Make that two-and-oh in the Reverse Retros.
Nazem Kadri scored late in the third period on the powerplay – their second man-up tally of the tilt – as the Flames won their second straight outing, beating the visiting Coyotes 3-2 Monday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
Calgary built up a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes but the visitors rallied with a goal in the second and third period before Kadri’s game-winner.
He finished the night with three points.
Dan Vladar won his second game in a row in his eighth start of the season with 18 saves, including an incredible game-saving stop on Christian Fisher with the Coyotes goalie pulled and time winding down.
Dillon Dube – with his second goal in four games and fourth in his last eight – also scored, as did Elias Lindholm, who tallied his team-leading ninth of the season.
He has now scored in three straight games.
The Flames have now won seven straight against the Coyotes at the ‘Dome and improved to 12-10-3 on the season.
The Calgary penalty-killers were busy early in the tilt.
The visitors went on the powerplay just 2:34 into the frame when Noah Hanifin was sent off for interference and just nine seconds after that man-up ended, Jonathan Huberdeau went to the box for a hook.
Arizona managed just four shots on the pair of them.
Nick Schmaltz got a partial breakaway past the midpoint of the frame streaking in off the right wing with a dangerous look but Vladar turned it aside.
The shots favoured Arizona 7-1 before the Flames got fired up.
Dube made a great play up near the Coyotes blueline, poking the puck past Travis Boyd to keep it in the zone and then going to the front of the net and not long after, he tipped Chris Tanev‘s point shot past Karel Vejmelka at 14:13.
Kadri got the other assist.
Video: ARI@CGY: Dube scores in 1st period
The Flames got their second goal on the powerplay at 17:01. Huberdeau’s first pass attempt to Kadri in the slot was blocked, but his do-over was right on the tape, Vejmelka stopping the shot but Lindholm there at the side of the net to put home his ninth of the campaign on the rebound.
Video: ARI@CGY: Lindholm scores PPG in 1st period
Shots after 20 were 8-7 for the homeside.
Calgary would record the first eight shots of the second period (that made 14 straight) but it was the Coyotes that would be the only team to score in the frame, Shayne Gostisbehere’s long-distance wrister making it past a screened Vladar at 13:53.
The Calgary ‘tender would make a 10-beller before the brake, coming across his crease to kick out his right pad and stop a back-door one-timer from Troy Stecher who had snuck in from the point all alone and took a cross-ice feed from Clayton Keller.
Jakob Chychrun tied it up at 5:50 of the third, his high wrister beating Vladar.
He would again follow it up later with a massive stop, stoning Lawson Crouse who was alone skating into the blue paint.
Then came Kadri’s pivotal marker with 3:38 to play.
Video: ARI@CGY: Kadri scores PPG in 3rd period
BY THE NUMBERS:
Shots: CGY 27, ARI 20
Powerplay: CGY 2-3, ARI 0-2
Hits: CGY 24, ARI 13
Face-offs: CGY 53%, ARI 47%
*Scoring chances: CGY 23, ARI 16
*High-danger scoring chances: CGY 6, ARI 5
*According of Natural Stat Trick (5-on-5)
GAME OVER RECAP:
Video: Brendan Parker breaks down tonight’s victory
THEY SAID IT:
Video: “We got the two points, that’s all that matters”
Video: “Happy to get those two points tonight”
Video: “That was the difference in the game”
Video: “It was a close game but we stuck with it”
THE LINEUP:
The trios and D pairs to start the tilt:
Lines
Jonathan Huberdeau – Elias Lindholm – Tyler Toffoli
Dillon Dube – Nazem Kadri – Andrew Mangiapane
Adam Ruzicka – Mikael Backlund – Blake Coleman
Milan Lucic – Kevin Rooney – Trevor Lewis
Pairings
Noah Hanifin – Rasmus Andersson
MacKenzie Weegar – Chris Tanev
Nikita Zadorov – Michael Stone
Goaltender
Dan Vladar – starter
Jacob Markstrom
UP NEXT:
The Flames finish off this five-game homestand when they host the Wild on Wednesday. Click here for tickets