In Calgary, David Rittich made 34 saves as the Flames blanked the visiting Vancouver Canucks, 3-0.
“No one wants to lose two games in a row,” Rittich said. “It’s the same for us. I’m glad we did it today and we got the two points.”
Johnny Gaudreau, Elias Lindholm and Sean Monahan struck for the Flames who improved to 1-1-0.
The Flames lost their opener to the Colorado Avalanche.
“We’re trying to focus on the little things in the game right now, and when we’re doing that we’re playing the right way,” Monahan said. “That’s when we generate the most looks and put the puck in the net. Right now it’s going well. There’s still lots of room to improve.”
The Canucks had their chances, but were scoreless in three power play chances.
“It’s obviously hard,” Canucks forward Brock Boeser said. “The power play can be a difference-maker. I think we had some good looks. We just didn’t bear down on them.”
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Jacob Markstrom made 27 saves in the loss.
“Just keep moving forward,” Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers said. “It’s not something we need to freak out about. The best year I’ve had with a team, we started that year 0-2 (2017-18 Winnipeg Jets). There’s no point in dwelling on it. Push forward. Be better next game.”
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