Flames to shut Monahan down for rest of season

Sean Monahan is done playing for the 2017-18 campaign.

The Calgary Flames forward will have season-ending surgery in the coming days, the team confirmed Friday night.

Earlier in the day, Flames head coach Glen Gulutzan revealed Monahan has been playing through two significant injuries, and general manager Brad Treliving added that Monahan has been dealing with them for the past month, but neither the coach or the GM disclosed the nature of his ailments.

The Flames entered Friday's action sitting eight points behind the Anaheim Ducks - who occupy the second Western Conference wild-card spot - and trailing both the St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars in pursuit of that position, with more games played than all three clubs.

Monahan has a career-high 64 points in 74 games, the latter of which would be a career low.

The 23-year-old leads Calgary with 31 goals in 2017-18.