CALGARY, Alberta — Matthew Tkachuk had a objective and two assists, main the Calgary Flames to a 6-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday evening.
Dillon Dube had the go-ahead objective and an help, and Brett Ritchie, Andrew Mangiapane, Milan Lucic and Johnny Gaudreau additionally scored for the Flames, who’ve gained three of 4. Jacob Markstrom made 30 saves.
Dawson Mercer, P.Ok. Subban and Yegor Sharangovich scored for the Devils, who’ve misplaced three of 4.
Nico Daws allowed 4 targets on 19 pictures earlier than being changed halfway via the second interval by Jon Gillies, who made 19 saves.
Calgary acquired Calle Jarnkrok from Seattle earlier within the day, intensifying the competitors for enjoying time. And the Flames’ depth gamers stepped up with an enormous evening — led by Dube — as every member of the fourth line scored.
“It’s competition, very clearly. He’s a player who can play anywhere in your top nine,” Flames coach Darryl Sutter stated of Jarnkrok. “Other than one line, we’ve moved guys around all year because nobody’s grabbed onto it enough. It’s more competition. It’s not, ‘I’m up and jump over the boards.’ It’s about performance.”
Dube, who snapped a nine-game skid with no objective, likes the potential payoff getting a participant resembling Jarnkrok.
“It makes our our lineup a lot deeper, so it only helps us,” Dube stated. “The investment shows us what we put in is paying off, so it’s nice to add a really good player.”
“I know a lot of those players over there and they’re top players in the NHL,” stated Gillies, a 2012 Flames draft choose. “The unfortunate part of that is you can do a lot of good things, but when breakdowns happen they’re usually going to put it in the back of the net and that’s what happened.”
With the sport tied at 2, the Flames scored three targets in a span of three:29 within the second interval.
Dube put the Flames up 3-2 at 7:04 on move from Tkachuk. Then, Tkachuk bought a objective of his personal, chasing Daws.
Lucic made it 5-2 at 10:33 when he deflected Rasmus Andersson’s centering move for his first objective in 24 video games.
Sharangovich minimize the Devils’ deficit at 3:51 of the third when his shot went previous Markstrom’s glove.
Gaudreau scored into an empty internet with 2:30 left to seal it for the Flames.
Ritchie gave Calgary a 1-0 lead halfway via the primary interval. It was his first objective of the season — and first level. It additionally got here on an evening when he was initially presupposed to be a scratch for the fifth time within the final six video games. But he was re-inserted into the lineup when rookie Adam Ruzicka was despatched right down to Stockton of the AHL.
Mercer tied it for New Jersey at 16:21, however Mangiapane put the Flames forward once more simply over two minutes later together with his thirtieth objective of the season.
Subban tied it for New Jersey 5:01 into the second interval — earlier than Calgary’s scoring outburst.
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