Special teams played a big role, with the Knights going 1-for-2 on the powerplay, while going a perfect 3-for-3 on the PK, and scoring their league-leading sixth short-handed goal. In doing so, 14 of their 18 skaters recorded at least a point. It was the second time this year the Knights have put up a touchdown.

'You look at the standings, you lose a couple in a row and all of a sudden there are teams climbing over you.' 'We needed a win,' Knights Head Coach Peter DeBoer told reporters after the game. Former Flames draft pick Laurent Brossoit made 29 saves to improve to 4-1-0 on the season. Max Pacioretty scored twice and is now on a four-game point streak (3G, 3A), while Evgenii Dadonov, Nicolas Roy and Michael Amadio each had a goal and an assist. The Golden Knights are coming off a 7-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Friday in the desert. He has one assist in three games at the NHL level when he got a quick look in the spring of last year. Ruzicka has 10 goals and 16 points in 13 games with the Heat this year. Tyler Pitlick (undisclosed) did not participate.Īdam Ruzicka - who was called up from the Stockton Heat late last week - did, lining up at centre between Brad Richardson and Dillon Dube. The Flames were back on the ice on Saturday, holding a brief, but very business-like practice in Summerlin, Nevada. But Dan played well in net, gave us a chance to win, and I thought we played better in the second and found a way to win. 'The first period, they could have been up a couple goals on us.

'That wasn't pretty,' Lindholm acknowledged. Johnny Gaudreau and Tkachuk went 2-for-2 on John Gibson, while Vladar made stops on Trevor Zegras and Kevin Shattenkirk to ice the victory. The Flames, though, had a good response and managed the game well the rest of the way, before their skilled players took over in the shootout. The Ducks then got a pair of quick ones - Rickard Rakell blitzing a one-timer past Dan Vladar in the last minute of the second, before Vinni Lettieri did the same in the opening beats of the third. Goals from Blake Coleman, Elias Lindholm and Sean Monahan helped the Flames build a two-goal lead after falling behind 1-0 early in the second period. It's time for us to play Vegas for the first time (tonight) and have a good game.' We thought that should never have been the case, especially with a 3-1 lead. 'We're not satisfied with giving up a point. It's up to us to have a good bounce-back effort. 'That was a good hockey team that we played, but we gave them way (more) than they deserved. 'It was an ugly one and I think that we have to learn from it,' Matthew Tkachuk said of Friday's 4-3 shootout win over the Anaheim Ducks. Sure, it wasn't the prettiest, at times, but if there's anything we've learned about the Flames this year …Īnd they always - but always - empty the tank. 1 of the Results-Oriented Business: You turn down a win. Goals - Reilly Smith, Jonathan Marchessault (10)

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