Calgary Daily Sports Digest — March 21, 2026

Curling fans — Einarson’s Canada is into the world semifinals. Canada’s Kerri Einarson beat Japan 6-5 (pool play finished 10-2, Switzerland top at 11-1) to earn a direct spot in the Saturday evening semifinal; medal games are Sunday (report first published March 20, 2026). Teammates Val Sweeting (99% at third), Shannon Birchard (93%) and Karlee Burgess (97%) shone, and the WinSport Event Centre crowd made a big difference — Canada now awaits the winner of Japan vs. Turkey.

Hockey alert — Olofsson nets his first Flames goal in a 4-1 win. Calgary beat the Florida Panthers 4-1 on Friday (Mar. 20, 2026); Victor Olofsson scored his first goal as a Flame and Joel Farabee, Morgan Frost and Matt Coronato also scored as Calgary improved to 28-34-7, while Florida fell to 34-32-3. Dustin Wolf made 24 saves for his 20th win, A.J. Greer scored Florida’s lone goal (his 13th) but was ejected with 8:46 left, and Panthers defenceman Niko Mikkola suffered an apparent left-knee injury.

New Flame fitting in — Olofsson making the most of the move. The 30-year-old scored his first Calgary goal (his 12th this season) after being traded from Colorado just before the March 6 deadline; he says the change was a shock but he’s enjoying more opportunity and the locker-room welcome (report first published March 21, 2026). Calgary is 4-4-0 since the deadline and veterans like Olofsson, Ryan Strome and Olli Määttä are adding skill and energy as the Flames try to climb the standings.