In Vancouver, after a close 2-2 first period, the visiting Calgary Flames burned white hot and scored four unanswered goals for a 6-2 win Saturday night.
David Rittich made 25 saves to help the Flames end a three-game schneid.
Dillon Dube picked up a goal and three points in the win;Derek Ryan and Milan Lucic added two points each with a goal apiece.
“It was probably our most complete game of the year,” Lucic said.
Tanner Pearson and Adam Gaudette were the Vancouver strikers.
“We got a bit too much into a track meet with that team,” Pearson said. “That’s the kind of game they wanted. That doesn’t give us success. We have to get back to the way we play and nip this losing streak in the bud.”
Matthew Tkachuk and Sean Monahan also scored for the Flames.
“That was a playoff-type period for us going in with the lead 3-2,” Tkachuk said. “Just played a really good brand of hockey, played in front of them and made them come through a bunch of us. It was a real complete third period.”
Tobias Rieder added an empty net goal to complete the scoring.
“This is the homestretch now,” Tkachuk said. “We’re in a sprint to the finish line, so we have to be ready each and every road game, and now it’s up to us to respond positively to this win and keep doing the things we were doing in this game.”
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Jacob Markstrom made 26 saves in the loss.
“In a way, they looked like a team that had been in this situation before,” Canucks coach Travis Green said. “They looked like the more mature team.”
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