Tuesday night's game at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, is the first time these teams square off this season.
More than a week into their season long, five-game, 12-day road trip, the Caps begin to make their way back east as they visit the Flames in Calgary on Tuesday. For the first time in calendar 2025, the Caps come into the Calgary game on the heels of a regulation loss, a 2-1 setback to the Canucks in Vancouver on Saturday.
Led by Mason McTavish, they’ve netted 16 goals while winning three in a row, their most tallies in a three-game stretch in nearly 19 years.
The resurgent Ottawa Senators go for a third straight win when they host the Washington Capitals on Thursday night.
The Calgary Flames announced that their third-highest-scoring defenseman will miss some weeks with an upper-body injury.
First Period_1, Washington, Dubois 11, 1:51. Second Period_2, Calgary, Coleman 11 (Kuzmenko, Barrie), 12:17 (pp). 3, Washington, Strome 13 (Chychrun, Carlson), 15:12 (pp). Third Period_4, Washington, Protas 21 (Eller, van Riemsdyk), 17:35.
Wolf sports an elite .936 save percentage and 1.98 GAA with 8.61 goals saved above average across 15 home games. The Flames have also been far stingier on home ice with 2.63 goals against per game and a 75.8 penalty-kill percentage compared to respective 3.29 and 67.1% marks on the highway.
Credit to Pierre-Luc Dubois, who continues to be red-hot for Washington, scoring his 11th of the season less than two minutes into regulation. He has points in three of his last four games and 24 in his last 25, the most on the team over that span.
Former Calgary Flames forward Andrew Mangiapane is set to make his Saddledome debut as a visitor with the Washington Capitals.
In a battle against one of the top clubs in the NHL this season, the Flames fell 3-1 to the visiting Washington Capitals Tuesday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome in a spirited affair.
The Anaheim Ducks have put themselves in position to play meaningful games in the season's second half and possibly join the hunt for a playoff spot. They can take another step toward that goal when they go for a season-high fourth straight win Thursday night in Calgary against the Flames.