Both squads fell well short of reaching the Stanley Cup playoffs — it's the second consecutive year without a postseason for Calgary and the fifth straight for the Sharks. The Sharks, who suffered a 9-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers in their penultimate game, will finish at the bottom of the league standings and have the best odds for the No. 1 pick in this summer's draft. San Jose (19-53-9, 47 points), which opened the season with 11 straight losses (0-10-1), can take solace in the fact that it will be adding more young talent to a group that went through a massive rebuild. "We're in the middl ..read more

The list of Calgary Flames who have played 82 games in a season five times is not a long one. Jarome Iginla played in every regular-season contest a remarkable nine times for the Flames, but nobody else has done it more than four times. On Thursday night, Mikael Backlund will change that. For the third straight season and fifth time overall, the Flames captain will skate in all 82 games this year ..read more

With one game remaining in the season, the Flames recently had its team photo day. “How much did you pay for that haircut?” Mikael Backlund is heard saying at the start of the clip. Shortly after, 6-foot-4 goaltender Jacob Markstrom took a seat next to the 5-foot-10 Mangiapane, but made sure to sit on several towels while doing so. When asked by Mangiapane why he needed to look taller, the Swedish goaltender responded, “Because you're so big ..read more

If this is it, it's been an impressive run from Jacob Markstrom as the number-one goalie for the Calgary Flames. The 34-year-old made what most believe will be his final start of the season last night in a 4-1 loss to the Vancouver Canucks. The Flames have just one game remaining, which Dustin Wolf seems likely to get the nod in. Markstrom, who signed a six-year, $36 million deal with the Flames during the 2020 offseason, has had some highs and lows in Calgary but has undoubtedly lived up to the contract he signed ..read more

Vancouver Canucks defenceman Filip Hronek might have yet to play in the playoffs in his career, but that hasn't stopped him from chirping like someone who's been there many times before. Facing off against divisional rivals in the Calgary Flames for the penultimate game of both teams' seasons, Hronek was caught by a mic between the benches firing off a rather nasty dig at his opponents. Hronek was pretty accurate that it hasn't exactly been a season to remember in Calgary. With one game left on their schedule, the Flames currently sit 18 points out of a playoff spot, having picked up just 79 ..read more

The Calgary Flames were unable to defeat the Vancouver Canucks, but it was a big outing for defenceman Brayden Pachal. Pachal, 24, joined the Flames via waiver claim in early February from the Vegas Golden Knights. The move has really helped his career, as he had appeared in just 29 combined NHL games over the past three seasons with the Golden Knights. Overall, Pachal has been solid with the Flames, albeit with very limited offensive output ..read more

Head coach Rick Tocchet wanted to get his star goalie ample work in his return from injury. Or at least that's what he told reporters after Thatcher Demko backstopped the Vancouver Canucks to a decisive 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday. “I thought he played great,” Tocchet said after Demko stopped 39 shots in his first game since March 9 ..read more

Vancouver won the Northwest Division back in 2013. Tyler Myers had a goal and an assist while Dakota Joshua, J.T. Miller and Nils Hoglander also scored for the playoff-bound Canucks, who won 50 games in a single season for the first time since 2011-12 ..read more

The Calgary Flames rallied in third period to defeat Arizona Coyotes 6-5 ..read more

Andrei Kuzmenko scored three goals, Nazem Kadri had a goal and two assists, and the Calgary Flames withstood Anaheim's third-period rally for a 6-3 victory over the Ducks on Friday night. Kuzmenko got his second career hat trick with two goals in the final 5:38 after Anaheim had trimmed Calgary's 4-0 lead to one goal ..read more