Calgary Flames vs Anaheim Ducks — Recap

📰Game Recap

Anaheim established an early lead, but Calgary steadily chipped away before pulling ahead in the third period. Adam Klapka opened the scoring for Calgary at 8:32 of the first period, assisted by Maxim Tsyplakov, but Anaheim responded quickly. Beckett Sennecke tied the game for the Ducks at 12:09, and Leo Carlsson then put Anaheim up 2-1 at 14:05 with assists from Mikael Granlund and Judd Caulfield.

Calgary began its comeback in the second period, with Aydar Suniev scoring at 8:02, assisted by Ryan Strome and Simon Nemec, to tie the game at 2-2. The Flames took their first lead since early in the first period when Martin Pospisil found the net at 15:38 of the third, assisted by Suniev and Yan Kuznetsov.

Yegor Sharangovich sealed the victory for Calgary with a goal at 18:38 of the third period, assisted by Mikael Backlund and Joel Farabee. Calgary outshot Anaheim 36-24. Dustin Wolf made 22 saves on 24 shots for Calgary to earn the win, while Lukas Dostal stopped 32 of 35 shots for Anaheim in the loss. The result marked Calgary's first win of the season, moving their record to 1-5-0, while Anaheim fell to 4-1-0. SportsFBI's pregame model, which had leaned toward an Anaheim win at 67%, missed the outcome.