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Minnesota Wild at Calgary Flames

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Minnesota Wild
43-30-7
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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

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/min.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originMIN https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/cgy.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originCGY
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 Calgary Flames Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Kevin Bahl, D Out Apr 16
Connor Zary, C Out Apr 16
Yan Kuznetsov, D Out Apr 14
Joel Hanley, D Out Mar 28
Samuel Honzek, LW Injured Reserve Mar 27
Minnesota Wild Minnesota Wild Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Filip Gustavsson, G Out May 18
Zach Bogosian, D Out May 13
Jonas Brodin, D Out May 13
Joel Eriksson Ek, C Out May 13
Charlie Stramel, C Out Apr 6

Game Information

Scotiabank Saddledome

Location: Calgary,
Attendance: 18,566 | Capacity:

2025-26 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/col.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Colorado 55 16 121 11
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/dal.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Dallas 50 20 112 12
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/min.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Minnesota 46 24 104 12
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/uta.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Utah 43 33 92 6
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/stl.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">St. Louis 37 33 86 12
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/nsh.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Nashville 38 34 86 10
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/wpg.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Winnipeg 35 35 82 12
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/chi.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Chicago 29 39 72 14

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/vgk.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Vegas 39 26 95 17
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/edm.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Edmonton 41 30 93 11
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/ana.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Anaheim 43 33 92 6
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/la.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Los Angeles 35 27 90 20
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/sj.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">San Jose 39 35 86 8
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/sea.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Seattle 34 37 79 11
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/cgy.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Calgary 34 39 77 9
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/van.png" style="padding: 0 4px; width: 25px; vertical-align: inherit;">Vancouver 25 49 58 8
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