<p>The Calgary Flames returned home on Thursday night from a quick road trip to host the Dallas Stars. In a back-and-forth game where the Flames never trailed, the Flames took advantage of some timely third period goals to skate to a 4-2 victory over Dallas. The win clinched first place in the Pacific Division for the Flames.</p>
<p><a href="https://flamesnation.ca/2022/04/21/flames-post-game-stars-their-destination/">The recap is here, if you missed it</a>. Here are selected highlights and post-game comments from Thursday night.</p>
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<h2><strong>The clips</strong></h2>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chris Sutter just got the &#39;Dome going so we&#39;re bringing those vibes to Twitter dot com. <a href="https://t.co/nKN0S551aw">pic.twitter.com/nKN0S551aw</a></p>
<p>&mdash; y &#8211; Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1517317327045349376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">SAVE THAT PUCK! <a href="https://t.co/EFGrWuOi5D">pic.twitter.com/EFGrWuOi5D</a></p>
<p>&mdash; y &#8211; Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1517331056671662086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Make it 9 for Noah. <a href="https://t.co/1JdBGJMpzN">pic.twitter.com/1JdBGJMpzN</a></p>
<p>&mdash; y &#8211; Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1517340411659907073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The goal that made us the kings of the Pacific Division. <a href="https://t.co/tSZYUAiq1g">pic.twitter.com/tSZYUAiq1g</a></p>
<p>&mdash; y &#8211; Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1517351826336600064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<h2><strong>The quotes</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Head coach Darryl Sutter<br />
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;The team deserves it. They&#39;ve been the most consistent team in the division.&quot;</p>
<p>Darryl Sutter checks after the big win over Dallas. <a href="https://t.co/tNR057h193">pic.twitter.com/tNR057h193</a></p>
<p>&mdash; y &#8211; Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1517356051837857792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><em>On winning the division:</em> &#8220;The team deserves it. Been the most consistent team in the division. Deserve to win the division, regular season. Won lots of them. It goes up there, you get nothing for it.&#8221;</p>
<p><em>On how he&#8217;ll manage his goalies over the final four games:</em> &#8220;When you&#8217;re used to not making the playoffs or losing in the first round, then you play two goalies.&#8221;</p>
<p><em>On the two bench minors:</em> &#8220;Our defensemen had taken two too many men on the ice. That&#8217;s a first for me. tough with six defensemen to have two of them, two changes that you get caught on.&#8221;</p>
<p><em>On the flurry of first period penalties and if he can recall a game getting down to three-on-three due to penalties:</em> &#8220;It was three-on-three, four-on-three, four-on-four, five-on-four. It was kind of weird. No. Do I recall? It wouldn&#8217;t happen too often, ever.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Matthew Tkachuk</strong></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;I was probably more excited for the 40 (goals), to be completely honest &#8230; the coolest part for me was the guys coming in &#8211; they were way more excited than I was and I didn&#39;t think that was possible.&quot;</p>
<p>Matthew Tkachuk on picking up his 40th goal and 100th point tonight. <a href="https://t.co/Y0Qn62j45H">pic.twitter.com/Y0Qn62j45H</a></p>
<p>&mdash; y &#8211; Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1517360707469135872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><em>On the ovation after his 100th point:</em> &#8220;Normally this is really the only place in the whole league that would give me applause like that.&#8221;</p>
<p><em>On the significance of clinching the Pacific:</em> &#8220;To clinch the division, that&#8217;s great. But we&#8217;re not stopping there. We don&#8217;t want to. We&#8217;ve got bigger goals for our team.&#8221;</p>
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The Calgary Flames returned home on Thursday night from a quick road trip to host the Dallas Stars. In a back-and-forth game where the Flames never trailed, the Flames took advantage of some timely third period goals to skate to a 4-2 victory over Dallas. The win clinched first place in the Pacific Division for the Flames.

<a href="https://flamesnation.ca/2022/04/21/flames-post-game-stars-their-destination/">The recap is here, if you missed it</a>. Here are selected highlights and post-game comments from Thursday night.


<h2><strong>The clips</strong></h2>
https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1517317327045349376

https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1517331056671662086

https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1517340411659907073

https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1517351826336600064
<h2><strong>The quotes</strong></h2>
<strong>Head coach Darryl Sutter
</strong>

https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1517356051837857792

<em>On winning the division:</em> "The team deserves it. Been the most consistent team in the division. Deserve to win the division, regular season. Won lots of them. It goes up there, you get nothing for it."

<em>On how he'll manage his goalies over the final four games:</em> "When you're used to not making the playoffs or losing in the first round, then you play two goalies."

<em>On the two bench minors:</em> "Our defensemen had taken two too many men on the ice. That's a first for me. tough with six defensemen to have two of them, two changes that you get caught on."

<em>On the flurry of first period penalties and if he can recall a game getting down to three-on-three due to penalties:</em> "It was three-on-three, four-on-three, four-on-four, five-on-four. It was kind of weird. No. Do I recall? It wouldn't happen too often, ever."

<strong>Matthew Tkachuk</strong>

https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1517360707469135872

<em>On the ovation after his 100th point:</em> "Normally this is really the only place in the whole league that would give me applause like that."

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