Montréal Canadiens vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Saturday, March 16, 2024 · Scotiabank Saddledome
CBC · TVAS · CITY
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-2 on Saturday, March 16, 2024 at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Canadiens outshot the Flames 38-28.
Mikael Backlund scored twice. Martin Pospisil, Cole Caufield, David Savard, Nazem Kadri and Daniil Miromanov also scored.
Dustin Wolf made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Cayden Primeau stopped 23 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mikael Backlund (14)MacKenzie Weegar (22), Andrew Mangiapane (25)0–116:23 CGY · PPG
2nd period
- Mikael Backlund (15)Blake Coleman (23), MacKenzie Weegar (23)0–200:11 CGY
Martin Pospisil (7)Jonathan Huberdeau (33), Nazem Kadri (36)0–307:41 CGY
Cole Caufield (20)Nick Suzuki (37), Juraj Slafkovský (22)1–310:34 MTL
David Savard (6)Tanner Pearson (7), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (7)2–318:25 MTL
3rd period
Nazem Kadri (23)Jonathan Huberdeau (34), Yegor Sharangovich (22)2–401:01 CGY · PPG
Daniil Miromanov (2)MacKenzie Weegar (24), Mikael Backlund (22)2–503:54 CGY
Team stats
MTLCGY
38Shots on goal28
67%Faceoff %33%
0/3Power play2/3
8Penalty minutes8
18Hits20
17Blocked shots20
16Giveaways12
8Takeaways18
Penalties
- 1st 14:43
Kaiden Guhle · hooking2 min - 1st 17:55
A.J. Greer · hooking2 min - 2nd 11:56Jayden Struble · holding2 min
- 2nd 12:57Nazem Kadri · tripping2 min
- 2nd 15:50Martin Pospisil · roughing2 min
- 2nd 15:50Martin Pospisil · roughing2 min
- 2nd 15:50Josh Anderson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 00:55Juraj Slafkovský · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 20:48 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:08 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 7 | 20:37 |
| 49Rafael Harvey-PinardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:45 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:01 |
| 58David SavardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 20:14 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:49 |
| 15Alex NewhookC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:58 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:37 |
| 36Colin WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:19 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:02 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:18 |
| 89Joshua RoyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:16 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 25:29 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 19:22 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:30 |
| 54Jordan HarrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 72Arber XhekajD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Cayden PrimeauG | L | 28 | 23 | 5 | .821 | 59:56 |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Calgary Flames
| 11Mikael BacklundC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 18:06 |
| 52MacKenzie WeegarD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 24:30 |
| 10Jonathan HuberdeauC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:21 |
| 91Nazem KadriC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 19:15 |
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:35 |
| 20Blake ColemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:53 |
| 76Martin PospisilC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:20 |
| 88Andrew MangiapaneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:36 |
| 62Daniil MiromanovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:52 |
| 15Dryden HuntL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:30 |
| 18A.J. GreerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:30 |
| 21Kevin RooneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:29 |
| 27Matt CoronatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:14 |
| 96Andrei KuzmenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:26 |
| 4Rasmus AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:31 |
| 28Nikita OkhotiukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:47 |
| 58Oliver KylingtonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:28 |
| 94Brayden PachalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Dustin WolfG | W | 38 | 36 | 2 | .947 | 59:47 |
| 80Dan VladarG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |