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On New Year's Eve, the Philadelphia Flyers suffered a 5-1 loss to the Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
The Flyers complete their four-game road trip on Saturday night at Edmonton. Flyers entered the game leading the NHL in comeback win with 14. No else had more than 11. … Since 2000, the Flames have a league-leading New Year’s Eve games mark of 14-4-2.
At the other end of the rink, Calgary No. 1 Dustin Wolf has been automatic on home ice, posting six consecutive wins while posting an elite .939 SV% and 1.66 GAA. Of course, he also went 20-8-4 with respective .921 and 2.33 marks at the Scotiabank Saddledome last season.
Travis Konecny scored and Samuel Ersson made 20 saves for the Flyers (20-12-7), who were playing the second half of a back to back after a 6-3 win at the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. It was just the third regulation loss in the past 12 games (5-3-4) for Philadelphia.
The Calgary Flames will look to remain hot on home ice when they play host to the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday.
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