Yegor Sharangovich, Justin Kirkland and Yan Kuznetsov also scored for Calgary, which has won three of its last four. Kevin Bahl had his first multi-point game since December 5, 2023, finishing with two assists. Dustin Wolf made 28 stops and snapped his five-game losing streak.
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Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Anders Lee scored for New York, which is 2-2-1 with two games left on its seven-game road trip, the longest of the season. David Rittich made 15 saves in the loss and fell to 11-6-3.
Up 2-0 midway through the second period, the Flames doubled their lead when Kirkland and Kuznetsov scored two minutes apart.
In four games since taking Blake Coleman’s place on a line with Mikael Backlund and Matt Coronato, Sharangovich has five points (two goals, three assists) for the Flames. Coleman (upper body) remains on injured reserve. While Backlund had his three-point streak snapped (2-3-5), Connor Zary extended his to a career-high five games.
Calgary’s Rasmus Andersson had an assist and became the seventh defenseman in Flames history to record five consecutive 20-assist seasons. He joins Al MacInnis, Gary Suter, Mark Giordano, TJ Brodie, Derek Morris and Randy Manery.
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Rittich, who broke into the NHL and played four seasons in Calgary, has yet to defeat his former team. In six games, they fell to 0-4-2. The 33-year-old Czech was playing his 250th NHL game and came on a roll, going 8-3-3 with a .920 save percentage in his last 14 starts.
Next
Islanders: At Vancouver on Monday in game six of a seven-game trip.
Flames: Host the New Jersey Devils on Monday.
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