The Flames could be without Devin Cooley for weeks, with an early read pointing to a likely MCL injury.
Time off depends on severity, but that type of injury often means four to six weeks out.
The same mechanism can also cause a high ankle sprain. The early read is that the ankle looks OK here.
Cooley left after one period of Wednesday's 4-0 loss in Edmonton, having stopped eight of nine shots.
Dustin Wolf took over and stopped 20 of 23 the rest of the way.
The loss snapped Calgary's four-game win streak.
Dustin Wolf has one win in six appearances, with Seattle and Colorado back to back
The Flames were also held scoreless, which makes a cold goalie even harder to survive.
Edmonton's shutout snapped a two-game skid on the night Jason Dickinson returned.
Cooley had become Calgary's best goalie, and it wasn't close. He's 4-3 with a .914 save percentage.
Wolf carries a $7,500,000 cap hit and has one win in six appearances.
Cooley costs $1,350,000. That gap has been the story of Calgary's crease all season.
It's like the cheap umbrella from the gas station being the only one that doesn't leak. Then it breaks.
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And the schedule is brutal. Calgary hosts Seattle on Friday and visits Colorado on Saturday, a back-to-back that now looks a lot scarier.
Conroy can't just hope Wolf finds his game. He needs a goalie on the phone today, even if it's only insurance.
Ryan Huska will have to decide whether to ride Wolf on both nights or turn to a call-up.
Calgary is now 1-4-0 on the road, so the trip to Colorado won't get any easier.
Can Wolf turn this into the moment he takes the net back?
If he can't, the Flames could slide a long way down the Pacific before Cooley ever gets back in the crease.
Should the Flames trade for a goalie while Devin Cooley is out?
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