Some people are poo-pooing John Tortorella's first Vegas Golden Knights win against the Vancouver Canucks. The team is absolutely abysmal to the point where they're one of the NHL's worst teams. However, there's a bright side to this.
For one, Mitch Marner and company can get their bearings right with a good run. After Bruce Cassidy was let go for a mediocre 2025-26 showing, the Golden Knights are banking on the team to give their new head coach a warm welcome.
What better way to do that than to continue the momentum against the Calgary Flames? The other Pacific Division rival is out of the playoff picture and has no hopes of winning. That's especially true for Marner, who has a good track record in recent memory against Calgary.
How good, you ask? Well, the last eight (10 here) games tell a story of how great he's been against the Flames. It shows how he's dominated Calgary, both with the Toronto Maple Leafs and with the Vegas Golden Knights.
Mitch Marner has five goals and seven assists in his last eight games against the Calgary Flames
Mitch Marner has been a shining star in his last eight games against the Calgary Flames. He has five goals and seven assists in that span, providing ample scoring for both the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Vegas Golden Knights.
That has included multi-point games in his last four contests. The Golden Knights winger has two goals and six assists in his last four contests, including a solid two-goal performance on October 18. If you want further perspective of his dominance over the Albertan team, he has multi-point games in five of his last eight games against the Flames.
Sure, he might have 10 goals and 16 assists in his career against the Flames. However, his recent stretch has been inspiring for the Golden Knights. In fact, he has two goals and four assists in three games with Vegas against Calgary. That has been an unprecedented level of dominance against a Pacific Division rival, where he's lit Alberta on fire—literally.
That should bode well for the Golden Knights on Thursday when the Flames come to town. Vegas needs an absolute boost with the 2025-26 season going south quickly. Without Bruce Cassidy in tow, the team could use anything positive to bolster its hopes. What better way to do this than for Marner to dominate the Flames once more on Thursday?