Instant Reaction: Flames earn exhibition overtime win in Edmonton

A few more minutes later, Joel Farabee buried a feed from Rory Kerins on a power play to give the Flames a 2-1 lead.

But before period ended, Matvei Petrov tied things up for the Oilers at 2-2.

The third period settled nothing and this exhibition game – already a form of bonus hockey in itself – produced additional hockey at no extra cost to the attendees. In extra time, Frost scored his second of the game to give the Flames a 3-2 victory.

How did it go?

Despite having a roster that was a bit leaner on NHL pedigree than their Edmonton counterparts, the Flames seemed to do a pretty capable job of hanging around. Were they out-shot? Yes, in all three periods, and by a 30-14 in the aggregate.

Let’s give a shout-out to Frost, who scored twice and won 54.5% of his draws, Kevin Bahl, who played a team-leading 23:37 and was on for zero goals by either team, and Ivan Prosvetov, who made 28 saves for the victory.

This and that

Flames lineup:

Farabee – Frost – Frk
Lomberg – Pospisil – Klapka
Hunt – Kerins – Ciona
Battaglia – Bishop – Bell

Bahl – Hurtig
Kuznetsov – Pachal
Solovyov – Miromanov

Ivan Prosvetov started for the Flames, backed up by Arsenii Sergeev. Prosvetov played the full game.

Edmonton lineup (via Jason Gregor):

Podkolzin – Frederic – Savoie
Janmark – Tomasek – Griffith
Pitlick – Hamblin – Lafrenière
Stonehouse – Marjala – Petrov

Nurse – Walman
Dineen – Regula
Millman – Stecher

Matt Tomkins started for Edmonton, backed up by Calvin Pickard. Tomkins went the distance.

Up next

The Flames return to exciting exhibition game action on Tuesday night when they host the Seattle Kraken at the Saddledome.