Flames Drop Decision To Senators

The Senators broke a tie with a trio of third-period goals, skating to a 4-1 win over the Flames Thursday at the Scotiabank Saddledome. 

Dylan Cozens' powerplay marker stood up as the decider, while Martin Pospisil's first-period goal stood up as the lone tally for the locals, who got a stellar performance in goal from Devin Cooley, who made 33 saves.

Pospisil put home the ice-breaker with just under three minutes remaining in the first period, and he had linemate Matvei Gridin to thank. The Flames rookie stripped Ottawa d-man Nick Jensen of the puck in his own zone before spotting Pospisil in the slot. Gridin dished the puck to the middle of the ice, allowing Pospisil to snap a wrister past goalie Linus Ullmark for his first goal of the season, and first since February of 2025.

Cooley put his stamp on the game with a pair of highlight-reel saves in period one. First, he got a glove to a Shane Pinto rebound effort from the low slot, but later in the frame, he brought the C of Red to its feet, robbing Fabian Zetterlund as he cut across the crease, getting a toe to the disc just as the Senators forward tried to tuck it past his right pad.

Lars Eller tied the game for the visitors 9:35 into the second. But Cooley made one more ten-beller before the middle stanza was through, denying forward Tim Stutzle after he accepted a pass on the left wing and danced towards the net. Cooley lunged to his left and from a prone position, closed his pads to swallow the puck mere inches before it crossed the goal line.

Cozens put the visitors ahead on a powerplay 6:33 into the third period after Brady Tkachuk fished the puck free off the left-wing boards and found his linemate alone in the high slot.

Stutzle and Shane Pinto added empty-net markers to round out the scoring.

The Lineup:

FORWARDS

Connor Zary - Nazem Kadri - Joel Farabee

Blake Coleman - Mikael Backlund - Matt Coronato

Yegor Sharangovich - Morgan Frost - Matvei Gridin

Ryan Lomberg - Martin Pospisil - Adam Klapka

DEFENCE

Kevin Bahl - Zach Whitecloud

Joel Hanley - Brayden Pachal

Yan Kuznetsov - Zayne Parekh

GOALTENDERS

Devin Cooley - starter

Dustin Wolf

They Said It:

The Numbers Game:

Shots: CGY 20, OTT 37

Powerplay: CGY 0-3, OTT 1-4

Faceoffs: CGY 44.6%, OTT 55.4%

Hits: CGY 18, OTT 18

Blocked Shots: CGY 17, OTT 14

5-on-5 Scoring Chances: CGY 13, OTT 32

5-on-5 High-Danger Scoring Chances: CGY 3, OTT 12

Up Next:

The Flames will wrap up their three-game homestand Saturday evening versus the Hurricanes on Indigenous Celebration night. Puck drop is slated for 8 p.m. MT. GET TICKETS