. There will be no other lineup changes. The Washington Capitals held their gameday morning skate at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary Tuesday morning.

Neither is 10 points in 10 games. And Tyler Toffoli is coming exactly as advertised for the Calgary Flames. “He's a goal scorer,” Calgary coach Darryl Sutter ...

“When you look at the goals he scores, too, it’s not one position or the same goal,” Calgary goalie Jacob Markstrom said. “He only needs one chance to score. “He as a big scorer…I believe he won rookie of the year in the American (Hockey) League, so probably did that because he was a goal scorer.” “He scores on the power play, he scored in front of the net in Minnesota, he scores 2-on-1 going high glove today and almost scored on the breakaway when we went around the goalie. “I take pride in my scoring opportunities and anytime you get a look like that, clear cut breakaway, you want to put it in, especially early on in the game like that,” Toffoli said. “He’s a goal scorer,” Calgary coach Darryl Sutter said after Toffoli’s latest exploit — a two-goal outing lifting the Flames to a 3-1 win against the Edmonton Oilers in the Battle of Alberta.

The Washington Capitals will find themselves in Canada tonight as they take on the Calgary Flames. It's time to continue our NHL odds series with a ...

On the defensive side of the puck, the Flames are just as good, allowing just 2.46 goals against per game, ranking them second in the league. The Flames have been red hot and have shown no sign of stopping any time soon. The Flames are currently ranked sixth in the league for goals per game (3.48) and have a strong power-play unit that scores about 22.7 percent of the time. Since starting goaltender Jacob Markstrom played against the Oilers yesterday, expect to see backup Dan Vladar get the start between the pipes tonight. Defensively, the Caps aren’t too bad as they only allow 2.74 goals per game and have a nice penalty kill which hits at an 80.5 percent success rate. If I were to guess, I’d say that Vanecek gets the starts here tonight, but it’s truly a toss-up.

Capitals star Alex Ovechkin scored twice in a win at Calgary on Tuesday night to give him 766 goals for his career, tying Jaromir Jagr for third all-time.

Flames fans frequently booed Ovechkin whenever he touched the puck on Tuesday night, especially early in the game. It was Ovechkin's first road game following his comments on Feb. 25 about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Ovechkin has been an ardent supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin over the years. "I couldn't believe that one got blocked at the end, but it was awesome,'' Dowd said. Jagr, 50, last played in the NHL during the 2017-18 season. He tied Jagr by scoring his 36th goal into an empty Calgary net with 1:48 remaining in the third period. "Obviously, it's always nice to hear those kind of milestones, numbers,'' Ovechkin said.