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Cooley clutch as Flames down Stars

By Ty Pilson

CalgaryFlames.com

November 23, 2025

Devin Cooley, have a night!

The Flames netminder got his first home victory in his first home start, days after recording his first win as a Flame against the Sabres in Buffalo on Wednesday night.

He made 28 saves Saturday evening as the homeside skated to a 3-2 shootout victory over the visiting Stars.

Matt Coronato and Joel Farabee scored for Calgary in regulation, while Nazem Kadri got the winner in the shootout (Morgan Frost also scored).

Kadri had two assists in regulation.

Meanwhile, Coronato now has goals in four straight games and five in his last six outings.

The young forward played the third and extra time with stitches to his nose after taking a vicious hit from Stars forward Mikko Rantanen in the final minute of the second period and leaving the ice dripping blood.

Rantanen got a five-minute major for boarding Coronato, Jonathan Huberdeau tossing the mitts and grabbing the Stars forward for a quick fight.

Rantanen got another five for fighting and a game misconduct, while Huberdeau got two for instigating, five for the fight and a 10-minute misconduct, the two teams skating 4-on-4 to end the period and start the third before a three-minute Calgary powerplay they would convert on via a Rasmus Andersson point shot going off Farabee.

See all the highlights from Saturday's shootout win against the Stars

Cooley was busy early and boy did he put on a clinic.

He denied Rantanen right on the doorstep just over a minute in after a turnover in Calgary’s zone, the Stars forward – who came into the night tied for sixth in league scoring – walking out front all alone.

The Stars went to the powerplay 2:11 in and Cooley shut down Grade-A scoring chances from Rantanen, Wyatt Johnston, and a pair by Jason Robertson on the advantage.

They were all part of a stellar 13-save period for the Flames netminder.

Coronato converted 18 seconds into Calgary’s second powerplay of the opening frame, taking a feed from Kadri – who drew both of Calgary’s man-ups - beside the net in motion, spinning and putting it five-hole on Stars netminder Casey DeSmith at 11:41.

Coronato spins and cashes in to give Flames a 1-0 lead

Calgary outshot Dallas 17-8 in the second period but couldn’t get another past DeSmith.

Coronato got two shots from one knee beside the net after a no-look backhand pass from Huberdeau behind the cage to start the second, DeSmith denying both.

The Flames kept coming, Huberdeau feeding to Frost on a backdoor, tap-in attempt on a 2-on-1.

Then it was Blake Coleman holding and firing on a shorthanded 2-on-1 with Mikael Backlund but was denied by glove hand of DeSmith.

Cooley flashed the leather for a massive stop of his own on Alexander Petrovic who had snuck into the slot from the point and took a feed.

Andersson’s point shot when off Farabee and past DeSmith 1:50 into the third to give Calgary the 2-0 lead early in the third while on the powerplay for the Rantanen hit.

Farabee gets a piece of point shot to extend Flames lead

But Robertson and Roope Hintz would score to tie it up and then the Flames took two penalties late giving the Stars 1:48 of a two-man advantage that carried over 12 seconds into OT, Cooley making a huge blocker stop on Johnston as they killed that off.

In OT, Huberdeau had a look and tried to go backhand, five-hole but couldn’t beat DeSmith leading to the shootout, where Cooley stopped Robertson, Johnston and Hintz, while Tyler Seguin put one off the post.

As mentioned, Frost and Kadri scored for Calgary while DeSmith stopped Coronato and Yegor Sharangovich.

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