It was an afternoon of mixed blessings for the Calgary Flames as they closed out the Young Stars Classic in Penticton. The Flames scored three times against the Winnipeg Jets, but the defensive mistakes continued and they lost the event final by a score of 5-3.
Exhaustion
The Flames opened the scoring with a nice play; Emilio Petersen dropped the puck to the left point for Christopher Sedoff. With Adam Klapka parked in front, Sedoff’s shot found the far side of the net past Jets netminder Domenic DiVincentis to make it 1-0.
Chris Sedoff puts the Flames on the board.
It was a great start for the Flames. They play an up-tempo, skilled game. A nice change of pace from the last two. pic.twitter.com/7G2RUcEN0U
— Ring Of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) September 19, 2022
Advertisement – Continue Reading Below
But before the end of the period, the Flames got a little antsy and disorganized in their own zone. Daniil Chechelev made a big save on a three-on-one chance (caused by an errant pass from Ilya Solovyov), but Brad Lambert buried the rebound to tie the score at 1-1.
Brad Lambert scores for Winnipeg. Calgary dominated the first half of the period. Winnipeg took over in the second half. pic.twitter.com/fVvYbFJTLs
— Ring Of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) September 19, 2022
In the second, the Jets took the lead after Jeremy Poirier’s fumbled pass was picked off by Tyler Boland. He found Chaz Lucius in the slot for a nice quick goal to give Winnipeg a 2-1 advantage.
Chaz Lucious gives the Jets a 2-1 lead. pic.twitter.com/ClyqzNPcs1
— Ring Of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) September 19, 2022
Advertisement – Continue Reading Below
But Jacob Pelletier tied things up early in the third period, redirecting Poirier’s point shot to make it 2-2.
Jakob Pelletier tied it at 2 points. He tipped over Jeremy Poirier’s spot-kick. pic.twitter.com/E03NYOIkL8
— Ring Of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) September 19, 2022
But moments later, Cole Perfetti beat Chechelev to give the Jets a 3-2 lead. Petersen responded by again capitalizing on a Klapka wall in front of DiVincentis to make it 3-3.
Emilio Petersen scores a nice goal. Good to see him scoring. He was very good in this rookie tournament. pic.twitter.com/HAarb3xZa4
— Ring Of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) September 19, 2022
But the Flames did not last. Greg Meirelles scored on a strange play to give the Jets a 4-3 lead, and Boland added an empty netter to cement the 5-3 win.
Advertisement – Continue Reading Below
Why the Flames lost
It was the same old story as the first two games, unfortunately. The Flames defensemen were too tentative with puck handling and coverage away from the puck, giving the Jets a few too many strong scoring chances.
Red warrior
Let’s give it to Klapka, who was instrumental in two of Calgary’s three goals. But also give credit to Pettersen and Pelletier, who had their best games so far in this event.
This and that
Lines for the flames:
Peletier [A]-Zari-Duer [A]Petersen-Schwind [A]-KlapkaCiona-Nikolaev-BeckHuckins-Walker-Feuk
Solovyov-WhynotKuznetsov-PoirierSedoff-Jordan
In net was Daniil Chechelev, supported by Brad Arvanitis.
Advertisement – Continue Reading Below
Jets Lines:
Cutler-Gilkin-Bertolet Lambert-Perfetti-MeirelesTorgerson-Nikanen-BongiovanniJohnson-Lucius-Boland
Kuzmin-Lundmark Wilson-KubicekKapp-Bauer
Domenic DiVincentis started in net, backed up by Arvid Holm.
Next up
The flames are coming home! Main camp begins with medicals on Wednesday and on-ice segments on Thursday. The preseason begins Sunday night with split-squad games against the Canucks in Calgary and Vancouver.
Advertisement – Continue Reading Below
Add Comment