"I didn't know if I was going to get another one this season,'' said Lindholm, who had been stalled at 39 for the past three games.
At 13:33, Dube darted in off the wing and beat Thatcher Demko with a backhander into the top corner. “Last game I had a lot of chances and he made a nice save in the first period. He’s had a couple injuries this year that has slowed him up, but I think he’s a guy that can effect the game when he plays. “Obviously I got that, so just had to keep going.” “He’s playing with a lot of confidence and not just lately. “Elevate my game to get ready for playoffs.”
The Vancouver Canucks take on the Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Hockey Night in Canada as they try to keep their slim playoff hopes alive.
Here is how the Flames lined up at their morning skate. ” These are the games you look forward to playing in. This is the fourth and final meeting between Vancouver and Calgary this season. The next two meetings were at Rogers Arena with the Canucks winning the first one with a 7-1 beat down over the Flames which ended Calgary’s 10 game winning streak. They first met on January 29 in Calgary and Johnny Gaudreau scored the overtime winner for the 1-0 Flames win. The Flames won the next meeting in Vancouver with a 5-2 win on March 19.
The Canucks ride a two-game losing streak into Calgary after dropping a 6-3 decision in Minnesota on Thursday night, and now sit four points back of Dallas in ...
However, the Canucks have been one of the NHL’s top road teams since January, going 12-4-2 in their past 18 away contests. The Flames have also skated away with two points in 10 of the Canucks’ past 14 visits. The Flames close out their home schedule on a high after clinching the Pacific Division title with Thursday’s 4-2 win over the Stars,
Demko will guard the road goal Saturday versus the Flames, Brendan Batchelor of Sportsnet 650 reports. Demko has lost his last two appearances following a ...
The Vancouver Canucks are in tough to make the playoffs, as Flames' head coach Darryl Sutter well knows from his experience in the Western Conference.
We go over how you can all you need to know on Saturday's NHL matchup between the Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames.
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The Calgary Flames (48-20-10, 106 points) will look to close out their regular season home schedule on a positive note on Saturday night.
That said, the Canucks wore their awesome flying skate jerseys in that game, so it wasn’t a total loss. Expect the Flames to really try to focus in on the details and play a composed, structured, mature game. The Flames have won two out of three previous meetings, with their lone loss being that 7-1 clobbering back on Feb. 24. They need points, and perhaps a time machine, to claw their way into the Western Conference playoff picture. They host the Vancouver Canucks (38-29-11, 87 points), a team that remains mathematically in the hunt but is seeing their playoff hopes gradually dimming as other teams creep closer to clinching. For the purposes of Wolf’s emergency recall, Markstrom’s day-to-day with…
VANCOUVER CANUCKS (38-29-11) at CALGARY FLAMES (48-20-10)
Richardson, 37, has contributed two goals and won 55.3% of his faceoffs in 13 outings since being claimed by the Canucks on the waiver wire. Calgary’s other top-line talents could soon join the club — Elias Lindholm is one successful shot shy of 40, while assist ace Johnny Gaudreau has drained 38 of his own. The Flames have already clinched the top seed in the Pacific Division, but they shouldn’t be lacking motivation Saturday — not with an opportunity to make a difficult climb even more daunting for one of their regional rivals.
Canucks' won't be able to catch the Los Angeles Kings, who had 94 points before their game vs. Anaheim Ducks.
For how well he’s been playing lately, Elias Pettersson’s line was awful. They simply had the puck nearly twice as much as the Canucks did. With Jaro Halák seemingly unlikely to play again this season — Boudreau didn’t say that with certainty pre-game, but he didn’t seem hopeful on the veteran backup’s chances to return after hurting his hand Tuesday vs. This team, as management has suggested, needs some changes to how it’s built so it doesn’t have to lean on its goalie. Don’t forget how dire things were in early December. They were 8-15-2. The Canucks pulled the goalie with more than five minutes to play. “We didn’t start applying any pressure until they had us two goals down.” “Disappointed,” Canucks head coach Bruce Boudreau said post-game. Article content That means they won’t be able to catch the Los Angeles Kings, who had 94 points before their Saturday night game vs. Article content Article content
CALGARY, Alberta -- — Dillon Dube scored twice and Elias Lindholm got his 40th goal to lead the Calgary Flames to a 6-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks on ...
Dube darted in off the wing and beat Demko with a backhander into the top corner with 6:27 remaining for his 16th of the season and sixth in his last six games. “Last game I had a lot of chances and he made a nice save in the first period. After a scoreless and penalty-free first period, the Flames surged in front 2:44 into the second period with a power-play goal. He’s had a couple injuries this year that has slowed him up, but I think he’s a guy that can affect the game when he plays. It was only tied for 14 seconds with Calgary’s fourth line producing the go-ahead goal. “Obviously I got that, so just had to keep going.” Lindholm had been stalled at 39 for the past three games. “He’s playing with a lot of confidence and not just lately. Calgary then put the game away, erupting for two goals 12 seconds apart. “There’s no quitting in that room,” Canucks defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson said. “Elevate my game to get ready for playoffs.” “Disappointed,” said Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau. “What are you going to do?