Connor Zary of the Calgary Flames has been one of the NHL’s most promising players during his first two years in the league. He scored 14 goals and 20 assists as a rookie in 2023-24, often taking advantage of his notable speed to get involved in the middle of the Flames’ offensive attack.

That other Elias Pettersson, the big rookie kid they call ‘Junior’, has made quite the NHL impression. He made another one Wednesday in Calgary with a good hard and heavy hit and then suffered brutally bad blow to avenge his textbook check.