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10/13 23:46 CDT Pospisil's tiebreaking third-period goal pushes Flames to first
win of the season, 4-2 over Ducks
Pospisil's tiebreaking third-period goal pushes Flames to first win of the
season, 4-2 over Ducks
By MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) --- Martin Pospisil scored the tiebreaking goal with 4:22
left, Yegor Sharangovich added an empty-netter with 1:22 remaining and the
Calgary Flames beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Tuesday night.
Adam Klapka and Aydar Suniev added goals, and Dustin Wolf stopped 22 of 24
shots as the Flames (1-5) won for the first time this season. Beckett Sennecke
and Leo Carlsson scored goals, and Lukas Dostal had 32 saves for the Ducks
(4-2).
Pospisil's decisive goal came after he took a pass from Suniev at the center
circle, skated down the left side, deked Anaheim defenders Tyson Hinds and
Tristan Luneau by faking a shot and snapped the puck past Dostal's short side
for a 3-2 lead.
Anaheim gave up the game-tying goal just eight seconds after killing Calgary's
5-on-3 advantage --- with the help of Dostal's four saves --- for two minutes
of the second.
As Sennecke (tripping) and Alex Killorn skated out of the penalty box, Flames
winger Ryan Strome snuck a cross-ice pass from the outside the left circle to
Suniev, who snapped a shot from the inside edge of the right circle past
Dostal's blocker for a 2-all tie at the 8:02 mark.
The Flames took a 1-0 lead 8:32 into the first when Maksim Tsyplakov
intercepted a pass in the Anaheim slot and touched a pass back to Klapka, who
beat Dostal.
But the Ducks tallied twice within a 1:56 span of the first for a 2-1 lead.
Sennecke stole the puck at his own blue line and beat Wolf glove-side for a
breakaway goal with 7:51 left, and Carlsson's shot from the right circle went
over Wolf's left shoulder for a power-play goal with 5:55 left.
Roger McQueen, Anaheim's first pick in the 2025 draft, made his NHL debut after
being recalled from the AHL San Diego Gulls. The 20-year-old center did not
find the score sheet in 11 minutes of ice time.
McQueen replaced center Ryan Poehling, who suffered a medial collateral
ligament sprain that will sideline him for six to eight weeks. Ducks forward
Cutter Gauthier missed the game because of a lower-body injury and is
day-to-day.
Up Next
Ducks: Host Boston on Friday.
Flames: At Vegas on Thursday.
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