The degradation
The Flames opened the scoring on a nice play. Emilio Pettersen fed the puck to the left point for Christoffer Sedoff. With Adam Klapka parked up front, Sedoff’s shot found the far side of the net past the Jets’ Domenic Divisendis to make it 1-0. Chris Sedoff gets the Flames on the board. This has been a terrific start for the Flames. They play an up tempo, skillful game. 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 period ended, the Flames were somewhat crumpled and disorganized in their own zone. Daniil Chechelev made a big save on a three-on-one chance (triggered by an errant Ilya Solovyov pass), but Brad Lambert buried the rebound to tie the game 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 Jeremie Poirier’s errant pass was collected 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 Jakob Pelletier tied things up early in the third period, redirecting a Poirier point shot to make it 2-2. Jakob Pelletier ties the game at 2′. He advises a Jerimie Poirier shooting point. pic.twitter.com/E03NYOIkL8 — Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) September 19, 2022 But a short time later, Cole Perfetti beat Chechelev to give the Jets a 3-2 lead. Pettersen responded, again taking advantage of a Klapka wall in front of Divinsediis to make it 3-3. Emilio Pettersen scores a nice goal. It’s nice to see him score. He was very good in this rookie tournament. pic.twitter.com/HAarb3xZa4 — Ring of Fire CGY (@RingOfFireCGY) September 19, 2022 But the Flames could not be contained. Greg Meireles pitched an odd-man game to give the Jets a 4-3 lead, and Boland added an empty-netter to seal the 5-3 victory. Advertisement – Continue Reading Below
Why did the Flames lose?
It was the same old story as the first two games, unfortunately. The Flames defensemen were a bit too erratic with their footwork and coverage away from the puck, giving the Jets a few too many strong scoring opportunities.
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: Pelletier [A]-Zary-Duehr [A]Pettersen-Schwindt [A]-Chiona-Nikolaev-Beck Huckins-Walker-Fewke Solovyov-WhynotKuznetsov-PoirierSedoff-Jordan Daniil Chechelev was in net, assisted by Brad Arvanitis. Advertisement – Continue Reading Below Jet Lines: Cutler-Zhilkin-BertholetLambert-Perfetti-MeirelesTorgersson-Nikkanen-BongiovanniJohnson-Lucius-Boland Kuzmin-LundmarkWilson-KubicekCap-Bauer Domenic Divincentiis started in net, backed up by Arvid Holm.
Next
The Flames are headed home! Main camp opens with medicals on Wednesday and on-ice sessions on Thursday. The preseason kicks off Sunday night with split-team games against the Canucks in both Calgary and Vancouver. Advertisement – Continue Reading Below
