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Columbus Blue Jackets torched by Calgary Flames to open road trip
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Rather than bouncing back from a gut-wrenching loss , the Blue Jackets were bounced by the Calgary Flames 5-1 on Nov. 5 at Saddledome to start a four-game trip.
After allowing goals 36 seconds apart in the game's first 1:32, falling behind 2-0, the Jackets allowed two more in a span of 37 seconds in the second to trail 4-1 starting the third.
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The two bursts provided plenty of scoring for the Flames (4-9-2), who got an outstanding performance from goalie Dustin Wolf (42 saves). Jet Greaves started for the Blue Jackets (7-6-0), who outshot the Flames 22-6 in the third period without scoring.
Nov 5, 2025; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames left wing Blake Coleman (20) celebrates his goal with teammates against the Columbus Blue Jackets during the first period at Scotiabank Saddledome. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-Imagn Images
As if things weren't bad enough for the Jackets, they also lost top center Sean Monahan to an apparent upper-body injury. Monahan was injured during a collision with Flames defenseman Rasmus Anderson behind the Flames' net in the second, but finished the period. He left the bench at 4:45 of the third after his third shift of the period.
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Adam Fantilli picked up Monahan's shifts, skating with Kirill Marchenko and Dmitri Voronkov . Marchenko scored the lone Columbus goal while killing a penalty late in the first for his sixth goal of the season and first short-handed goal of his NHL career.
Nov 5, 2025; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Columbus Blue Jackets right wing Kirill Marchenko (86) skates with the puck against the Calgary Flames during the first period at Scotiabank Saddledome. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-Imagn Images
Morgan Frost and Blake Coleman scored back-to-back goals for the Flames to start the game. Calgary's second set of back-to-back goals were scored in the second period by Nazem Kadri and Adam Klapka . Mikael Backlund scored into an empty net late in the third to complete the scoring in Kadri's 1,000thNHL game.
The loss was the Blue Jackets' second straight after coughing up a 2-1 lead Nov. 2 at the New York Islanders in a stinging 3-2 setback at UBS Arena. The Islanders scored those two goals just 29 seconds apart in the final 1:07 of the game.
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The Blue Jackets now head to Vancouver for a game Nov. 8 followed by games Nov. 10 at the Edmonton Oilers and Nov. 11 at the Seattle Kraken .
Blue Jackets reporter Brian Hedger can be reached at bhedger@dispatch.com and @BrianHedger.bsky.social
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus Blue Jackets torched by Calgary Flames to open road trip.
