In Calgary Friday night, Chad Johnson continued his solid goaltending of late and defeated the Minnesota Wild, 3-2, in a shootout.
Sean Monahan scored the decisive goal in the skills competition.
“Coming home on home ice, we needed to find a way to win, and I think right now we’re learning as a group and we’ve got to continue this momentum,” Monahan said.
Kris Versteeg had a goal in regulation and in the shootout.
“When guys score two goals in the shootout and it’s on you to make the saves … I was just trying to make the saves as much as possible,” Johnson said.
Chris Stewart and Mikko Koivu potted goals for the Wild.
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Devan Dubnyk made 29 saves in the loss.
“In a game that wasn’t our best — we weren’t as sharp as we’d like to be — to come out with a point and get a big goal in the third is something to build on,” Dubnyk said.
Mikael Backlund also scored for the Flames in regulation.
“We’ve just got to get sharper,” Dubnyk said. “We’re a great hockey team. We talk about that in the room. Just because we’re a great hockey team doesn’t mean it’s just going to happen for us. We have to go out there and be great. We have a lot of guys in this room that can do that. It’s a long season. I have no doubt we’ll get back to where we were.”
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