Flames Controlled the Puck but Couldn't Cash In
Calgary outworked Seattle in shot attempts yet ran into bad luck on the iron and a netminder who couldn't be bent
Calgary did the heavy lifting in the middle of the ice but the scoreboard told a different story. The Flames owned the share of shot attempts throughout the night, yet Seattle finished with more expected goals — a clear mismatch between volume and finish. Calgary piled up chances (26 shots on goal and 18 high-danger looks) but came up empty on the iron: the Kraken struck the post and crossbar twice in the third, denying what could have been game-changing goals. Meanwhile, Dustin Wolf was beaten more often than his quality of shots suggested; he faced 31 shots and allowed six goals, a negative goals-saved-against swing compared with the expected goals against on those chances. On the other side, Joey Daccord shut down dangerous looks, turning aside every high-danger shot he saw. Bottom line: one game where Calgary’s possession and volume didn’t translate — the finish and goaltending decided it.