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<p>After a three game road trip through the Eastern Conference last week, the Calgary Flames returned home to the friendly confines of the Saddledome on Monday evening to host the Los Angeles Kings.</p>
<p>The Flames played pretty well, albeit not flawlessly, en route to a hard-fought 3-1 victory over the Kings</p>
<h1>The rundown</h1>
<p>The Flames really carried play early on, at one point getting out to a 7-0 lead on the shot clock. But the Kings pushed back in the second half of the period and managed to make it fairly competitive at points. Neither team lit the lamp in the opening 20 minutes, though.</p>
<p>First period shots were 10-7 Flames. Via Natural Stat Trick, five-on-five scoring chances were 10-5 Flames (high-dangers were 2-2).</p>
<p>The Flames continued to press in the second period and, eventually, they were rewarded.</p>
<p>On a nice bit of forechecking by the Flames, the Kings defenders failed to connect on a pass around their net. Mikael Backlund zipped in, grabbed the loose puck, and fired it top corner past Darcy Kuemper&#8217;s glove side to give the Flames a 1-0 lead.</p>
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<p>Mikael Backlund opens the scoring at the Saddledome! </p>
<p>It&#39;s good to see him get rewarded with a goal. He&#39;s been great tonight. </p>
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<p>On the very next shift, the Flames were rewarded again. Andrei Kuzmenko made a nice pass through the neutral zone, springing Jonathan Huberdeau in on a partial breakaway. Huberdeau protected the puck on his way in, then slid the puck past Kuemper&#8217;s stick side to give the Flames a 2-0 lead.</p>
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<p>Andrei Kuzmenko finds Jonathan Huberdeau for a breakaway goal! </p>
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<p>Second period shots were 12-11 Flames. Five-on-five scoring chances were 11-8 Kings (high-dangers were 3-2 Flames).</p>
<p>The Kings pressed through the third period and had a lot of strong chances that were fended off by Dustin Wolf.</p>
<p>But with 2:31 left in regulation, Trevor Moore fired a shot from just beside Wolf that the netminder swatted out of midair&#8230; but upon further review the puck crossed the line before Wolf swatted it, so that cut the Flames lead to 2-1.</p>
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<p>The Kings got a late power play and pulled Kuemper for the extra attacker. But they couldn&#8217;t get a second puck past Wolf, and Kevin Rooney added an empty-netter to cement a 3-1 victory.</p>
<p>Third period shots were 12-6 Kings. Five-on-five scoring chances 8-4 Kings (high-dangers were 2-1 Kings).</p>
<h1>Why the Flames won</h1>
<p>In a lot of ways, this game resembled the Flames&#8217; recent win over New Jersey. They didn&#8217;t completely blow the doors off the Kings or anything, but they played a really smart, structured game and just did their thing. They got timely goals. They got timely saves. They avoided making too many mistakes. And when they did make mistakes, their goalie bailed them out. And when the Kings made mistakes, the Flames made them pay.</p>
<h1>Red Warrior</h1>
<p>Let&#8217;s give it jointly to Wolf and Zary. Wolf was cool, calm and collected, even as the Kings pressed late in the game. And Zary generated a ton of good scoring chances and was extremely unlucky to not get any points on this evening.</p>
<p>But if we&#8217;re being honest, there were a lot of positives for the red team in this one.</p>
<h1>Turning point</h1>
<p>The Flames were playing well midway through this game, but hadn&#8217;t been rewarded on the scoreboard. Then, on back to back shifts, Backlund and Huberdeau scored, which allowed the Flames to grab hold of the game.</p>
<h1>This and that</h1>
<p>Justin Kirkland fought Samuel Helenius in the second period. Helenius&#8217; dad, Sami, played seven games for the Flames across 1996-97 and 1998-99.</p>
<p>Wolf was credited with the second assist on Huberdeau&#8217;s goal, earning his first NHL point.</p>
<h1>Up next</h1>
<p>The Flames (8-5-3) are hopping on a plane and heading west. They face the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night at Rogers Arena.</p>
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After a three game road trip through the Eastern Conference last week, the Calgary Flames returned home to the friendly confines of the Saddledome on Monday evening to host the Los Angeles Kings.

The Flames played pretty well, albeit not flawlessly, en route to a hard-fought 3-1 victory over the Kings
<h1>The rundown</h1>
The Flames really carried play early on, at one point getting out to a 7-0 lead on the shot clock. But the Kings pushed back in the second half of the period and managed to make it fairly competitive at points. Neither team lit the lamp in the opening 20 minutes, though.

First period shots were 10-7 Flames. Via Natural Stat Trick, five-on-five scoring chances were 10-5 Flames (high-dangers were 2-2).

The Flames continued to press in the second period and, eventually, they were rewarded.

On a nice bit of forechecking by the Flames, the Kings defenders failed to connect on a pass around their net. Mikael Backlund zipped in, grabbed the loose puck, and fired it top corner past Darcy Kuemper's glove side to give the Flames a 1-0 lead.

https://twitter.com/RingOfFireCGY/status/1856170369608233107

On the very next shift, the Flames were rewarded again. Andrei Kuzmenko made a nice pass through the neutral zone, springing Jonathan Huberdeau in on a partial breakaway. Huberdeau protected the puck on his way in, then slid the puck past Kuemper's stick side to give the Flames a 2-0 lead.

https://twitter.com/RingOfFireCGY/status/1856170685745283178

Second period shots were 12-11 Flames. Five-on-five scoring chances were 11-8 Kings (high-dangers were 3-2 Flames).

The Kings pressed through the third period and had a lot of strong chances that were fended off by Dustin Wolf.

But with 2:31 left in regulation, Trevor Moore fired a shot from just beside Wolf that the netminder swatted out of midair... but upon further review the puck crossed the line before Wolf swatted it, so that cut the Flames lead to 2-1.

https://twitter.com/RingOfFireCGY/status/1856186894163255631

The Kings got a late power play and pulled Kuemper for the extra attacker. But they couldn't get a second puck past Wolf, and Kevin Rooney added an empty-netter to cement a 3-1 victory.

Third period shots were 12-6 Kings. Five-on-five scoring chances 8-4 Kings (high-dangers were 2-1 Kings).
<h1>Why the Flames won</h1>
In a lot of ways, this game resembled the Flames' recent win over New Jersey. They didn't completely blow the doors off the Kings or anything, but they played a really smart, structured game and just did their thing. They got timely goals. They got timely saves. They avoided making too many mistakes. And when they did make mistakes, their goalie bailed them out. And when the Kings made mistakes, the Flames made them pay.
<h1>Red Warrior</h1>
Let's give it jointly to Wolf and Zary. Wolf was cool, calm and collected, even as the Kings pressed late in the game. And Zary generated a ton of good scoring chances and was extremely unlucky to not get any points on this evening.

But if we're being honest, there were a lot of positives for the red team in this one.
<h1>Turning point</h1>
The Flames were playing well midway through this game, but hadn't been rewarded on the scoreboard. Then, on back to back shifts, Backlund and Huberdeau scored, which allowed the Flames to grab hold of the game.
<h1>This and that</h1>
Justin Kirkland fought Samuel Helenius in the second period. Helenius' dad, Sami, played seven games for the Flames across 1996-97 and 1998-99.

Wolf was credited with the second assist on Huberdeau's goal, earning his first NHL point.
<h1>Up next</h1>
The Flames (8-5-3) are hopping on a plane and heading west. They face the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night at Rogers Arena.
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