Good Things Come In Threes

Flames knock off Hurricanes 3-2 at the Scotiabank Saddledome

By Chris Wahl

CalgaryFlames.com

October 19, 2026

They knew it would be a stiff test.

And the Flames passed it with flying colours, earning their first home victory of the season by upending the defending Stanley Cup champion Hurricanes 3-2 Sunday at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Yegor Sharangovich scored the decider on a third-period one-timer, Morgan Frost had a goal and an assist in his 400th career NHL game, while Devin Cooley stopped 34 shots to earn his first victory of the campaign.

Beezer presents Frosty with the Player of the Game hardware

See all the highlights from Sunday's victory

The Turning Point:

Give Yegor Sharangovich time and space at your peril.

With four-and-a-half minutes left on the clock, that's exactly what the visiting Hurricanes did.

Sharangovich lurked into the right-wing circle, where on the rush, he was spotted by linemate Morgan Frost who feathered a gorgeous saucer pass through legs and sticks. From there, the Belarusian wound up, readied himself, and wired the puck into the top corner of the Carolina net, giving the Flames a 3-2 lead.

Sharangovich scores game-winner against 'Canes

Do The Griddy:

Matvei Gridin didn't have tons of time to release the shot that became his first goal of the season at the 18:30 mark of the second period, but boy, did he place it well!

It all happened after a long spell of play in the Flames defensive zone. But the duo of Mikael Backlund and Matt Coronato helped Calgary escape their end, Backlund chased and retrieved his own dump-in at the other end of the rink, and after Carolina netminder Brandon Bussi spilled a rebound, the puck fell to Coronato, who set up Gridin in the high slot.

In heavy traffic, Gridin took one touch on his backhand, one more on his forehand, and unleashed a snapshot that beat Bussi high to the glove side.

Gridin hammers one home for his first of season

Roll The Highlight Reel:

Calgary's second goal of the game was sublime; a three-way passing play that landed on the tape of Morgan Frost, allowing him to (at the time) put the home side ahead 2-1 with his second powerplay marker of the season.

The play started in the left-wing corner. Joel Farabee picked out Zayne Parekh sneaking down from the right point with a crisp, cross-ice pass and before the Hurricanes had time to react, Parekh in turn zipped the puck to the top of the blue paint to a waiting, wide-open Frost.

And as the old adage goes, all Frost had to do was 'tap, tap it in,' depositing the puck into a yawning cage for his third goal of the campaign.

Frost finishes off beautiful pass from Parekh

Ice Chips:

In addition to his multi-point effort, Frost won eight of his 10 face-off attempts ... Matt Coronato registered an assist in his 200th career NHL contest ... Sharangovich led all skaters with six shots on goal ... Calgary has won four of its last five home games versus Carolina, a stretch dating back to Oct. 22, 2022 ... Devin Cooley made six high-danger saves, per Natural Stat Trick ... The Flames' two second-period markers came in a 69-second span.