Minnesota Wild at Calgary Flames

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Minnesota Wild

43-30-7

Final
2 - 4

Calgary Flames

38-27-14

Flames beat Minnesota 4-2 to prevent the Wild from clinching a playoff spot

Minnesota Wild vs. Calgary Flames: Game Highlights

Minnesota and St. Louis hold the two Western Conference wild-card spot, three points ahead of Calgary.

Mikael Backlund, Yegor Sharangovich and Ryan Lomberg also scored as Calgary built a 4-0 lead. Dustin Wolf made 16 saves, allowing only late goals to Yakov Trenin and Gustav Nyquist.

Filip Gustavsson stopped 25 shots for Minnesota before giving way to Marc-Andre Fleury after allowing Lomberg’s goal at 7:20 of the third.

Takeaways Wild: Minnesota has lost six straight on the road (0-4-2).

Flames: Calgary has points in five straight games (3-0-2).

Key moment Calgary gave itself some rare breathing room early in the second period when Sharangovich and Kadri scored less than two minutes apart to open up a 3-0 lead.

Key stat Calgary swept the season series with the Wild for the first time since 2016-17.

Up next The Wild are at Vancouver on Saturday night, then will close the regular season at home Tuesday night against Anaheim. The Flames host San Jose on Sunday night.

Regular Season Series

CGY wins series 3-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 16:25	Mikael Backlund Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Blake Coleman (22)
Goal	2nd Period 5:31	Yegor Sharangovich Goal (15) Tip-In, assists: Martin Pospisil (21)
Goal	2nd Period 7:23	Nazem Kadri Goal (32) Wrist Shot, assists: Morgan Frost (22), Matt Coronato (20)
Goal	3rd Period 7:20	Ryan Lomberg Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	3rd Period 15:39	Yakov Trenin Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	3rd Period 18:30	Gustav Nyquist Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Frederick Gaudreau (19)

Statistics

MIN		CGY
18	Blocked Shots	24
25	Hits	26
4	Takeaways	5
18	Shots	32
0	Power Play Goals	1
2	Power Play Opportunities	2
0.0	Power Play Percentage	50.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
27	Faceoffs Won	30
47.4	Faceoff Win Percent	52.6
16	Giveaways	12
2	Total Penalties	2
4	Penalty Minutes	4

Calgary Flames Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Jake Bean, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 18
Zayne Parekh, D	Out	Dec 12

Minnesota Wild Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Marcus Johansson, LW	Day-To-Day	Dec 19
Zach Bogosian, D	Out	Dec 19
Daemon Hunt, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 18
Jonas Brodin, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 17
Jake Middleton, D	Injured Reserve	Dec 16