In Calgary, the Flames’ David Rittich made 21 saves to help Calgary to a 5-2 win over the visiting New Jersey Devils. 
The Devils held a 2-1 lead in the second period until the Flames reeled off four unanswered strikes for the win.
“Tonight, we didn’t play our system and game plan the way we wanted to,” New Jersey’s Taylor Hall said. “Probably the last seven games or so we’ve been playing very well. Tonight wasn’t a step in the right direction, so we have to right the ship a little bit.”
Noah Hanifin,Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan and Mikael Backlund all had multi-point nights to go with a goal apiece.
“That was the identity we’ve got to play to,” Hanifin said. “We kept it simple, we got pucks in deep, and we forechecked well tonight, which is why I thought we had a lot of offensive chances.”
Derek Ryan also scored for the Flames.
“I think that was one of our best complete efforts of the season,” said Gaudreau, who has scored in two straight games after a 12-game drought. “It was a good game for our team.”
Jack Hughes and Nikita Gusev scored for the Devils.
“Something that was good to see, too, is we never really take our foot off the gas pedal,” Hanifin said. “Even in the third, we were still trying to make plays. When you have the lead in the third, you don’t want to lay off at all, and I think we did a good job of that.”
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Mackenzie Blackwood made 33 saves in the loss.
“We started trying to play a little too much east-west instead of a north-south, direct game like we’ve been doing quite well here lately,” Andy Greene said. “We didn’t sustain enough pressure in the offensive zone. We were kind of one and done there. The last couple games, we’ve had some good pressure, some good shifts, shift after shift. Tonight was one and done.”
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