Calgary Flames at Colorado Avalanche

Wednesday, February 28, 2018, 9:30 PM ET Pepsi Center, Denver Regular Season Final

Final score

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 5–2 on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at home.

Final score, Calgary Flames at Colorado Avalanche
Team	Goals	2017-2018 record
Calgary Flames	2	37-35-10
at Colorado Avalanche	5	43-30-9

Goals by period

Goals by period, Calgary Flames at Colorado Avalanche
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Calgary Flames	1	1	0	2
Colorado Avalanche	0	4	1	5

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Calgary Flames at Colorado Avalanche
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Calgary Flames	7	12	13	32
Colorado Avalanche	11	18	5	34

Three stars

N. MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal, 1 assist)
T. Barrie, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal, 1 assist)
S. Varlamov, Colorado Avalanche (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Calgary Flames at Colorado Avalanche. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	14:19	Calgary Flames	Mikael Backlund (12)	Unassisted	Shorthanded	CGY 1, COL 0
2nd	02:41	Calgary Flames	Michael Frolik (10)	Matthew Tkachuk (24), Mikael Backlund (28)	Even strength	CGY 2, COL 0
2nd	08:24	Colorado Avalanche	Nathan MacKinnon (29)	Gabriel Landeskog (26), Tyson Barrie (32)	Power play	CGY 2, COL 1
2nd	09:32	Colorado Avalanche	Nikita Zadorov (5)	Blake Comeau (13), Carl Soderberg (15)	Even strength	CGY 2, COL 2
2nd	12:41	Colorado Avalanche	Tyson Barrie (7)	Mikko Rantanen (39), Nathan MacKinnon (42)	Even strength	CGY 2, COL 3
2nd	18:42	Colorado Avalanche	Matt Nieto (11)	Carl Soderberg (16), Blake Comeau (14)	Even strength	CGY 2, COL 4
3rd	19:43	Colorado Avalanche	Duncan Siemens (1)	Unassisted	Even strength, Empty net	CGY 2, COL 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Calgary Flames at Colorado Avalanche
Stat	Calgary Flames	Colorado Avalanche
Shots on goal	32	34
Power play	0 of 5	1 of 7
Penalty minutes	33	19
Hits	16	13
Blocked shots	5	24
Giveaways	3	4
Takeaways	2	5
Faceoffs won	31/55 (56.4%)	24/55 (43.6%)

Box score

Calgary Flames

Calgary Flames skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 C. Stewart	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	50%	07:34
Number 11 M. Backlund	C	1	1	2	+1	0	3	0	0	0	75%	23:58
Number 13 J. Gaudreau	L	0	0	0	-1	12	1	0	1	0		14:40
Number 15 T. Glass	L	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0		06:22
Number 18 M. Stajan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	66.7%	10:12
Number 19 M. Tkachuk	L	0	1	1	0	6	5	2	0	0		19:45
Number 21 G. Hathaway	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	0	0		08:56
Number 23 S. Monahan	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	56.3%	19:10
Number 36 T. Brouwer	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	50%	14:20
Number 67 M. Frolik	R	1	0	1	-1	0	5	0	1	0		15:50
Number 77 M. Jankowski	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	42.9%	09:43
Number 93 S. Bennett	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		16:51
Number 5 M. Giordano	D	0	0	0	+1	0	5	0	0	0		27:38
Number 7 T. Brodie	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	0		22:46
Number 24 T. Hamonic	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	0		22:40
Number 26 M. Stone	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	3	2	0		16:37
Number 27 D. Hamilton	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	0		19:33
Number 61 B. Kulak	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0		10:40

Calgary Flames goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 33 D. Rittich	33	29	4	.879	58:03	Loss

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 13 A. Kerfoot	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	60%	10:17
Number 14 B. Comeau	L	0	2	2	0	6	0	3	1	0	33.3%	16:08
Number 17 T. Jost	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0		14:21
Number 22 C. Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:34
Number 29 N. MacKinnon	C	1	1	2	+1	0	8	0	0	1	50%	20:30
Number 34 C. Soderberg	C	0	2	2	+1	0	3	1	0	0	44.4%	19:28
Number 37 J. Compher	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	33.3%	15:25
Number 47 D. Toninato	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33.3%	06:13
Number 57 G. Bourque	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	50%	10:05
Number 83 M. Nieto	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0		16:22
Number 92 G. Landeskog	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	40%	20:55
Number 96 M. Rantanen	R	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	0		18:32
Number 4 T. Barrie	D	1	1	2	+2	0	2	1	4	0		24:40
Number 5 D. Warsofsky	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0		11:21
Number 12 P. Nemeth	D	0	0	0	+2	2	6	0	2	0		21:13
Number 15 D. Siemens	D	1	0	1	0	7	1	1	2	0		13:25
Number 16 N. Zadorov	D	1	0	1	+2	2	2	3	2	0		20:15
Number 49 S. Girard	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0		18:16

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 S. Varlamov	32	30	2	.938	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Calgary Flames at Colorado Avalanche
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	01:42	Calgary Flames	Sean Monahan	Tripping	2
1st	09:09	Colorado Avalanche	Blake Comeau	Slashing	2
1st	09:09	Calgary Flames	Matthew Tkachuk	Roughing	2
1st	11:20	Colorado Avalanche	Blake Comeau	Tripping	2
1st	14:09	Calgary Flames	Tanner Glass	Fighting (major)	5
1st	14:09	Colorado Avalanche	Duncan Siemens	Fighting (major)	5
1st	14:09	Calgary Flames	Tanner Glass	Charging	2
1st	18:41	Calgary Flames	Michael Stone	Roughing	2
2nd	07:42	Calgary Flames	Matthew Tkachuk	Holding	2
2nd	09:34	Calgary Flames	Bench	Bench (bench minor)	2
2nd	11:45	Colorado Avalanche	Nikita Zadorov	Holding	2
2nd	12:01	Calgary Flames	Dougie Hamilton	Holding	2
3rd	00:36	Calgary Flames	Matthew Tkachuk	Interference	2
3rd	04:40	Colorado Avalanche	Duncan Siemens	Cross checking	2
3rd	06:49	Colorado Avalanche	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2
3rd	08:05	Colorado Avalanche	Blake Comeau	High sticking	2
3rd	08:05	Calgary Flames	Johnny Gaudreau	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	08:05	Calgary Flames	Johnny Gaudreau	Embellishment	2
3rd	17:03	Colorado Avalanche	Patrik Nemeth	Interference	2

Game information

Calgary Flames head coach: Glen Gulutzan
Colorado Avalanche head coach: Jared Bednar
Referees: Jon McIsaac, Dan O'Halloran
Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Shane Heyer
Calgary Flames scratches: Matt Bartkowski, Micheal Ferland, Nicholas Shore, Curtis Lazar
Colorado Avalanche scratches: Mark Alt, Nail Yakupov, Andrew Hammond

2017-2018 season series

Every Calgary Flames and Colorado Avalanche game in the 2017-2018 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Calgary Flames 3 at Colorado Avalanche 2	Final	Game page: Calgary Flames at Colorado Avalanche, Sat, Nov 25, 2017
Colorado Avalanche 1 at Calgary Flames 5	Final	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Calgary Flames, Sat, Feb 24, 2018
Calgary Flames 2 at Colorado Avalanche 5	Final	Game page: Calgary Flames at Colorado Avalanche, Wed, Feb 28, 2018

Other NHL games on Feb 28

Other NHL games on Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Matchup	Status	Details
New York Islanders 1 at Montreal Canadiens 3	Final	Game page: New York Islanders at Montreal Canadiens, Wed, Feb 28, 2018
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1	Final/OT	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning, Wed, Feb 28, 2018
Detroit Red Wings 1 at St. Louis Blues 2	Final	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at St. Louis Blues, Wed, Feb 28, 2018
New York Rangers 6 at Vancouver Canucks 5	Final/OT	Game page: New York Rangers at Vancouver Canucks, Wed, Feb 28, 2018

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