![]() ![]() The Knights’ goalie was a standout in the loss with 37 saves. Markstrom mistimed his attempted gloving of Carrier’s wrist shot to give the visitors a 1-0 lead at 3:55. Vegas led by two at 15:23 of the first period on Howden’s knee-high deflection of a Brayden McNabb shot from the blue line. Kadri was down in the crease when Lindholm banged in a rebound. The Flames had two consecutive power plays to start the second period.Ĭassidy successfully challenged Lindholm’s goal for goalie interference at 4:39. The Knights’ goalie lost sight of the puck falling behind him as teammates Alec Martinez and Alex Pietrangelo tried to bat it away. Lindholm halved the deficit at 10:43 when Thompson juggled Lindholm’s shot high into the air. Toffoli corralled a rebound in the slot going backhand to forehand to beat Thompson high stick side. “I just wanted to make sure I made a hard play to the net.”ĭown 2-0 after the first period, the Flames drew even by 13:19 of the second on power-play goals from Toffoli and Lindholm. “Sick pass I thought,” Coleman said with a grin. ![]() Coleman collected the puck off the glass and dealt it out front to Backlund on Thompson’s doorstep. The Flames killed off a pair of hooking minors in the third before Backlund’s go-ahead goal. We’ll be better, we’ll get back to practice and get back to work.” “It’s a veteran group here, right? We know what we’ve got to do. “We’ll definitely respond,” Thompson said. Knights netminder and Calgarian Logan Thompson stopped 37 of 40 shots in the loss. Huberdeau, acquired in an off-season trade with the Florida Panthers, assisted on Calgary’s first two goals for his third point in as many games. The Flames have so far beaten the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche as well as two clubs expected to challenge Calgary for the Pacific Division title - the Edmonton Oilers and the Knights. Jacob Markstrom made 19 saves for the win in Calgary’s net. Mikael Backlund scored the third-period game winner at 15:31 in Calgary’s third straight victory to open the season, and kick off an eight-game homestand.Įlias Lindholm and Tyler Toffoli also scored for the hosts in front of 16,944 at the Scotiabank Saddledome. That’s what we’re going to need all year.” ![]() The first two lines weren’t going too well and then these guys came in and gets us going. “That creates momentum for us and that’s how we came back in the game. “I think they created so many opportunities and they put us on the power play three or four times in a row in the second. “These guys work really hard,” Flames forward Jonathan Huberdeau said. The tenacity of forwards Brett Ritchie, Milan Lucic, Kevin Rooney, Blake Coleman and Trevor Lewis dragged the Knights into penalty trouble in a second period in which the Flames converted two of six power-play chances to tie the NHL game. CALGARY - Grit from their rank and file helped the Calgary Flames overtake the visiting Vegas Golden Knights for a 3-2 win Tuesday. ![]()
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