Wolf posts 16-save shutout, Calgary Flames blank San Jose Sharks 2-0

CALGARY — Dustin Wolf posted a 16-save shutout for the Calgary Flames in a 2-0 win over the visiting San Jose Sharks on Thursday.

Blake Coleman scored and Samuel Honzek added an empty-net goal for the Flames (5-12-2), who halted a three-game losing streak.

Sharks goaltender Yaroslav Askarov stopped 34 of 35 shots for San Jose (8-7-3), whose win streak snapped at four.

Coleman scored the first goal of the game at 5:46 of the second period when Sharks defencemen Sam Dickinson and Philipp Kurashev turned the puck over in the defensive zone and the Flames winger beat Askarov upstairs.

The Flames outshot the visitors 13-1 and 27-6 at period breaks. Calgary couldn’t solve Askarov or turn a late power-play opportunity into a goal in the opening period.

TAKEAWAYS

Flames: Goal scoring continues to be an uphill battle. Dominated faceoffs in the first period 14-3. Rory Kerins, called up from the American Hockey League’s Wranglers, made his NHL season debut on the left wing of centre Nazem Kadri. Yegor Sharangovich, a 31-goal man in 2023-24, was a healthy scratch after two goals in his first 16 games.

Sharks: Didn’t generate any sustained offensive pressure until late in the second period. Winger Jeff Skinner left early in the first with an apparent left-leg injury sustained while racing Kerins for the puck at the boards.

KEY MOMENT

Dustin Wolf made three straight saves in a flurry midway through the third period, including two from Sharks leading scorer Macklin Celebrini, and added another four stops in the final minute after Askarov was pulled for an extra attacker.

KEY STAT

The Flames held the NHL’s top road power-play scoreless on two chances.

UP NEXT

Flames: Host the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday.

Sharks: Visit the Seattle Kraken on Saturday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 13, 2025.