Flames Beat Flyers 4-3 in Overtime on Coronato's Goal

The Calgary Flames wiped out three separate one-goal deficits and beat the Philadelphia Flyers in overtime Sunday night at Scotiabank Saddledome.

Overtime at the Saddledome

Philadelphia was the visiting team, and Calgary did not hold a lead at any point in regulation before the game went past 60 minutes. The Flyers held the edge in shots on the night, 34-26.

Dan Vladar stopped Trevor Zegras with 1:46 left on a pass from Tyson Foerster, and Devin Cooley came up with two stops of his own before the winning sequence.

Coronato Ends It on a 3-on-1

Christian Dvorak and Cam York ran into each other, leaving two Flyers stranded up ice. Calgary broke the other way on a 3-on-1 rush, and Matvei Gridin fed Coronato.

Coronato snapped the puck from the slot past Vladar's blocker side at 4:08 of overtime, 52 seconds from the end of the period, to finish a 4-3 Calgary win. It was his fourth goal of the season and the eighth game-winner of his career. It was also his second career overtime goal, after the first on Nov. 5, 2024 at Montreal.

Three Deficits, Three Answers

Noel Acciari made it 2-1 at 2:16 of the second, redirecting a Nick Seeler point shot over Cooley's left arm. Zach Whitecloud tied it at 5:59, scoring from the left circle after Aydar Suniev kept Calgary's attack alive inside the Flyers' zone. Owen Tippett's power-play goal at 15:07, a rebound in the slot that he turned and wristed to the glove side, sent the Flyers into the second intermission ahead 3-2.

Joel Farabee tied it 3-3 at 8:27 of the third period. Martin Pospisil knocked a loose puck into open space at the Calgary blue line, sending Farabee in alone on a short-handed breakaway. Farabee deked to his backhand and beat Vladar. Yegor Sharangovich finished with two assists.

Cooley's Return and the Save That Mattered

Cooley made 31 saves in his first start back and was credited with the win. His biggest stop came early in the second period, right after Philadelphia had gone ahead 2-1: Cole Knuble carried the puck into the Calgary zone along the left wing and passed across, and Cooley moved over his crease to deny Tippett from the bottom of the right circle. Whitecloud tied the game a little more than three minutes later.

Cooley also turned aside a Travis Konecny shot with 1:31 left in regulation. Speaking to reporters afterward, he played down the attention his media request had drawn and remarked on how small the NHL bubble is.

Defensemen Step Up With Bahl Gone

The Flames announced Sunday that defenseman Kevin Bahl will miss the rest of the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon and needed surgery. Two of Calgary's four goals came from defensemen on the same day the team learned one of its leading blueliners was done for the year.

Whitecloud's goal was his first of the season and his first as a Flame, 48-and-a-half games into his Calgary tenure. It was the 24th regular-season goal of his NHL career, with all the earlier ones scored for the Vegas Golden Knights. He also logged 22:19, the most ice time of any Calgary skater.

Parekh's goal was the seventh of his career, moving him to fifth all-time among Flames defensemen aged 20 or under. Dion Phaneuf leads that list with 19 and Paul Reinhart has 17. Parekh is up to eight points this season, six of them since Oct. 24.

Flyers Drop to 4-10-5 as Couturier Passes Brind'Amour

The Flyers fall to 4-10-5, have lost three in a row at 0-2-1 and still have not won a game decided after regulation. They went 1-for-3 on the power play and killed both of the penalties they faced.

Vladar stopped 22 of 26 shots, including a stop on Farabee with 2:45 remaining and another with 22 seconds left. Captain Couturier's two assists gave him the 54th multi-assist game of his career and lifted him to 367, passing Rob Brind'Amour for eighth on the Flyers' career assist list.

Barkey's goal was his second of the season and stretched his point streak to three games, with two goals and one assist. Jamie Drysdale assisted on it and now has six assists in four games since Nov. 1. Acciari has scored in back-to-back games, his third of the season.

Where Both Teams Stand Now

Calgary climbs to 8-9-1 after dropping its previous two games at 0-1-1. The Flames have won six of their last seven at home and 12 of their past 15 against Philadelphia since 2018-19. They have also won 62 straight games in which they score four or more goals, a run second only to the New York Rangers, who won 65 in a row in such games between 2011 and 2014.

Farabee has now scored in six consecutive home games, with six goals, and Sunday was his first against his former Philadelphia teammates.

The Flyers visit the Vancouver Canucks on Monday, and Calgary closes a three-game homestand Wednesday evening against the Rangers at 6:30 p.m. MT.