Vancouver Canucks vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Saturday, December 9, 2017 · Scotiabank Saddledome
CBC
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 on Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Flames outshot the Canucks 35-24.
Matthew Tkachuk scored twice. Jake Virtanen, Troy Brouwer, Brock Boeser and Sam Bennett also scored.
Mike Smith made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Anders Nilsson stopped 31 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jake Virtanen (4)Michael Del Zotto (10)1–002:02 VAN
Troy Brouwer (2)Curtis Lazar (4)1–118:28 CGY
2nd period
Brock Boeser (15)Markus Granlund (2), Daniel Sedin (11)2–119:05 VAN · PPG
3rd period
Matthew Tkachuk (5)Garnet Hathaway (2), Mikael Backlund (12)2–211:34 CGY
Sam Bennett (4)Mark Jankowski (3), Garnet Hathaway (3)2–318:50 CGY- Matthew Tkachuk (6)Michael Frolik (7), Travis Hamonic (3)2–419:36 CGY · EN
Team stats
VANCGY
24Shots on goal35
48%Faceoff %52%
1/4Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes8
13Hits13
11Blocked shots8
16Giveaways17
10Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 05:43
Alexander Edler · tripping2 min - 1st 10:39
Micheal Ferland · interference2 min - 1st 14:49Nic Dowd · holding2 min
- 2nd 01:21Loui Eriksson · slashing2 min
- 2nd 02:05Mike Smith · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 15:46Garnet Hathaway · holding2 min
- 2nd 18:27Mark Giordano · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 19:54Brendan Gaunce · slashing2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 6Brock BoeserR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 18Jake VirtanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:42 |
| 22Daniel SedinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:08 |
| 60Markus GranlundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 16:50 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:19 |
| 17Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:12 |
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:17 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 33Henrik SedinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:22 |
| 45Michael ChaputC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:48 |
| 47Sven BaertschiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 04:55 |
| 50Brendan GaunceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:42 |
| 89Sam GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:36 |
| 5Derrick PouliotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:59 |
| 8Chris TanevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:03 |
| 23Alexander EdlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 25:10 |
| 27Ben HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:27 |
| 51Troy StecherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Anders NilssonG | L | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 59:33 |
Calgary Flames
| 19Matthew TkachukL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 16:02 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 11:53 |
| 11Mikael BacklundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:07 |
| 20Curtis LazarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 06:45 |
| 36Troy BrouwerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:40 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 19:14 |
| 77Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:30 |
| 93Sam BennettC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:30 |
| 24Travis HamonicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:51 |
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 18Matt StajanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:26 |
| 23Sean MonahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:41 |
| 79Micheal FerlandL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:53 |
| 5Mark GiordanoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:46 |
| 7TJ BrodieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 23:56 |
| 26Michael StoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:34 |
| 27Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:30 |
| 61Brett KulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33David RittichG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Mike SmithG | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 59:51 |