Calgary downs Bruins, 5-2

In Calgary Wednesday night, the Flames scored three times in the first period and went on to beat the visiting Boston Bruins, 5-2.

Mike Smith made 24 saves for the win as the Flames improved to 4-2-0.

Michael Frolik scored two goals for the Flames.

“It feels good,” Frolik said. “I think it feels good when you can help the team to win the game. Big two points for us, for sure.”

Frolik’s season has gotten off to a slow start and he was benched earlier this week.

“I was happy that I didn’t miss the net there,” Frolik said. “It was pretty open, but when your confidence is a little low you never know. The goal helps.”

Johnny Gaudreau, Juuso Valimaki and Matthew Tkachuk also scored for Calgary.

Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand scored for Boston.

“It wasn’t close to being what we wanted,” Bergeron said. “Too many turnovers, too many odd-man rushes. We left our goalie out to dry. It could’ve been worse. Definitely a terrible start, and when that happens it’s hard to come back from.”

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Tuukka Rask made 24 saves in the loss; Boston dropped to 4-2-0.

“There’s a lot of chances that we could’ve buried, even in the first period, even though we weren’t playing a good game,” Bergeron said. “We could’ve been back in the game by a couple shots. We’ve got to bear down when the chances are there. We know that.”