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Calgary Flames vs Minnesota Wild — Saturday, January 25, 2025 Game Analysis

Calgary Flames at Minnesota Wild at Grand Casino Arena. Final.

Game Analysis

Grand Casino Arena

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MIN

  • Joel Eriksson Ek (8)1st 9:34 · Wrist ShotAssists: Mats Zuccarello (23), Kirill Kaprizov (28)
  • PPFrederick Gaudreau (8)3rd 14:15 · Wrist ShotAssists: Ryan Hartman (9), Marco Rossi (24)
  • Marcus Foligno (7)3rd 18:46 · Wrist ShotAssists: Marco Rossi (25), Matt Boldy (24)
  • Mats Zuccarello (12)3rd 19:33 · Tip-InAssists: Jared Spurgeon (10), Marco Rossi (26)

CGY

  • PPAndrei Kuzmenko (3)1st 6:58 · Tip-InAssists: Nazem Kadri (17), MacKenzie Weegar (18)
  • Martin Pospisil (3)2nd 12:28 · Wrist ShotAssists: Andrei Kuzmenko (10), Yegor Sharangovich (7)
  • PPRasmus Andersson (7)2nd 19:52 · Snap ShotAssists: Mikael Backlund (11), Martin Pospisil (12)
  • Clark Bishop (1)3rd 11:53 · Wrist ShotAssists: Ryan Lomberg (4)
  • Andrei Kuzmenko (4)3rd 14:29 · Wrap-aroundAssists: Yegor Sharangovich (8), MacKenzie Weegar (19)

Calgary Flames vs Minnesota Wild Game Summary — Saturday, January 25, 2025

By Hockey in 60

Calgary Flames won 5–4 at Grand Casino Arena.

A brief summary of the verified result. Source: ESPN game record. Detailed reporting is shown when available.

Calgary Flames vs Minnesota Wild Game Analysis — Saturday, January 25, 2025

By Hockey in 60

Calgary Flames paired the victory with a 29–25 advantage in shots on goal, accounting for 53.7% of the two teams’ combined shots. That gives the result support beyond the scoreline: the winning side also put more attempts on target. Shot totals alone do not show the quality of those chances or how the balance changed while either team was protecting a lead.

Calgary Flames converted 2 of 3 power plays (66.7%); Minnesota Wild converted 1 of 2 power plays (50.0%). The 1-goal net power-play edge matched the 1-goal final margin. This identifies special teams as a meaningful scoring difference, without proving how the game would have unfolded with different penalties.

Calgary Flames won 61.9% of faceoffs. That is a clear edge in restarts, but faceoff percentage should not be treated as a possession percentage: the totals do not show where the draws occurred or what happened immediately afterwards.

Hockey in 60’s interpretation of verified game statistics, highlighting meaningful differences and what they suggest about the result. Comparisons describe this game, not season averages. Source: ESPN game statistics.

Calgary Flames vs Minnesota Wild Official Game Highlights — Saturday, January 25, 2025

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Calgary Flames vs Minnesota Wild Game Statistics — Saturday, January 25, 2025

Reported team totals. — means unavailable.
StatisticCalgary FlamesMinnesota Wild
Shots on goal2925
Power-play goals21
Power-play opportunities32
Power-play conversion (%)66.750.0
Faceoffs won (%)61.938.1
Hits2023
Blocked shots1320
Takeaways911
Giveaways87
Penalty minutes1517

Source: ESPN game statistics.

Scoring and goaltending

Calgary Flames won 5–4 at Grand Casino Arena.

Who scored

Goalies

  • Dustin Wolf stopped 21 of 25 for Calgary Flames.
  • Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 24 of 29 for Minnesota Wild.

Martin Pospisil Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Andrei Kuzmenko (10), Yegor Sharangovich (7) That made the score 2–1 in the 2nd, and Calgary Flames stayed ahead.

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