Cooley's 32 saves and Coronato's 65th-minute winner: Flames 4-3 Flyers after overtime

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Thirty-five shots against, twenty-six for. A nine-shot gap is how home teams lose. Calgary won anyway, 4-3 after overtime, because Devin Cooley spent the night erasing the difference and Matt Coronato ended the argument at 65 minutes.

Philadelphia struck first, Denver Barkey at 13 minutes with Jamie Drysdale assisting. Zayne Parekh levelled at 16, Yegor Sharangovich picking up the first of his two assists. Noel Acciari put the Flyers back ahead at 23 off Nick Seeler's setup, and Calgary answered within three minutes — Zach Whitecloud at 26, Sharangovich involved again. Owen Tippett made it 2-3 at 36 through Christian Dvorak, and the visitors took that lead to the second intermission. The middle frame also carried three minors: Morgan Frost and Parekh for Calgary at 28 and 34, Porter Martone for Philadelphia at 39.

Aydar Suniev's minor at 47 preceded Joel Farabee's equalizer at 49, Martin Pospisil helping — 3-3. Trevor Zegras sat at 55, but Calgary's power play finished 0-for-2 against Philadelphia's 1-for-3, and the third period closed 1-0 for the Flames. The fourth needed one sequence: Coronato on Simon Nemec's assist, 4-3, done at the 65-minute mark.

Cooley made the math stand up: 32 saves on 35 shots while his skaters got outshot badly. Dan Vladar stopped 22 at the other end and still took the loss. The setup men told the same mirror story — Yegor Sharangovich with two assists and a plus-2 for Calgary, Sean Couturier with two assists and a plus-2 for Philadelphia.

Nine shots down, one goal ahead at the final horn. The only arithmetic that pays rent at the Saddledome.