<p>What a game!</p>
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<p>After 60 minutes of back-and-forth hockey between Calgary Flames and Colorado Avalanche resulted in a 3–3 tie, Flames winger @Johnny Gaudreau put his team on top with a highlight-reel breakaway goal in overtime.</p>
<p>Gaudreau broke in on goaltender @Pavel Francouz after taking an incredible bank pass from @Elias Lindholm behind the Avalanche defence. With @Nathan MacKinnon in hot pursuit, Gaudreau managed to beat Francouz over his glove to seal a 4–3 Flames victory.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">WHAT. A. GAME. 🔥</p>
<p>Elias Lindholm steals the puck and springs Johnny Gaudreau for the <a href="https://twitter.com/SUBWAYCanada?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SUBWAYCanada</a> OT winner! <a href="https://t.co/8AlX7Rwor8">pic.twitter.com/8AlX7Rwor8</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1500348886069792773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Saturday&#8217;s game was an outstanding display of hockey between two evenly-matched teams. The Flames narrowly outshot the Avalanche by a 37–36 margin through the 60:37 of total game time; according to <a href="https://www.naturalstattrick.com/game.php?season=20212022&amp;game=20886&amp;view=limited">Natural Stat Trick</a>, the Flames controlled 52.37 percent of the five-on-five expected goals in the contest. Flames goaltender Dan Vladar <a href="https://flamesnation.ca/2022/03/05/dan-vladar-calgary-flames-colorado-avalanche/">made 33 saves</a> in the win.</p>
<p>@Elias Lindholm scored twice for the Flames in the game, with @Erik Gudbranson also chipping in with his fifth goal of the season (a new career-high mark for the defensive defender).</p>
<p>With his winner, Gaudreau tied teammate @Sean Monahan for the most overtime goals in franchise history and also surpassed Gary Suter for fifth in career scoring with the Flames (with 566 points).</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">With that OT goal, Johnny has tied Sean Monahan for the most overtime tallies in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Flames?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Flames</a> history.</p>
<p>He also has taken sole possession of 5th place on the Flames all-time points list.</p>
<p>Johnny be very, very, very good.</p>
<p>&mdash; Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1500348089051140096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>With the win, the Flames improved to 33–14–7 on the season; the Avs fell to 40–11–5. Calgary will return to action on Mar. 7 to welcome the 30–22–4 Edmonton Oilers to the Scotiabank Saddledome.</p>
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What a game!



After 60 minutes of back-and-forth hockey between Calgary Flames and Colorado Avalanche resulted in a 3–3 tie, Flames winger @Johnny Gaudreau put his team on top with a highlight-reel breakaway goal in overtime.

Gaudreau broke in on goaltender @Pavel Francouz after taking an incredible bank pass from @Elias Lindholm behind the Avalanche defence. With @Nathan MacKinnon in hot pursuit, Gaudreau managed to beat Francouz over his glove to seal a 4–3 Flames victory.

https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1500348886069792773

Saturday's game was an outstanding display of hockey between two evenly-matched teams. The Flames narrowly outshot the Avalanche by a 37–36 margin through the 60:37 of total game time; according to <a href="https://www.naturalstattrick.com/game.php?season=20212022&amp;game=20886&amp;view=limited">Natural Stat Trick</a>, the Flames controlled 52.37 percent of the five-on-five expected goals in the contest. Flames goaltender Dan Vladar <a href="https://flamesnation.ca/2022/03/05/dan-vladar-calgary-flames-colorado-avalanche/">made 33 saves</a> in the win.

@Elias Lindholm scored twice for the Flames in the game, with @Erik Gudbranson also chipping in with his fifth goal of the season (a new career-high mark for the defensive defender).

With his winner, Gaudreau tied teammate @Sean Monahan for the most overtime goals in franchise history and also surpassed Gary Suter for fifth in career scoring with the Flames (with 566 points).

https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1500348089051140096

With the win, the Flames improved to 33–14–7 on the season; the Avs fell to 40–11–5. Calgary will return to action on Mar. 7 to welcome the 30–22–4 Edmonton Oilers to the Scotiabank Saddledome.

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