It was a strange night for the Vegas Golden Knights and Calgary Flames, not because of the result, but because of how it all unfolded.

During the second intermission, the game was delayed for an unusual reason: a problem with the ice surface. Both captains, Mark Stone and Mikael Backlund, made several trips to the bench to observe conditions and talk to the referee.

Arena staff worked to fix the problem, while in-game entertainment continued while remaining consistent with the Las Vegas atmosphere. The delay lasted 26 minutes and disrupted the flow of an already back-and-forth game.

Despite this, the Golden Knights remained perfect under head coach John Tortorella, and continued the momentum late in the season, going 34–26–16 and defeating the Flames 6–3.

Calgary opened the scoring with Morgan Frost scoring her 19th goal of the season. Frost had time and space and defeated Carter Hart cleanly. Hart finished the game with an .864 save percentage and 3.00 goals-against average.

The Golden Knights responded and Mitch Marner deflected Shea Theodore’s shot to tie the game at 1–1.

Less than three minutes later, Blake Coleman restored Calgary’s lead. After Theodore pinch hit, the Flames went on a two-on-one and Coleman beat Hart’s blocking side.

However, Marner struck again, scoring his second of the night and 22nd of the season, with a neat passing sequence to Jack Eichel and Rasmus Andersen.

Before the second period ended, Coleman scored his second goal of the game for Calgary. But once again, the Golden Knights found a response. Pavel Dorofeyev scored his 35th goal of the season on the power play. He is now eighth, surpassing the franchise record of 43 set by William Carlson in 2017–18.

After two unexpected periods and long delays, the third belonged to the Golden Knights. Brett Howden gave the Golden Knights their first lead by scoring on a rush and beating Dustin Wolf.

Shortly after, Wolf misplayed the puck behind his own net and Ivan Barbashev took advantage to extend the lead to 5–3. Marner later sealed it, earning a hat trick and leading the Golden Knights over the Flames.

Head coach John Tortorella is now 2-0-0 with the Golden Knights and is looking to get the team back on track.

The Golden Knights will look to continue their winning ways against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night as they begin a four-game road trip.

Cooper Krigbaum is a beat reporter covering the Vegas Golden Knights for Vegas Hockey Now on SportsNut. He also told about Cooper Krigbaum

也许雅各布·马克斯特罗姆不应该为新泽西魔鬼队连续第六次首发（32-31-2）。

排名第 31 位的卡尔加里火焰队刚刚在 2026 年 NHL 交易截止日期前出售了纳泽姆·卡德里和拉斯穆斯·安德森等主要资产。这应该意味着魔鬼队至少能保持接近。

然而，他们却以5比4输给了重建中的火焰队，尴尬地跌入了积分榜。

魔鬼队控制了前五分钟，直到约翰·比彻在攻防转换中占据了魔鬼队的优势。

首节比赛进行到 5 分 04 秒时，比彻以 2 对 1 的方式冲向魔鬼队禁区，他折断了雅各布·马克斯特罗姆 (Jacob Markstrom) 的手腕，使火焰队以 1-0 领先。

从那时起，直到比赛接下来的九分钟，一切都是火焰。当前魔鬼队后卫凯文·巴尔的控球被马克斯特罗姆改道后，卡尔加里将领先优势扩大一倍，火焰队以 2-0 领先。

然而，火焰队的多球领先优势是短暂的，马克西姆·齐普拉科夫(Maxim Tsyplakov)打进了他作为魔鬼队的第一个进球，也是本赛季的第二个进球，当时尼克·布尤格斯塔德(Nick Bjugstad)迫使对手失误，并为俄罗斯前锋提供了一次机会。

17点37分，乔尔·汉利（Joel Hanley）用高棍抓住了杰克·休斯（Jack Hughes），并被评定为双未成年人。

火焰队以 1 分 37 秒的成绩逃脱了第一节比赛，并在第二节开始时继续占据魔鬼队的人员优势。

尽管取得了优势，比彻还是在人手不足的情况下将冰球从马克斯特罗姆的护垫底下偷偷地从球门线下方射入网中，将卡尔加里的领先优势扩大到 3-1。

在卢克·休斯(Luke Hughes)突破达斯汀·沃尔夫(Dustin Wolf)后，西蒙·内梅克(Simon Nemec)迅速将魔鬼队的差距缩小到一球，并在折痕顶部轻松补射留下篮板球机会，将比分改写为3-2。

然而，火焰队重新夺回了多球领先优势。叶戈尔·沙拉戈维奇率领一支队伍冲向魔鬼队的冰面尽头。这位前魔鬼队前锋与瑞安·斯特罗姆一起完成了一次传球机会，帮助卡尔加里队在第二次中场休息时以4-2领先。

第三节从第二节结束的地方开始。米凯尔·贝克兰德（Mikael Backlund）冲过魔鬼队的位置，导致冰球缠住，火焰队长用手腕将马克斯特罗姆（Markstrom）一击，将卡尔加里队的领先优势扩大到 5-2。

然而，在杰斯帕·布拉特 (Jesper Bratt) 获得进攻区后，杰克 (Jack) 将魔鬼队扳回两分，为休斯 (Hughes) 传球，他的狙击击败沃尔夫 (Wolf)，将比分追至 5-3。

马克斯罗姆拉开后，卢克·休斯得分，魔鬼队将比分追至5-4。

然而，为时已晚，比赛还剩 3.7 秒，魔鬼队遭遇了本赛季第 31 场失利。

马克斯特罗姆 28 次射门，23 次扑救，仅丢一球，这也是他本赛季第 16 场失利。

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也許雅各布·馬克斯特羅姆不應該為新澤西魔鬼隊連續第六次首發（32-31-2）。

排名第 31 位的卡加利火焰隊剛剛在 2026 年 NHL 交易截止日期前出售了納澤姆·卡德里和拉斯穆斯·安德森等主要資產。這應該意味著魔鬼隊至少能保持接近。

然而，他們卻以5比4輸給了重建中的火焰隊，尷尬地跌入了積分榜。

魔鬼隊控制了前五分鐘，直到約翰·比徹在攻防轉換中佔據了魔鬼隊的優勢。

首節比賽進行到 5 分 04 秒時，比徹以 2 對 1 的方式衝向魔鬼隊禁區，他折斷了雅各布·馬克斯特羅姆 (Jacob Markstrom) 的手腕，使火焰隊以 1-0 領先。

從那時起，直到比賽接下來的九分鐘，一切都是火焰。當前魔鬼隊後衛凱文巴爾的控球被馬克斯特羅姆改道後，卡加利將領先優勢擴大一倍，火焰隊以 2-0 領先。

然而，火焰隊的多球領先優勢是短暫的，馬克西姆·齊普拉科夫(Maxim Tsyplakov)打進了他作為魔鬼隊的第一個進球，也是本賽季的第二個進球，當時尼克·布尤格斯塔德(Nick Bjugstad)迫使對手失誤，並為俄羅斯前鋒提供了一次機會。

17點37分，喬爾·漢利（Joel Hanley）用高棍抓住了傑克·休斯（Jack Hughes），並被評定為雙未成年人。

火焰隊以 1 分 37 秒的成績逃脫了第一節比賽，並在第二節開始時繼續佔據魔鬼隊的人員優勢。

儘管取得了優勢，比徹還是在人手不足的情況下將冰球從馬克斯特羅姆的護墊底下偷偷地從球門線下方射入網中，將卡加利的領先優勢擴大到 3-1。

在盧克休斯(Luke Hughes)突破達斯汀沃爾夫(Dustin Wolf)後，西蒙內梅克(Simon Nemec)迅速將魔鬼隊的差距縮小到一球，並在摺痕頂部輕鬆補射留下籃板球機會，將比分改寫為3-2。

然而，火焰隊重新奪回了多球領先優勢。葉戈爾·沙拉戈維奇率領一支隊伍衝向魔鬼隊的冰面盡頭。這位前魔鬼隊前鋒與瑞安·斯特羅姆一起完成了一次傳球機會，幫助卡加利隊在第二次中場休息時以4-2領先。

第三節從第二節結束的地方開始。米凱爾貝克蘭德（Mikael Backlund）衝過魔鬼隊的位置，導致冰球纏住，火焰隊長用手腕將馬克斯特羅姆（Markstrom）一擊，將卡加利隊的領先優勢擴大到 5-2。

然而，在傑斯帕·布拉特 (Jesper Bratt) 獲得進攻區後，傑克 (Jack) 將魔鬼隊扳回兩分，為休斯 (Hughes) 傳球，他的狙擊擊敗沃爾夫 (Wolf)，將比分追至 5-3。

馬克斯羅姆拉開後，盧克·休斯得分，魔鬼隊將比分追至5-4。

然而，為時已晚，比賽還剩 3.7 秒，魔鬼隊遭遇了本賽季第 31 場失利。

馬克斯特羅姆 28 次射門，23 次撲救，僅丟一球，這也是他本賽季第 16 場失利。

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After a rare break in the schedule where the New Jersey Devils (32-30-2) had a three-game day, they were able to complete an equally rare two practices.

Tonight, the Calgary Flames (25-32-7) play at the Prudential Center in the middle of New Jersey’s current seven-game homestand.

After a four-game winning streak, the Detroit Red Wings put an end to the Devils’ latest advanced on-ice product, shutting out New Jersey on Sunday.

This lowered their playoff expectations to an even more unrealistic level and their chances of making the postseason dropped to 0.7%.

The Flames—who were nearly eliminated—were sold at the 2026 NHL trade deadline, leaving Nazem Kadri and Rasmus Andersen, two of their most rumored players, out.

Nevertheless, they brought some bodies to fill the void.

Let’s dive into tonight’s matchup.

What to Know vs Flames

– On January 19, 2026, the Devils and Calgary concluded their 2025–26 regular-season series after meeting out-of-conference foes.

—The Devils defeated Calgary north of the border 2–1 overtime.

-Simon Nemec scored the overtime winner, while Dawson Mercer scored the team’s first goal of the game.

-Jacob Markstrom recorded 21 saves on 22 shots against his former team on January 19.

-Captain Nico Hischier entered the contest with 13 career points (5G-8A) in 13 games against Calgary (1.08 points per game). Those stats also include one shorthanded goal and one game-winning goal. Seven of his 13 points (2G-5A) against Calgary were scored on the road.

-Former Calgary blueliner Dougie Hamilton has recorded 6 career points (1g-5a) in 6 career games with the Devils vs. the Flames.

2025-26 vs flames

1/19/26 OTW 2-1 Prudential Center

3/12/26 7:00 PM ET Prudential Center

devil vs flames

All-time record: 30-70-11-4

All-time home record: 19-35-3-1

All-time road record: 11-35-8-3

Projected Devils Lineup*

Ahead

Timo Meyer – Nico Hischier – Dawson Mercer

Arseny Gritsyuk – Jack Hughes – Connor Brown

Jasper Bratt – Cody Glass – Lenny Haminaho

Paul Couture – Nick Bjugstad – Maxim Tsyplyakov

defenseman

Jonas Seigenthaler – Dougie Hamilton

Luke Hughes – Jonathan Kovacevic

Brendan Dillon – Simon Nemec

goaltender

jake allen

jacob markstrom

*Lineup is subject to change

Current Injuries: Jack McEwen (upper body, out for the season)

2025-26 Total man-games lost: 277

Projected Flames Lineup*

Ahead

Joel Farabee – Morgan Frost – Blake Coleman

Connor Zary – Ryan Strome – Matvey Gridin

Yegor Sharangovich – Mikael Backlund – Matt Coronato

Victor Olofsson – John Beecher – Adam Klapka

defenseman

Kevin Bahl – Ollie Maatta

Yan Kuznetsov – Zain Parekh

Joel Hanley – Brayden Pachal

goaltender

dustin wolf

Devin Cooley

*Lineup is subject to change

How to watch the Devils game – 7:00 pm ET

Watch: msgsn

radio: devils hockey net

next up

Thu, Mar 12 vs CGY 7:00 PM
Saturday, March 14 vs LAK 7:00 PM
Mon. March 16 vs BOS 7:00 PM
Wednesday, March 18, NYR at 7:00 PMET
Friday, March 20th WSH at 7:00 PMET

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The Washington Capitals (32-26-7) snapped their three-game losing streak. He scored seven goals in a 7-3 home win over the Calgary Flames (25-31-7) on Monday night.

The Capitals had a dominant performance in the first period with three goals each from Hendricks Lapierre, Tom Wilson and Connor McMichael. This was an early sign that the losing streak would end.

However, leading 3–0, Calgary responded with three unanswered long points in the middle frame. What’s worse, the Capitals scored consecutive shorthanded goals on the same power play.

Nevertheless, the Capitals were resilient in the third period. It all started when McMichael again hit the man advantage, followed by Justin Sourdiff’s goal just seconds later.

Later the Capitals sealed it with goals from Ethan Frank and Ryan Leonard.

Next, the Capitals take the field for their next two games, starting with Philadelphia on Wednesday, then Buffalo on Thursday.

capitals analysis

Capitals head coach Spencer Carberry once again shook things up after Saturday’s crushing 3-1 loss to Boston. The most notable change was the separation of Alex Ovechkin and Dylan Strome.

Ovechkin worked with Sourdiff and Anthony Beauvillier, while Strome was placed between Wilson and Aliaksei Protas. Leonard moved up to the second line with McMichael and Pierre-Luc Dubois, while the fourth line remained the same.

The changes worked in the first period, as Lapierre came forward and buried Martin Fehrvary’s rebound. Then, a deflected puck fell to Wilson as he went top shelf from a tough angle for his 24th of the season.

At the end of the period, McMichael scored the first of his two goals and the Capitals went up 3–0.

Unfortunately, the middle frame is when the shutout ended. Matvey Gridin went backdoor and delivered a shot to Logan Thompson to get Calgary on the board.

Then, the Capitals’ second power-play opportunity is when things really fell apart. First, Blake Coleman went on a breakaway for a shorthanded goal. A few seconds later, an AA miscue led to Joel Farabee stealing the puck and passing Yegor Sharangovich to tie the score at 3–3.

Thankfully, the third period is when the Capitals regained control. The team went into its third power-play opportunity with a few changes to the top unit.

The Capitals kept the puck in the zone, as McMichael batted in the rebound to make it 4–3. 23 seconds later, Sourdiff fired a shot that hit the foot of Kevin Bahl and made it 5–3.

The Capitals sealed it later when Frank found an empty net and Leonard scored on a breakaway goal.

capitals report card

Team: B+

The Capitals had a strong first period, but fell apart in the second. Fortunately, they showed their resilience by scoring four goals in the third.

Connor McMichael: A

McMichael recorded two goals, including a go-ahead run on the man advantage. The 25-year-old now has 10 goals to his name this season.

Capitals Power Play: C+

Giving up two shorthanded goals on a power play is absolutely unacceptable. The good thing is that McMichael responded to give the Capitals a 4-3 lead.

Ryan Leonard: A

Leonard scored the final goal on a breakaway with 15 seconds remaining. The 20-year-old has extended his point streak to three games.

Hendrix Lapierre: A

Lapierre made another impact on the fourth line with his third inning of the season. He later recorded a secondary assist on Frank’s empty-netter.

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The Carolina Hurricanes will close out their Western Conference road trip on Saturday as they play the Calgary Flames for the final time of the regular season. The match comes one day after the trade deadline.

The game is scheduled to begin at 10 PM EST.

The Hurricanes were uncharacteristically quiet during the trade deadline and only traded for starter Nick Deslauriers at a fairly low price. Meanwhile, the flames were very active during and in the days leading up to Friday’s frenzy.

Throughout the week, the organization parted ways with Jeremy Poirier, Mackenzie Weegar, Jacob Battaglia and Nazem Kadri, while they welcomed back Gavin White, Ollie Maatta, Jonathan Castagna, Ryan Strome, Brennan Othman, Victor Olofsson and unsigned prospect Maximilian Curran.

Saturday’s game will undoubtedly see Brandon Bussey return to the net for the Hurricanes, just as Anderson played on Friday (and very well, if I might add). Bussey has a .901 save percentage with a goals-against average of 2.29 in a 25-3-1 record.

Meanwhile, the Flames will likely need Dustin Wolf to man the pipes as he will be the alternate goaltender. In his last game, Wolf was replaced by Devin Cooley after allowing four goals before the end of the first period. This season, Wolf has a save percentage of .898 with a goals-against average of 2.97 with a 17-23-3 record.

Expected Carolina Hurricane Lines

Andrei Svechnikov – Sebastian Aho – Seth Jarvis

Taylor Hall – Logan Stankoven – Jackson Blake

Nikolaj Ehlers – Jordan Staal – Jordan Martinook

William Carrier – Mark Jankowski – Eric Robinson

Jespri Kotkaniemi

protect

Jacob Slavin – Jalen Chatfield

K’Andre Miller – Shawn Walker

Alexander Nikishin

goaltender

Brandon Bussey/Alexander Nikishin

Expected Flames Lines

Blake Coleman Mikael Backlund Matt Coronato

Yegor Sharangovich Morgan Frost Victor Olofson

Connor Zari Ryan Strome Joel Farabee

Ryan Lomberg Martin Pospisil Adam Klapka

protect

Kevin Bahl Zach Whitecloud

yan kuznetsov zain parekh

joel hanley brayden pachal

goaltender

Dustin Wolf / Devin Cooley

special teams

Carolina Hurricanes power play: 22.2% (12th, down two spots from last game)
Carolina Hurricanes Penalty Kill: 79.7% (14th, down one spot from last game)

Calgary Flames Power Play: 15.8% (31st)
Calgary Flames Penalty Kill: 82.2% (7th)

storm game notes

In the previous game against the Edmonton Oilers, the Hurricanes lost defenseman Shayne Gostisbeer to injury. Due to this, the Hurricanes have 13 forwards and five defensemen with both Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Mark Jankowski likely to play.

Logan Stankoven’s line continues to be hot.

how to see

TV: FanDuel Sports Network South
Streaming: ESPN+
Radio: 99.9 The Fan

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