Coronato sparks Flames in 6-3 road win over Oilers

Matt Coronato scored a brace of goals and Jonathan Huberdeau recorded 3 assists arsenic the Calgary Flames remained cleanable successful NHL pre-season play, defeating the hometown Edmonton Oilers 6-3 successful 1 of a brace of split-squad games betwixt the provincial rivals connected Monday night.

Yan Kuznetsov, Anthony Mantha, Rasmus Andersson and Justin Kirkland besides scored for the Flames, who improved to 3-0 successful accumulation enactment aft besides winning the crippled betwixt the 2 teams successful Calgary 6-1.

Zach Hyman, Noel Hoefenmayer and Connor McDavid replied for the Oilers, who dropped to 1-2 successful pre-season proceedings.

The Oilers came retired flying, but it was Calgary that struck archetypal 7 minutes into the opening play arsenic they were allowed to get a mates of shots connected Edmonton goalie Calvin Pickard earlier converting connected their 3rd ace connected net, arsenic Kuznetsov wired it home.

Edmonton had a accidental to get the equalizer with 3 minutes remaining successful the archetypal period, but Devin Cooley made a immense halt on Oilers forward Corey Perry.

Calgary made it 2-0 with 1:38 near successful the archetypal connected a two-on-one arsenic Huberdeau dished it backmost to Mantha, who had a wide-open nett to blast it into.

The Flames continued to stymie the location squad connected the powerfulness play 7 minutes into the 2nd play arsenic Andersson unleashed a slug from the constituent that went disconnected the station and in.

Just a infinitesimal aboriginal it was 4-0 for the Flames arsenic Coronato took a driblet walk and sent a wicked wrist changeable past Pickard.

Brett Brochu took implicit successful the Edmonton nett midway done the second.

Cooley continued his beardown play with 5 minutes near successful the mediate period, making different immense prevention connected Leon Draisaitl.

Edmonton yet got connected the committee with 2:43 remaining successful the 2nd play arsenic McDavid made a bully provender to Hyman and helium lifted it implicit Cooley.

The Oilers got different 1 backmost little than a infinitesimal into the 3rd play arsenic Hoefenmayer was credited with the extremity aft it caromed successful disconnected a Flames defender.

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However, Calgary got that extremity backmost conscionable 32 seconds aboriginal arsenic Sam Honzek dropped it backmost to Coronato and helium blasted successful his 2nd of the contest.

The Flames restored their four-goal pb 4 minutes into the 3rd arsenic a immense rebound came retired to Kirkland, who had an bare cage to firearm it into.

Edmonton’s powerfulness play yet got an accidental and made the astir of it with 7 minutes to play arsenic McDavid took it successful himself and utilized a defender arsenic a surface earlier sending a wrist changeable past Cooley.

The Oilers outshot Calgary 47-26.

NOTES

Edmonton had some McDavid and Draisaitl successful their lineup, arsenic good arsenic their full archetypal power-play portion that has proven truthful deadly for the past 3 seasons. … The Oilers had astir of their veterans successful enactment betwixt the 2 split-squad games, different than Stuart Skinner, Darnell Nurse, Brett Kulak, Connor Brown, Mattias Janmark and Ty Emberson.

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Oilers: Visit the Winnipeg Jets connected Wednesday.

Flames: Face the Vancouver Canucks connected Wednesday successful Abbotsford, B.C.

This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published Sept. 23, 2024.