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Get a recap of the Minnesota Wild vs. Calgary Flames hockey game.

[Mason Shaw](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/4392879/mason-shaw) and [Jon Merrill](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3059403/jon-merrill) also scored for Minnesota, which had its four-game winning streak halted. [Tyler Toffoli](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5550/tyler-toffoli) scored twice, including an empty-netter, and [Nazem Kadri](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5349/nazem-kadri) and [Blake Coleman](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/2563026/blake-coleman) added goals for Calgary. [Dan Vladar](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3942459/dan-vladar) gave up two goals on his first three shots. [Marc-Andre Fleury](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/2346/marc-andre-fleury) had 22 saves as his record fell to 9-6-1. [Kirill Kaprizov](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3942335/kirill-kaprizov) extended his goal streak to an NHL-leading seven games for the Wild. Toffoli got a piece of Andersson’s slap shot from the blue line. [Elias Lindholm](http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3041994/elias-lindholm) had three assists for the Flames, who won their third straight. “They weren’t in the hockey game. “Got to make a few saves, too, and help the guys out.” “Ultimately at the end of the day we want to win as a team. Kaprizov came into the game with 19 points in his last 12 games. “Obviously not the start we wanted,” Andersson said.

Rasmus Andersson has goal and two assists as the Calgary Flames feat the Minnesota Wild 5-3.

Brett Ritchie, Coleman and Zadorov all collected their first NHL helpers against the Wild. “I think a lot of stuff is clicking, but first 10 minutes tonight wasn’t good enough, so that’s something we’ve gotta figure out.” Suddenly, they’re only four points back of the second-place Seattle Kraken in the Pacific Division. Three different current Flames players recorded their first NHL assist against the Wild earlier in their careers, odd as that seems. “I think they’re just better around the net, closer to the net. But the Flames composed themselves and eventually started dictating the pace of the game in the final minutes of the first. Less then a minute later, it got worse for the Flames when Mason Shaw converted on a two-on-one.You could hear the groans coming from the Calgary crowd. You could see the tweets about the Flames not realizing it was an unusual 6 p.m. But it wouldn’t be fair to focus exclusively on the way the Flames started. “It’s just staying poised and composed and not letting that seep into the second and third period. And then, well … Article content

Dillon Dube, Elias Lindholm and Nazem Kadri supplied the goals, with Kadri's game winner on the powerplay late in the third. Dan Vladar got the start and turned ...

Naz has four points in his last two games (1G, 3A) and is coming off a three point night against the Coyotes which saw him score the gamer winner. Kaprizov enters the match-up riding a 12-game point streak which has seen him collect 19 (8G, 11A) in that span. Over his career, Lindholm has 13 points in 17 career matchups against Minnesota and recorded at least a point in all three of the club's meetings last season, ending with 5 points (2G, 3A). It's the same in practice, same as every day, it's the same as he is with me when I'm playing. So far on the year, Tyler Toffoli and Nazem Kadri lead the way with 77 shots while Backlund is third with 67. LOOK BACKS AT IT: Mikael Backlund skated in his 851 NHL game on Monday night against the Coyotes. We found a way to come up with a win." "It was a roller coaster," Ryan Reaves said after the game. We've all realized that and something we're starting to do now." "We got the two points, all that matters," Elias Lindholm said. "You don't want to be up and down," Noah Hanifin said. We can't just be around .500 all the time and lose one, win one.