Flames vs. Kraken: Matt Coronato's Career-High Four Points Power Calgary's 6-2 Revenge Win

Calgary waited almost a full month to settle this score. During the opening week of the season, the Seattle Kraken beat the Flames 6-1 in Calgary and then 6-1 again in Seattle, a pair of beatdowns that helped send the Flames into an 0-5-0 hole. On Friday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome, the Flames finally sent the bill.

Matt Coronato piled up a career-high four points on a goal and three assists, Joel Farabee added a goal and two assists, and the Calgary Flames rolled past the Kraken 6-2. Revenge is a dish best served cold, and in Calgary in late October it was served at roughly rink temperature.

Calgary Grabs It Early, Then Breaks It Open

The Flames never trailed. Morgan Frost opened the scoring on the power play at 2:32 of the first, ripping a shot from the circle into the top corner on Philipp Grubauer, with Farabee and Coronato assisting. Seattle answered at 11:34 when Freddy Gaudreau scored on a backhand for his team-leading seventh goal of the season, and the teams went to the first intermission tied 1-1.

Then the second period happened, and Seattle's night went from competitive to cooked in under five minutes.

Aydar Suniev put Calgary back in front at 5:45, finishing a feed from Frost. Matvei Gridin made it 3-1 on the power play at 8:43, again with Farabee and Coronato on the assists. At 10:40, Mikael Backlund carried the puck into the zone on the right side and found Farabee in the high slot, and Farabee slipped a low shot through Grubauer's legs for a 4-1 lead. That was the end of Grubauer's evening. Three goals in a 4:55 span, and the Kraken went to the bench for Joey Daccord.

Mackie Samoskevich pulled one back on a Seattle power play at 18:15 of the second, but Calgary slammed the door early in the third. Coronato scored 39 seconds into the third with a wrist shot from the high slot past Daccord's glove, and Ryan Strome added one more at 18:14 to cap a six-goal night, Calgary's highest output of the season.

Coronato's Big Night

Coronato did not need much ice time to take over. He logged just 13:28, yet he had a hand in four of Calgary's six goals: assists on the Frost, Gridin and Farabee goals, then his own snipe early in the third. It was his third goal of the season and the best offensive night of his career. According to the Flames, his previous high was three points, a mark he had reached twice, most recently on March 28, 2026, in a 7-3 win over Vancouver.

Farabee was right there with him. His goal and two assists made him the other half of a two-man wrecking crew alongside Coronato, and his goal was the one that chased Grubauer. Frost and Gridin each finished with a goal and an assist, and Martin Pospisil threw his weight around to the tune of eight hits as Calgary won the physical battle 31-17.

Then there is Backlund, quietly climbing the franchise record book. His assist on Farabee's goal was his 610th career point, 234 goals and 376 assists, moving him into sole possession of fifth on Calgary's all-time scoring list ahead of Johnny Gaudreau, according to the AP. He now sits six points behind Joe Nieuwendyk for fourth.

The Goalie Story on Both Ends

Dustin Wolf made his first start since Oct. 15 and was steady, stopping 20 of 22 shots to improve to 2-4-0. Wolf had come on in relief Wednesday in Edmonton after Devin Cooley was injured late in the first period, according to the AP, so this was his chance to seize the net, and he did not waste it.

Seattle's goaltending had a much rougher night. Grubauer allowed four goals on 14 shots before getting the hook at 10:40 of the second, and Daccord gave up two on 13 shots in relief. Grubauer did not get much help from the penalty kill, either.

The Turning Point: Special Teams, Again

If you are looking for one thing that decided this game, look at the man advantage. Calgary went 2-for-2 on the power play, and both goals landed at key moments: Frost's opener and Gridin's 3-1 strike in the middle of the second-period surge. The Flames are now a scorching 9-for-20 on the power play over their last seven games, per the AP.

Seattle, meanwhile, has allowed 10 power-play goals on 17 chances over its last six games, according to the AP. That is not a penalty kill. That is an open-door policy. The Kraken went 1-for-4 with their own power play, which was not nearly enough to keep pace.

Stats That Matter

• 4: Coronato's points, a career high, on a goal and three assists.
• 2-for-2: Calgary's power play, which is 9-for-20 over its last seven games.
• 4:55: The span in which the Flames scored three second-period goals to blow it open.
• 31-17: Calgary's edge in hits, with Pospisil delivering eight of them.
• 610: Backlund's career points, now fifth in Flames history.

What It Means

Calgary is 6-7-0 with 12 points, and that number tells a story. After opening 0-5-0, the Flames are 6-2-0 since, and this win also extended their home winning streak to five games. It was a strong bounce-back from a 4-0 loss in Edmonton on Wednesday that ended a four-game winning streak. The Flames now hit the road, starting Saturday in Colorado.

Seattle falls to 8-5-1 with 17 points, still comfortably above water, but the penalty kill is becoming a real problem. The Kraken get another crack at Calgary when they host the Flames next Wednesday, which should be appointment viewing after this one.

Closing Take

Back in the first week of October, the Flames looked like a team in serious trouble, and Seattle looked like the bully on the block. Four weeks later, Calgary has a rhythm, a red-hot power play and a winger in Coronato who just had the best night of his career. Seattle still holds the season series edge for now. The rematch in Seattle next week suddenly feels a lot less one-sided.

Stats from the official box score via ESPN. Game details from the Associated Press and the Calgary Flames on nhl.com.