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.

Mikael Backlund had two goals, and the Calgary Flames scored three times in the third period to beat the Seattle Kraken 4-2 on Thursday night. Matt Coronato and Nazem Kadri also scored for the Flames,

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.

Blake Coleman scored his 11th goal of the season with 7:29 to play and the Calgary Flames edged the Edmonton Oilers 3-2

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.

The Calgary Flames defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 6-3, ending Vegas's point streak with Backlund's key performance.

The Calgary Flames will look to remain hot on home ice when they play host to the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday.

The Philadelphia Flyers’ 6–3 win over the Vancouver Canucks was another reminder of how this team has learned to manage games without needing to dominate every minute.