In his first 599 NHL games, the Plano, Tex. product has posted 147 goals and 280 points, while dishing out 1,306 hits, ranking him 29th among all NHL skaters since 2016-17 season. He's had plenty of memorable moments throughout the years and being able to celebrate the evening in Tampa gives it a bit of extra significance.
When Calgary Flames head coach Ryan Huska named his starting lineup for a Thursday night contest against the Tampa Bay Lightning, he opted to start his second line, featuring Blake Coleman.
Andrew Mangiapane, who spent seven seasons in Calgary, will be pumped to battle his old friends. Tom Wilson will be pumped to battle his new friend, Rasmus Andersson. Ovechkin, of course, continues to pump pucks past opposing netminders, needing only 13 more tallies to bump Wayne Gretzky to second on the all-time scoring charts.
One-third of the way through a tough six-game road swing, Flames GM Craig Conroy was asked if his team’s performance over the next week could affect his trade deadline plans. Eric Francis got the answer to that and more in a Q&A.
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Saturday afternoon promises to be an emotional day in Sunrise as the Calgary Flames visit the Florida Panthers.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves for his fourth shutout of the season and the 38th of his career in the Tampa Bay Lightning's 3-0 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. Nikita Kucherov, Erik Cernak and Brandon Hagel scored to help Tampa Bay win its seventh consecutive game.