It’s easy to judge penalty kills by their kill percentages. But for the Calgary Flames, they were one of the teams in the National Hockey League that made opposing power plays uneasy. When the Flames were a man down, they were sometimes just as dangerous offensively as the team they were playing against. They’re hoping to maintain and enhance their dangerous penalty kill this coming season.
Flames forward Elias Lindholm was a big part of the PK’s success in 2018-19. Landing in an expanded PK role after playing a similar, if smaller, role in Carolina under head coach Bill Peters, Lindholm actually led all Flames forwards in shorthanded ice time.