PHILADELPHIA — The Calgary Flames came out of the gate with a vengence on Tuesday night, scoring four goals in the opening frame to send the Flyers to a 6-3 loss.
Matvei Michkov #39 of the Philadelphia Flyers watches the puck rebound off goalie Dustin Wolf #32 of the Calgary Flames .
“Didn’t think it would be six, but I had a feeling we were going to score,” Calgary coach Ryan Huska said. “Every team goes through stretches. We went through it now, and hopefully we’re going to score a lot more regularly than what we did the prior three games.”
The Flames’ Connor Zary hit for a double in the win, starting on the Flames’ fourth line.
“He probably looked at it initially as like, well, I might not be playing as much tonight,” Huska said. “But I had a good conversation with him this morning.
“Sometimes with offensive players, when they score early there’s a little excitement. I felt like he deserved [to be moved up] because he had a little bit more energy in his game, he was skating. I always look at feet for Connor. When his feet are moving he’s a dynamic player, and I thought he was much better for us tonight than what he had been.”
Dustin Wolf made 25 saves in the Calgary win.
Near the midway point of the first period, the Flames struck for three goals in a span of less than two minutes.
Zary collected his first of the game for a 1-0 lead to the Flames. Nazem Kadri then pushed the lead to 2-0 before Zary potted his double for the 3-0 advantage at 9:32.
“It felt great to get out there and kind of do what I’m supposed to be doing,” Zary said. “I think it takes a little bit of weight off your shoulders to allow me just to go play.”
The Flyers got one back on a marker form Noah Cates at 9:54 of the period.
“Tough in any game going down,” Cates said. “Building’s quiet, just not finding any area of our game. [Defensive] zone, neutral zone, offensive zone, we couldn’t seem to find some traction.”
The Flyers cut the deficit to 3-2 on a goal from Andrei Kuzmenko.
The Flames replied with a strike by Yegor Sharangovich for a 4-2 lead headed to the first intermission.
“I’d like to have that one back,” Philadelphia coach John Tortorella said. “I think we get it 3-2, you need to play at 3-2 for a while, but they come right back. It just ends up being a hill.”
Late in the middle frame, the Flames ballooned the lead back to three with a goal form MacKenzie Weegar for a 5-2 advantage headed to the third period.
“The Sharangovich goal was a big goal, because they had the momentum at that point,” Huska said. “And then the next biggest thing for me was that power-play goal. Those two goals, I thought, kind of helped keep them at bay, and I thought it gave our team a little bit more breathing room again.”
Midway through the third, Sean Couturier scored to trim the lead to 5-3.
Matt Coronato hit an empty net with 61 seconds left on the clock for the 6-3 final count on the scoreboard. 
Samuel Ersson got the start for the Flyers but was given the hook after surrendering three goals on just five shots.
Ivan Fedotov made 25 saves in relief.
Ivan Fedotov #82 of the Philadelphia Flyers makes a pad save against Morgan Frost #16 of the Calgary Flames
Goalie Ivan Fedotov #82 of the Philadelphia Flyers prepares to block a shot.
Kevin Bahl #7 of the Calgary Flames, Scott Laughton #21 of the Philadelphia Flyers and goalie Dustin Wolf #32 of the Calgary Flames
Yegor Sharangovich #17 of the Calgary Flames
Ivan Fedotov #82 of the Philadelphia Flyers blocks a shot.
A shot by Yegor Sharangovich #17 of the Calgary Flames scores against the Philadelphia Flyers.
Andrei Kuzmenko #96 of the Philadelphia Flyers celebrates his goal against the Calgary Flames.
The puck gets past goalie Dustin Wolf #32 of the Calgary Flames
Noah Cates #27 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Connor Zary #47 of the Calgary Flames
Noah Cates #27 of the Philadelphia Flyers is congratulated for his goal against the Calgary Flames.
Goalie Ivan Fedotov #82 of the Philadelphia Flyers enters the game in the first period against the Calgary Flames.
Connor Zary #47 of the Calgary Flames celebrates his second goal in the first period against the Philadelphia Flyers.
Samuel Ersson #33 of the Philadelphia Flyers reacts to allowing the third goal by a Calgary Flames player during the first period.
MacKenzie Weegar #52 congratulates his teammate Nazem Kadri #91 of the Calgary Flames for his goal against the Philadelphia Flyers.
Connor Zary #47 of the Calgary Flames is congratulated by his teammate for his goal against the Philadelphia Flyers during the first period.
Goalie Dustin Wolf #32 of the Calgary Flames, Scott Laughton #21 of the Philadelphia Flyers and Rasmus Andersson #4 of the Calgary Flames
Dustin Wolf #32 of the Calgary Flames and Andrei Kuzmenko #96 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Morgan Frost #16 of the Calgary Flames
MacKenzie Weegar #52 of the Calgary Flames
Goaltender Dustin Wolf #32 of the Calgary Flames
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