NHL · Oct 22, 2026
Calgary Flames beat Minnesota Wild as Farabee’s power-play goal proves decisive
By Row Seventeen ·
Calgary Flames beat Minnesota Wild 2–1 (NHL) on October 22, 2026.
In the NHL on October 22, 2026, Calgary beat Minnesota 2–1 in regulation, with two first-period power-play goals deciding the game.
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Key moments
Sources ↓- Opening
Minnesota took three penalties in the opening 14 minutes, giving Calgary early opportunities with the man advantage.
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The second period passed without a goal from either team. Calgary killed two penalties during the period, preserving its two-goal advantage and carrying that margin into the third.
Read in context ↘ - Closing stages
Minnesota pulled Jesper Wallstedt for an extra attacker late but could not equalize. Cooley made further saves in the final minute to preserve Calgary’s one-goal margin.
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Early Minnesota penalties give Calgary its opening
Minnesota took three penalties in the opening 14 minutes, giving Calgary early opportunities with the man advantage. Blake Coleman acknowledged that his first-period tripping penalty contributed to the deficit, part of an opening period in which Minnesota conceded both of Calgary’s goals.
Aydar Suniev opened the scoring on a power play after Adam Klapka worked the puck out front. Suniev finished with a high shot, putting Calgary ahead before another power-play opportunity produced its second goal.
Farabee converts, then Calgary kills two penalties
Joel Farabee converted a rebound from Morgan Frost for his first goal of the season. His finish doubled Calgary’s advantage in the first period and ultimately supplied the winning goal. Suniev scored at 10:49, with Farabee following at 14:06.
The second period passed without a goal from either team. Calgary killed two penalties during the period, preserving its two-goal advantage and carrying that margin into the third.
McCarron brings Minnesota within one
Michael McCarron scored at 4:39 of the third period, taking Nico Sturm’s pass near the faceoff dot. His goal cut Minnesota’s deficit to one, but the Wild did not score again.
Minnesota finished scoreless on four power plays. The special-teams difference was decisive: Calgary scored both of its goals with the man advantage, while Minnesota’s opportunities produced no goals to offset those first-period finishes.
Cooley’s late saves preserve the margin
Minnesota pulled Jesper Wallstedt for an extra attacker late but could not equalize. Cooley made further saves in the final minute to preserve Calgary’s one-goal margin.
Minnesota ended the game with a 6–3–2 record, while Calgary’s victory left the Flames with a mark of 3–6–0.
Based on the match coverage and records linked below. Core match facts were checked against the linked source pages. This is an original, AI-assisted recap.
- NHL official game summary
- NHL game recap; shares 25-word allowance with embedded and CDN copies
- The Hockey News: Bryan Wilson match review
- The Hockey News: Dylan Loucks special-teams report
- Download the supporting facts and attribution
Published 2026-10-24. Game date shown above.
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