🔥 Away Flames 18-16-2
6–3
Final
🏔️ Home Avalanche 12-20-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🔥 CGY 0426
🏔️ COL 1113

Flames at Avalanche

Flames beat Avalanche 6–3 at Ball Arena on December 27, 2016.

🗓 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2016-17 🔁 Flames lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🔥 CGY
Johnny Gaudreau
2 G, 1 A
6 shots · 16:47 TOI
2nd star 🔥 CGY
Mikael Backlund
2 G, 1 A
2 shots · 11:51 TOI
3rd star 🔥 CGY
Kris Versteeg
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 13:28 TOI

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Gabriel Landeskog Go-ahead 1st · 18:22
Assists: Nathan MacKinnon, Tyson Barrie · beat Brian Elliott
0–1
2nd period
🔥 Mikael Backlund Tying 2nd · 01:33
Assists: Matthew Tkachuk, Dennis Wideman · beat Calvin Pickard
1–1
🔥 Sam Bennett Go-ahead 2nd · 09:49
Assists: Deryk Engelland, Mikael Backlund · beat Calvin Pickard
2–1
🔥 Johnny Gaudreau 2nd · 11:45
Assists: Dennis Wideman, TJ Brodie · beat Calvin Pickard
3–1
🏔️ Jarome Iginla 2nd · 13:12
Assists: Carl Soderberg, Cody Goloubef · beat Brian Elliott
3–2
🔥 Mikael Backlund 2nd · 15:51
Assists: Dougie Hamilton, Michael Frolik · beat Calvin Pickard
4–2
3rd period
🔥 Johnny Gaudreau 3rd · 10:22
Assists: Kris Versteeg, Matt Stajan · beat Calvin Pickard
5–2
🏔️ Gabriel Landeskog 3rd · 13:12
Assists: Nathan MacKinnon, Cody Goloubef · beat Brian Elliott
5–3
🔥 Kris Versteeg PP 3rd · 14:28
Assists: TJ Brodie, Johnny Gaudreau · beat Calvin Pickard
6–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🔥Flames
L1 Gaudreau · Monahan · Chiasson 16:47
L2 Bennett · Stajan · Frolik 16:03
L3 Bouma · Ferland · Versteeg 13:14
L4 Tkachuk · Backlund · Hathaway 11:36
D1 Giordano · Hamilton 23:02
D2 Brodie · Wideman 20:22
D3 Engelland · Jokipakka 15:34
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Landeskog · MacKinnon · Rantanen 20:32
L2 Duchene · Soderberg · Grigorenko 17:26
L3 Comeau · Bourque · Iginla 14:22
L4 Martinsen · Mitchell · Colborne 8:10
D1 Zadorov · Barrie 23:28
D2 Beauchemin · Tyutin 19:05
D3 Goloubef · Gelinas 13:42

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🔥CGY COL🏔️
31 Shots on goal 28
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6
16 Hits 20
19 Blocked shots 20
11 Takeaways 14
2 Giveaways 5
12 Penalty minutes 16
CGY shooting 19.4% (6/31) COL shooting 10.7% (3/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🔥Flames
Brian Elliott
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Calvin Pickard
25/31
.806 SV% · 6 GA · 59:58 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Gabriel Landeskog · 1st 18:22 · 0–1 Mikael Backlund · 2nd 01:33 · 1–1 Sam Bennett · 2nd 09:49 · 2–1 Johnny Gaudreau · 2nd 11:45 · 3–1 Jarome Iginla · 2nd 13:12 · 3–2 Mikael Backlund · 2nd 15:51 · 4–2 Johnny Gaudreau · 3rd 10:22 · 5–2 Gabriel Landeskog · 3rd 13:12 · 5–3 Kris Versteeg · 3rd 14:28 · 6–3
CGY COL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Flames
Flames — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-6-1 (42% win rate, 12 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 4–2
Flames
Flames — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-6 (14% win rate, 7 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Flames lead the season series 1–0
Mar 182016 🏔️COL @ 🔥CGY 4–3 SO Jan 22016 🔥CGY @ 🏔️COL 4–0 Nov 32015 🔥CGY @ 🏔️COL 3–6 Mar 232015 🏔️COL @ 🔥CGY 2–3 Mar 142015 🔥CGY @ 🏔️COL 2–3
🔮 Ask Puckey

Got a question about Flames vs Avalanche?

Records, streaks, splits and player numbers, answered in seconds from real game results.

Try one

❓ CGY vs COL, answered

Who won Flames vs Avalanche on December 27, 2016?

Flames won 6–3. The final score was Flames 6, Avalanche 3.

Who scored for Flames?

Johnny Gaudreau (2), Mikael Backlund (2), Kris Versteeg, Sam Bennett.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Gabriel Landeskog (2), Jarome Iginla.

How did the Flames goalie play?

Brian Elliott made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Calvin Pickard made 25 saves on 31 shots (.806 save percentage).

Where is Flames vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Flames vs Avalanche season series?

Flames lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from real box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🔥 Flames
BeforeDec 23 🐋VAN @ 🔥CGY 1–4 AfterDec 29 🦆ANA @ 🔥CGY 3–1
🏔️ Avalanche
BeforeDec 23 🏔️COL @ 🪶CHI 2–1 AfterDec 29 🏔️COL @ ⭐DAL 2–4
Also on December 27
🦅WSH 3–4 🏝️NYI 🏛️OTT 3–4 🗽NYR 🐻BOS 3–4 🧥CBJ 🐧PIT 5–2 😈NJD ⚔️BUF 4–3 🐙DET 🌲MIN 3–2 🐯NSH ✈️WPG 3–1 🪶CHI ⭐DAL 3–2 🌵ARI
Flames season page Avalanche season page Full NHL schedule