SportsHockeyFlames

What the Calgary Flames had to say after record-breaking night from Dustin Wolf

Colton Pankiw
Colton Pankiw
|
Mar 9 2025, 12:00 pm
What the Calgary Flames had to say after record-breaking night from Dustin Wolf
Sergei Belski/Imagn Images

The Calgary Flames found the back of the net just once versus the Montreal Canadiens last night, and that’s all they needed.

As he’s done from the get-go this season, Dustin Wolf was superb in this one, kicking aside all 26 shots he faced. In doing so, he has become the first rookie goaltender in Flames’ franchise history to record three shutouts.

“I said to [Jason LaBarbera] after the game, ‘It’s weird to me, rebounds don’t come off of him,'” head coach Ryan Huska said. “He fights through traffic. He’s got a way of understanding where the shots coming from and where it’s going to end up. He’s a cool cucumber in there, there’s no doubt about it.

“I feel like [his game] has been the same since September. I feel like I sit up here and I talk about his play pretty consistently. … He’s been consistent for us all year.”

That he certainly has. The rookie netminder has now accounted for 22 of the Flames’ 30 wins this season. Through his 38 starts, he’s rocking a stellar 2.52 GAA paired with a .915 SV%.

“Those are fun games to play in. You can’t loosen up,” Wolf commented. “Those are the games you dream of playing, 1-0, 2-1. Those are the ones that matter the most. [But] it doesn’t really matter how they come right now, as long as we find a way to get two points.”

The lone goal in this game was scored by Joel Farabee, marking his second in as many games. The 25-year-old seems to be settling in as of late, though he too was more interested in talking about his goaltender afterward.

“I played World Junior summer camp with him, and from where he is now [compared] to how many years ago I saw him, it’s exponentially [better],” Farabee said. “He’s so good, so quick. He’s obviously a smaller guy, but he doesn’t give up much.

“Something that impresses me too is when guys rim the puck on the glass and he knocks them down to help our [defencemen]. That’s something that doesn’t really get talked about, but he’s so good at it. It makes life in the d-zone a lot easier when he’s doing that.”

With tonight’s win, the Flames have once again jumped ahead of the Vancouver Canucks to take possession of the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. While Huska’s group is taking a one-game-at-a-time approach, they have no issue admitting that they are well in tune with other games going on around the league.

“Every game matters. There’s a lot of scoreboard watching from everyone in the room,” Wolf said. “You’re hoping for results outside of your control and you’re trying to do everything you can to get two points every night.”

The Flames’ biggest game of this season to date will come on Wednesday night against the those very same Canucks they are in a nail-biting race against.

ADVERTISEMENT