{"id":377414,"date":"2025-12-28T11:33:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T11:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/377414\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T11:33:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T11:33:16","slug":"flames-find-energy-at-home-to-get-back-in-the-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/377414\/","title":{"rendered":"Flames find energy at home to get back in the hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CALGARY \u2013 The Calgary Flames scorching hot play at home continued Saturday night and came in front of their first sellout crowd since last year\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve game against the Vancouver Canucks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>With an announced attendance of 19,289 packed into Scotiabank Saddledome on a cold night, the Flames knocked off the Edmonton Oilers 3-2, avenging the 5-1 loss to their divisional rival in the final game before the holiday break.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was pretty clear from puck drop, we didn\u2019t have any anything in the tank in Edmonton,\u201d said Blake Coleman, whose 11th goal at 12:31 of the third period, moving him into a tie with Matt Coronato for the team lead, was the game winner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was an energy in the room this morning. Guys were pissed off and wanted to bounce back, and it was nice that we had the opportunity to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>When the calendar flipped to December, no team had played more road games than the Flames. But Calgary has spent far more time at home lately and they\u2019ve taken full advantage going 8-1-1 in their last 10.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe feel comfortable and we feel confident in this building, and that\u2019s how it should be,\u201d said goaltender Dustin Wolf, who got the win in his 100th career game. \u201cHome ice should be your advantage, and we just need to be able to turn the road ice into more of an advantage for us going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRelated Videos\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Edmonton Oilers fans react to goaltender Stuart Skinner being traded'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766921594_971_6P-SAYONARA-SKINNER.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:47<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEdmonton Oilers fans react to goaltender Stuart Skinner being traded\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tPrevious Video<\/p>\n<p>\t\tNext Video<\/p>\n<p>Over his span of impressive play at home, Calgary has defeated Central Division heavyweights Dallas and Minnesota, divisional foes Vegas and Edmonton, and the Flames were also the last team to knock off Buffalo, which has won eight straight since.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen things are going your way, you often come to the rink before a game knowing you\u2019re going to win,\u201d said Huska. \u201cSo a lot of times when you get on a roll, like we are a little bit at home here, I feel like the players come here knowing we\u2019re going to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a miserable 2-9-2 start, the Flames were last in the NHL not that long ago. Now the Flames (16-18-4) find themselves just three points back of the San Jose Sharks, who occupy the second wild-card berth in the congested Western Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Helping ignite the raucous crowd was fourth-line agitator Ryan Lomberg, who broke a 1-1 tie at 3:28 of the second, intercepting an ill-advised pass from Oilers defenceman Alex Regula and promptly firing the puck into the top corner, past goaltender Connor Ingram.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Sports<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, we weren\u2019t happy with how we left things off before the break, and we had a handful of days to think about it,\u201d said Lomberg. \u201cContributing to a big win, it\u2019s always a lot better, especially at the Dome. You know, I love it when the sea of red gets rocking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11590698\/edmonton-grey-nuns-hospital-emergency-room-death\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/forweb.png\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tEdmonton father, 44, dies in hospital after waiting 8 hours in ER to see a doctor\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11591851\/armed-man-alert-alberta-rcmp\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/71c3f28f72f93f8afdfafe14f66279fc0f2301178ed1b258e3c53e3d6ecbaad1_960d27.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tTwo people killed in Alberta shooting, suspect arrested\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was Lomberg\u2019s third goal of the season, all of them coming in the last five games. It matches the three goals he scored in 80 games last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love when he scores here because the building gets going. So, it\u2019s nice to see when your role guys or your energy guys can contribute like that,\u201d said Huska. \u201cThe energy in the building the last two games has been through the roof. It\u2019s been awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Calgary was kicking off a five-game homestand that will see Boston, Philadelphia, Nashville and Seattle all pay a visit to the Saddledome, before the Flames next play on the road on Jan. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got to win at home. It\u2019s a big part of this league,\u201d said Coleman. \u201d If we want to stay in this race and in this fight, we got to take care of business on home ice, and so far so good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yegor Sharangovich also scored for the Flames, who defeated Edmonton on home ice for the first time since March 26, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Evan Bouchard and Connor McDavid replied for Edmonton (19-14-6).<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 28, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CALGARY \u2013 The Calgary Flames scorching hot play at home continued Saturday night and came in front of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[895,26,14125,5294,894,15636,146,896,5,285,4,43,27,19255,19256],"class_list":{"0":"post-377414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary-flames","8":"tag-calgary","9":"tag-calgary-flames","10":"tag-calgary-sports","11":"tag-calgaryflames","12":"tag-canucks","13":"tag-canucks-hockey","14":"tag-edmonton-oilers","15":"tag-flames","16":"tag-hockey","17":"tag-national-hockey-league","18":"tag-nhl","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-vancouver-canucks","21":"tag-vancouver-hockey","22":"tag-vancouver-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}