The Ducks’ postseason hopes were officially extinguished by the Flames in a game played on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Calgary. The Flames beat the Ducks 4-1, extending the Ducks’ postseason drought to seven consecutive seasons. <\/p>\n
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The Ducks\u2019 Radko Gudas, left, and the Calgary Flames\u2019 Kevin Bahl battle for position during the second period on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Calgary. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Ducks goalie John Gibson, left, can\u2019t stop a shot by the Calgary Flames\u2019 Nazem Kadri 16 seconds into the first period on Thursday night in Calgary, ALberta. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
The Calgary Flames\u2019 Nazem Kadri, centre, celebrates his goal with teammates and fans during the first period of their game against the Ducks on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Calgary. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Ducks goalie John Gibson, left, blocks the net on the Calgary Flames\u2019 Joel Farabee during the first period on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Calgary. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
The Ducks\u2019 Olen Zellweger, left, celebrates his goal with teammate Jacob Trouba during the first period of their game against the Calgary Flames on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Calgary. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
The Ducks\u2019 Radko Gudas, bottom, checks the Calgary Flames\u2019 Adam Klapka during the first period on on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Calgary. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
The Ducks\u2019 Oliver Kylington, left, chases the Calgary Flames\u2019 Jonathan Huberdeau during the first period on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Calgary. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
The Ducks\u2019 Sam Colangelo, left, is checked by the Calgary Flames\u2019 Kevin Rooney during the first period on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Calgary. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Ducks goalie John Gibson, right, defends his net as the Calgary Flames\u2019 Adam Klapka shoots wide during the second period on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Calgary. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
The Calgary Flames\u2019 Blake Coleman, center, celebrates his goal with teammates during the second period of their game against the Ducks on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Calgary. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
The Ducks\u2019 Mason McTavish, right, tries to dig the pick out from under Calgary Flames goalie Dustin Wolf\u2019s glove during the second period on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Calgary. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
The Ducks\u2019 Drew Helleson, center, and the Calgary Flames\u2019 Joel Farabee, right, look back as Ducks goalie John Gibson stops a shot during the second period on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Calgary. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
The Ducks\u2019 Jansen Harkins, right, is checked by the Calgary Flames\u2019 Blake Coleman during the second period on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Calgary. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
The Ducks\u2019 Troy Terry, left, has his shot kicked away by Calgary Flames goalie Dustin Wolf during the third period on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Calgary. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
The Ducks\u2019 Sam Colangelo, left, tries to get the puck past Calgary Flames goalie Dustin Wolf during the third period on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Calgary. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
The Ducks\u2019 Leo Carlsson, right, checks the Calgary Flames\u2019 Nazem Kadri during the third period on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Calgary. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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1<\/span> of 16<\/span><\/p>\n CALGARY, Alberta \u2014 Despite a season of visible progress, the obvious became official north of the border.<\/p>\n Blake Coleman scored a pair of special teams goals, Dustin Wolf made 26 saves and the Calgary Flames beat the Ducks, 4-1, on Thursday night, officially eliminating the Ducks from the playoff race and extending their postseason drought to seven consecutive seasons.<\/p>\n Nazem Kadri and Kevin Rooney also scored and Yegor Sharangovich had two assists for the Flames (36-27-12, 84 points), who helped their playoff hopes. \u201cWe looked a little tired or something, not really competing like we need to be,\u201d Zellweger told NHL.com. \u201cObviously because of that we\u2019re giving up way too many chances against. There were a few good moments throughout the game, but overall we have to be way better, way more competitive and complete. It\u2019s unfortunate, our effort that game.\u201d \u201cAs much as it\u2019s disappointing tonight, I think from the big picture we took a step in the right direction,\u201d Ducks captain Radko Gudas told NHL.com. \u201cYou can see the guys here that are young and wanted to get better, they want to get better every game we play. I thought for us, obviously not a successful year because of (missing) the playoffs, but I think it was a step in the right direction for the organization and the future is going to be bright if we can keep this group together.\u201d<\/p>\n Flames forward Martin Pospisil collided with Gibson with 24 seconds left in the second. Pospisil was driving to the net and was hauled down by the Ducks\u2019 Radko Gudas, who was penalized for holding. Kadri got the Flames off to a fast start, scoring his team-leading 31st goal of the season 16 seconds in when he elected to shoot on a 2-on-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Introduction to the Game The Ducks’ postseason hopes were officially extinguished by the Flames in a game played on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Calgary. The Flames beat the Ducks 4-1, extending the Ducks’ postseason drought to seven consecutive seasons. The Ducks\u2019 Radko Gudas, left, and the Calgary Flames\u2019 Kevin Bahl battle for position during […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11643","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.dailynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AP25094083251152.jpg?w=1400px&strip=all&w=1400&resize=1400,926&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11643"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11645,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11643\/revisions\/11645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Game Highlights<\/h2>\n
\nOlen Zellweger scored for the Ducks (33-34-8, 74 points) on a night when goalie John Gibson left after the second period because of a lower-body injury.<\/p>\nPost-Game Reactions<\/h2>\n
\nThe Ducks, who finished with 59 points last season, are already 15 points better with seven games remaining.<\/p>\nSeason Outlook<\/h2>\n
Injury Update<\/h2>\n
\nGibson finished the period, allowing three goals on 26 shots. Lukas Dostal stopped eight of nine shots in the third. There was no update on Gibson\u2019s status postgame.<\/p>\nGame Turning Points<\/h2>\n