Brian Elliott won his 10th straight game for the Calgary Flames Friday night in a 3-1 win over the Dallas Stars.
The Flames are 11-1-0 in their 12 games and improved to 40-27-4.
“You still have to play really well to solidify a spot here,” Elliott said. “The race is getting tighter and tighter. These two points are going to mean a [heck] of a lot at the end of the year. Building a little bit at a time … that’s what you need to do.”
Mark Giordano had a goal and two points and Michael Frolik and Matthew Tkachuk added goals in the win.
“That was a pretty gutsy effort because I think he was feeling it a bit tonight too and he wasn’t 100 percent,” Giordano said. “He stood on his head again. I could tell you he didn’t look like he felt 100 percent but he battled through it. That was huge.”
Brett Ritchie scored the lone goal for the Stars who dropped to 28-33-10.
“This is just one of those nights where we made too many mistakes and it cost us,” Stars defenseman Dan Hamhuis said.
The Flames are one point back of the Anaheim Ducks who lost in extra time Friday.
“I don’t think we were focused on the streak at all. It was just one game at a time. We happened to lose that one. The next game is the next game. It doesn’t really matter. We didn’t get really disappointed about anything, I think. You just kind of move on,” Elliott said.
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Kari Lehtonen made 21 saves in taking the loss.
“Their team is playing well and they got out to a lead and it was tough to generate very much,” Dallas’ Jason Spezza said.
They may be playing well but the Stars trail the second wild card spot by 13 points.
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