Razed The Canes

Flames wrap homestand with 5-4 win over Carolina

By Chris Wahl

CalgaryFlames.com

March 08, 2026

It was Blasty's last ride of the season.

So it was only fitting the Flames found their giddyup, skating to a 5-4 win over the Hurricanes at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Farabee and Morgan Frost had three points apiece - Farabee finishing the night with two goals including the game-winner - while newcomers Ryan Strome and Olli Määtta each found the scoresheet in their Calgary debuts.

Strome had a goal and an assist, Määtta recorded a helper, while Blake Coleman added a third-period single for the Flames.

See all the highlights from Saturday night's victory

Carolina opened the scoring in the first minute of play when Seth Jarvis potted his team-leading 27th goal of the season.

The Hurricanes outshot the Flames 9-6 in a physical first period, accented by two huge Adam Klapka hits at the midway mark. First, he drilled Jalen Chatfield in the Carolina corner, then he and Ryan Lomberg combined seconds later to knock Logan Stankoven off his feet at the Calgary blue-line.

The game shifted in a big way to start period two, and the Flames had their new duo to thank. Määtta set up Strome alone at the bottom of the left circle 19 seconds into the middle stanza, and Strome had all the time in the world to deposit his fourth goal of the season to even the score at 1-1.

Strome scores in first game as a Flame and ties tilt with Carolina

Farabee put the home side in front four minutes later, converting on a rebound at the side of the net after Blake Coleman’s point shot generated a loose puck to the left of Hurricanes starter Brandon Bussi.

Farabee cashes in to give homeside the lead

Then at 7:06, the Flames found powerplay paydirt. Zayne Parekh put the puck goalward from the point but it hit traffic in the slot, falling to Frost who quickly snapped it past Bussi to extend the lead to 3-1.

Frost beats Bussi on the man-advantage, Parekh and Strome get helpers

Coleman added to the locals' tally 2:24 into period three, thanks to a bit of a gift from Bussi. The Carolina goalie's clearance was picked off by Farabee, and the puck fell to Coleman at the side of the net, allowing him to outwait, and outwit Bussi to make it 4-1 in Calgary's favour.

Coleman makes good on turnover for his 14th of year

Carolina got two goals in quick succession to bring it back to a one-goal game, though, the first off the stick of Sean Walker, the second on a powerplay by Alexander Nikishin.

But when called upon in crunch time, Wolf stood tall. He made a pair of clutch saves - including a point-blank rebound chance from Eric Robinson - to keep the scoreline at 4-3 with four minutes left.

That set the stage for more Farabee brilliance. Frost intercepted a pass in the Calgary zone, then feathered a breakaway feed to his longtime teammate. Sprung in alone, Farabee faked, then deked, then lifted a backhand over Bussi's left pad for his second tally of the night.

Farabee scores a gem to seal the deal against Hurricanes

Andrei Svechnikov rounded out the scoring with 11 seconds left.

Strome, who traveled from Southern California Saturday morning, played 15:07 and had two shots on goal. Määtta had five blocks over his 23:42 of work, and was pressed into extra duty after fellow blueliner Zach Whitecloud left the game in the first period with an upper-body injury.