Calgary Flames at Vancouver Canucks

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Calgary Flames

8-13-3

Final
5 - 2

Vancouver Canucks

9-12-2

Flames beat Canucks 5-2 to finish back-to-back set with 3rd straight win

Quinn Hughes notches goal on the power play

Morgan Frost, Connor Zary, Kevin Bahl, Yegor Sharangovich and Blake Coleman scored for the resurgent Flames in the second half of a back-to-back set. Coleman also had an assist, and Mikael Backlund had two.

On Saturday night at home, Calgary beat Dallas 3-2 in a shootout to escape the NHL cellar. At 8-13-3, Calgary has 19 points — three more than last-place Nashville, though the Flames have played three more games.

Filip Hronek and Quinn Hughes scored for Vancouver, and Kevin Lankinen stopped 16 shots. The Canucks have lost six of seven.

Hronek opened the scoring at 1:05 of the first period. Frost tied it on a tip at 7:33 and Zary put the Flames ahead at 8:08 of the period. Bahl and Sharangovich scored in the second period.

With Calgary's Jonathan Huberdeau off for hooking Elias Pettersson in the third, Coleman scored short-handed and Hughes countered on the power play.

Up next Flames: At Tampa Bay on Wednesday night.

Canucks: At Anaheim on Wednesday night.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 1:05	Filip Hronek Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Jake DeBrusk (4)
Goal	1st Period 7:33	Morgan Frost Goal (5) Tip-In, assists: Rasmus Andersson (9), Matt Coronato (6)
Goal	1st Period 8:08	Connor Zary Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Mikael Backlund (8), Blake Coleman (2)
Goal	2nd Period 10:37	Kevin Bahl Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Nazem Kadri (13), Rasmus Andersson (10)
Goal	2nd Period 16:31	Yegor Sharangovich Goal (3) Batted, assists: Rasmus Andersson (11), Nazem Kadri (14)
Goal	3rd Period 7:59	Blake Coleman Goal (8) Tip-In, assists: Mikael Backlund (9)
Goal	3rd Period 8:16	Quinn Hughes Goal (2) Backhand, assists: Kevin Lankinen (1)

Statistics

CGY		VAN
15	Blocked Shots	11
15	Hits	17
3	Takeaways	4
21	Shots	31
0	Power Play Goals	1
4	Power Play Opportunities	4
0.0	Power Play Percentage	25.0
1	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
27	Faceoffs Won	26
50.9	Faceoff Win Percent	49.1
18	Giveaways	20
4	Total Penalties	4
8	Penalty Minutes	8

Vancouver Canucks Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Nils Hoglander, LW	Day-To-Day	Dec 14
Elias Pettersson, C	Injured Reserve	Dec 14
Teddy Blueger, C	Injured Reserve	Dec 8
Filip Chytil, C	Injured Reserve	Dec 6
Derek Forbort, D	Injured Reserve	Oct 28