Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames
· National Hockey League
5 - 1
Boeser leads Canucks past Flames in last of 4 straight games
“I like to score when our team’s winning,” Boeser said. “It feels so much better when you do that.
“Just for our team to play a complete game tonight, it’s huge for us.”
Bo Horvat and J.T. Miller also scored and had an assist for Vancouver. Defenseman Jordie Benn and Nate Schmidt also scored for the Canucks, who improved to 2-3-1 against the the Flames this season.
Braden Holtby stopped 35 of 36 shots for his first win since Jan. 28.
Andrew Mangiapane scored for Calgary (8-7-1). Jacob Markstrom stopped 24 shots in his seventh straight start and 14th in Calgary’s 16 games this season.
Markstrom’s been Calgary’s best player so far this season. But after allowing five goals on 29 shots, he was replaced by David Rittich near the eight-minute mark of the third period. Rittich stopped the four shots he faced.
“It’s nice to get rewarded for the chances we had tonight,” Horvat said. “Marky stood on his head a lot against us.
“To finally put a couple past him and get rewarded for a lot of our hard work and our chances tonight, it definitely gives our group confidence.”
The game was the last of four straight between the teams. Calgary won two of three in Vancouver, the last in overtime Monday night.
The Flames have led after the first period in just five of their 16 games this season. Head coach Geoff Ward was frustrated by his team’s inconsistency.
”“It’s time to put this thing to bed, take charge and take control of what we can,” Ward said.
“We certainly can control the way we start, we certainly can control how we pay attention to details, how hard we compete, how much we care.
“All those things are certainly within our control.”
Game notes
Flames center Mikael Backlund was back in the lineup after sitting out Monday’s 4-3 overtime win in Vancouver with a lower-body injury. ... Horvat has 13 points (7 goals, 6 assists) in his last 16 games.
UP NEXT
Canucks: Host Winnipeg Friday and Sunday nights.
Flames: Host Edmonton on Friday night in opener of two-day, home-and-home set.
Regular Season SeriesCGY leads series 4-2
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 1:46 | |
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Goal | 2nd Period 7:37 | |
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Goal | 2nd Period 18:13 | |
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Goal | 2nd Period 18:28 | |
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Goal | 2nd Period 19:05 | |
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Goal | 3rd Period 5:54 |
Statistics
 VAN |
 CGY |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Blocked Shots | 8 |
| 14 | Hits | 20 |
| 9 | Takeaways | 5 |
| 33 | Shots | 36 |
| 0 | Power Play Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Power Play Opportunities | 2 |
| 0.0 | Power Play Percentage | 0.0 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 31 | Faceoffs Won | 17 |
| 64.6 | Faceoff Win Percent | 35.4 |
| 12 | Giveaways | 11 |
| 2 | Total Penalties | 1 |
| 4 | Penalty Minutes | 2 |
Calgary Flames Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Bahl, D | Out | Apr 16 |
| Connor Zary, C | Out | Apr 16 |
| Yan Kuznetsov, D | Out | Apr 14 |
| Joel Hanley, D | Out | Mar 28 |
| Samuel Honzek, LW | Injured Reserve | Mar 27 |
Vancouver Canucks Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Nils Hoglander, LW | Out | May 6 |
| Evander Kane, LW | Out | Apr 14 |
| Thatcher Demko, G | Injured Reserve | Mar 3 |
| Jonathan Lekkerimaki, RW | Out | Feb 27 |
| Filip Chytil, C | Injured Reserve | Feb 25 |
