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12/02 21:53 CST Schaefer and Wiesblatt's first NHL goals lead Predators over
Flames 5-1
Schaefer and Wiesblatt's first NHL goals lead Predators over Flames 5-1
By JIM DIAMOND
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) --- Reid Schaefer and Ozzy Wiesblatt each scored their
first NHL goal, Juuse Saros made 27 saves and the Nashville Predators defeated
the Calgary Flames 5-1 on Tuesday night.
Michael Bunting had a goal and an assist, Steven Stamkos and Jonathan
Marchessault also scored, and Nicolas Hague had a pair of assists for the
Predators, winners of three of four.
Morgan Frost scored and Devin Cooley and Dustin Wolf combined for 23 saves for
Calgary, which concluded a five-game road trip 2-2-1.
Schaefer scored the game's first goal at 6:24 of the opening period.
Parked just outside the crease, Shaefer collected a loose puck and slid it past
Cooley for his first goal, playing in his third NHL game.
Saros' best stop came on a breakaway by Jonathan Huberdeau with 3:45 remaining
in the first. Huberdeau forced a neutral zone turnover from Hague and then
skated in all alone on Saros, who denied Huberdeau's backhand with a sprawling
left pad save.
Stamkos made it 2-0 at 5:04 of the second.
After taking a pass from Ryan O'Reilly, Luke Evangelista carried the puck
behind the Calgary net and found Stamkos on the doorstep. The goal was the
1,200th point of Stamkos' career, becoming the 53rd player in NHL history to
reach that mark.
Marchessault extended the Nashville lead to 3-0 with 5:35 left in the second
and Wiesblatt followed 1:07 later, scoring his first career NHL goal on a tap
in off of a Bunting pass. Tuesday was NHL game number 28 for Wiesblatt, a
Calgary native.
Cooley made 12 saves before being replaced by Wolf at the start of the third.
Bunting scored the only goal against Wolf, who made 11 saves.
Frost spoiled Saros' shutout bid with a power-play goal 13:39 of the third.
Up next
Flames host the Minnesota Wild on Thursday.
Predators visit the Florida Panthers on Thursday.
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