CALGARY, Alberta — Adam Ruzicka had a objective and an help, and the Calgary Flames beat the New York Islanders 5-2 on Saturday night time for his or her sixth straight win.
Andrew Mangiapane, Elias Lindholm, Erik Gudbranson and Christopher Tanev additionally scored, and Johnny Gaudreau had two assists for the Flames, who've opened a seven-game homestand with three wins. Jacob Markstrom, making his twelfth consecutive begin, completed with 19 saves to enhance to 20-10-5 on the season.
“We’re taking part in good hockey right here at house,” Mangiapane mentioned. “It feels good to win at house and get the gang concerned. It’s enjoyable to play right here proper now.”
For Ruzicka, it was the rookie middle’s first profession multipoint recreation.
“To be trustworthy, I don’t actually care in regards to the factors, I care about that we gained the sport,” he mentioned. “Six in a row, that’s all that issues.”
Calgary climbed inside one level of Vegas for first place within the Pacific Division. The Flames maintain three video games in hand on the Golden Knights.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau had a objective and an help, and Noah Dobson additionally scored for the Islanders. Ilya Sorokin, getting a shock begin after Semyon Varlamov was positioned into the NHL’s COVID-19 protocols throughout warm-ups, had 24 saves.
“Their (protection) is at all times energetic, so it makes it powerful,” Islanders middle Mathew Barzal mentioned of the Flames. “Felt like we had a variety of 2-on-3s, 3-on-4s, simply by no means any benefit on the ice it felt like. It’s a great hockey crew over there, huge and quick, good0 D that transfer and play a pleasant system. … We had them 1-1 and simply fell off it.”
Calgary struck first at 9:58 when defenseman Rasmus Andersson carried the puck in deep and across the web earlier than centering a go to Ruzicka, and he one-timed it into the highest nook. He has three objectives and three help in 14 video games this season.
“He’s taking part in higher in his personal zone,” Flames coach Darryl Sutter mentioned of Ruzicka. “I need him to deal with the puck extra, which he did tonight. … He performed a great recreation for us.”
The Islanders tied it up with 2:53 left on an influence play when Dobson’s level shot deflected off Blake Coleman’s stick and eluded Markstrom.
The Flames regained the lead 61 seconds afterward a setup from Gaudreau, who crossed the Islanders’ blue line, curled again to purchase himself a while and house and fed Tanev coming late within the slot, and he fired a 40-foot wrist shot contained in the objective put up.
Gaudreau prolonged his factors streak to 6 video games (4 assists and 7 factors).
Calgary briefly constructed up a two-goal lead late within the second interval when Ruzicka neatly arrange Mangiapane’s redirection in entrance with 4 1/2 minutes remaining. It was Mangiapane’s team-leading twenty fourth.
“I noticed him get open and I put the puck on his tape,” Ruzicka mentioned. “He instructed me he didn’t know I used to be passing the puck so it hit him and I used to be lucky it went in.”
Mangiapane added: “I used to be sort of battling in entrance there and I noticed him decide the puck up and I had simply sort of had my stick on the ice and he simply hit it off my stick and it went in. … He made a terrific go.”
However simply over a minute later, the Islanders acquired again to inside one when Pageau acquired free within the slot and one-timed Zach Parise’s go behind Markstrom.
The Flames acquired some insurance coverage eight minutes into the third when Gudbranson scored his second of the season on a set-up from Milan Lucic. Calgary put the sport away at 15:13 on Lindholm’s one-timer, which prolonged his objective streak to 4 and point-streak to 6 (4-3-7).
Colin Cooper, who performed 4 seasons at Mount Royal College in Calgary, was the emergency backup goaltender however stayed within the dressing room although and didn't sit on the bench.
Varlamov’s optimistic take a look at signifies that Sorokin additionally will begin on Tuesday in Buffalo. It’s additionally extra inconvenient for the Islanders that Varlamov examined optimistic throughout the border, the place laws are extra stringent than within the U.S.
Kyle Palmieri was a wholesome scratch for a second consecutive recreation after returning to the crew from a one-game paternity absence.
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