Wolf made 25 saves in Thursday's 4-1 loss to St. Louis.
Blues, Brayden Schenn and Calgary Flames
On Thursday night, for the second time in three days, the Calgary Flames faced the St. Louis Blues on the road. For the second time in three days, they were held to just a single goal and just couldn’t muster enough offence to overcome their mistakes.
Dustin Wolf has all-but-claimed the Calgary Flames’ starting goaltending job as his own. If that wasn’t clear before Saturday night’s game against the Winnipeg Jets, when he was set for his fifth start in six games,
The Blues outshot the Flames 15-7 in the first period and had a 14-4 edge at one point. St. Louis captain Brayden Schenn opened the scoring at 4:55 after a turnover behind the Calgary net, taking a pass from Dylan Holloway and roofing a shot high farside from one knee.
The Calgary Flames meet the St. Louis Blues for the second time in three days, wrapping up their season series at the Enterprise Center.
Wolf is set to start on the road against Winnipeg on Saturday, Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960 The Fan reports. Wolf stopped 25 of 29 shots en route to a 4-1 loss to St. Louis on Thursday. He's 15-7-2 with a 2.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Radek Faksa scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Calgary Flames 2-1 on Tuesday night. Faksa tipped in a shot by Tyler Tucker with 8:49 left. It was Faksa’s third goal of the season and first since Nov. 17.
Brayden Schenn scored twice, Jordan Kyrou had his 20th goal and the St. Louis Blues beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Thursday night to sweep a two-game set in St. Louis. On Tuesday night, the Blues beat the Flames 2-1.
Overall, the Flames' No. 1 goaltender is 15-6-2 with a pair of shutouts, a 2.50 GAA and a .916 save percentage. He has finally come into his own as an NHL goalkeeper after he was considered one of the top goaltenders in the minors the last three seasons.
Blake Coleman had two assists and an empty netter as the Calgary Flames beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-1 in Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada action.
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