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The Calgary Flames played a pretty good game on Monday night against the Dallas Stars. They were opportunistic offensively and scored when they had to do so.

Heck, the Stars were all over the Flames in the third period – scoring chances were 14-5 Dallas and high-danger chances were 7-1 Dallas. But not only did the Flames kill off that penalty, but Huberdeau sprang Tyler Toffoli on a breakaway shortly after the penalty was killed off. Toffoli chased after the Stars defender with the puck, leading to a turnover to Kadri. Hanifin couldn’t hold onto the puck in the Stars’ zone, and Joe Pavelski sprang Roope Hintz on a breakaway. They had a pressure shift in the Stars zone and Hanifin opted to fling the puck on net with Elias Lindholm screening. The Stars tied things up on a Flames turnover and some nice passing.

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Backlund is one of five Flames to score on the penalty kill, with the others being Dillon Dube (2), Blake Coleman (2), Trevor Lewis (1), and Elias Lindholm (1). He's coming off of a two-goal performance on Saturday and has logged six points in his last three skates. As a team, the Flames are tied for the 10th most shorthanded tallies in the NHL (7). We know (Colorado) is better than how they played, and we have to keep building on this for the next 20 games until the playoffs start." While the Flames didn't get the results they were hoping for in last week's contests, Coleman has created plenty of chances and generated energy with his up-tempo style of play. "Goaltending gave us a chance to win but I think (we had) very little run support for him, especially from our top guys." This season, he's suited up for 62 games and has seven assists. "We knew it was coming, it felt like it was coming for a week or two now," Pavelski told NHL.com, referring to his scoring slump. "We've got to find a push, we've got to find some energy," Rasmus Andersson said. "It was a really good effort, and now we have to keep building on it. We're at that point right now where you really need to look at yourself in the mirror and you've got to find your game, that you're good at, and contribute more to the team. That's on us as individuals and that's on us as a team.

The Calgary Flames earn a "massive win" after blowing a lead, then scoring with just 6.2 seconds left in regulation to top the Dallas Stars.

We just have to try to build on this.” … “That’s their calling card, so do it.” This was his straight-to-the-point description of Toffoli’s game-winner: “That was a good play, a great shot by Toff and game over right there.” You look at Naz and Lindy’s line, they’ve really struggled with that the last two games. He had Jakob Pelletier working with Lindholm and Toffoli, while Nick Ritchie logged his Flames debut alongside Huberdeau and Nazem Kadri. “And it’s not so much scoring chances — it’s offensive-zone time and possession game. “And obviously made the right choice.” MacKenzie Weegar deserves some credit too, since he delivered a big crunch along the boards, forcing Stars winger Ty Dellandrea to hastily unload the puck. The feeling when you saw the puck go in, it was really nice.” “It was a massive win,” said Flames defenceman Rasmus Andersson in a post-game interview on Sportsnet 960 The Fan. It wasn’t easy, never seems to be for this bunch, but they snapped a five-game losing skid. Article content

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Huberdeau also assisted on Ritchie’s goal less than four minutes into the game. But Toffoli scored his 26th goal with a wrister past Jake Oettinger after a pass from Jonathan Huberdeau. After Dallas failed to capitalize on a late power play following a boarding penalty against Ritchie, it looked like the game was headed to overtime.

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Derek Ryan also scored, and Stuart Skinner made 37 saves for the Oilers, who have won three of their past four games. Nino Niederreiter and Nate Schmidt found the back of the net for Winnipeg. Jeremy Lauzon added a pair of assists, and Juuse Saros finished with 26 saves. Then with 5:48 remaining in regulation, Benn won an offensive-zone faceoff and deflected Esa Lindell's point shot for his 26th goal of the season. Nick Ritchie, Nikita Zadorov, Elias Lindholm and Rasmus Andersson also scored for the Flames, who recovered after blowing a pair of two-goal leads. San Jose would grab momentum and stun the Jets only 1:21 into the extra frame, with Couture sealing the victory in all alone.

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Mais Toffoli a marqué son 26e but avec un tir des poignets devant le gardien Jake Oettinger après une aide de Jonathan Huberdeau. Jason Robertson a inscrit son 38e but pour les Stars et Roope Hintz son 30e but. Oettinger a stoppé son tir, mais n’a pas pu récupérer la rondelle, lorsque Ritchie l’a glissé au fond des filets pour le premier but de la partie.

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… Domi, who had 18 goals in 60 games with the Blackhawks, had a 40-foot wrister through traffic ricochet off the left post earlier in the second period. The younger Ritchie had scored nine goals in 58 games for the Coyotes. Zadorov put the Flames up 2-0 in the second with his laser shot from the circle to the left of Oettinger after a cross-ice pass from Troy Stecher, the defenceman was also part of the deal with the Ritchie brothers. The Flames won 6-5 in Dallas on Jan. Jason Robertson scored his 38th goal for Dallas, and Roope Hintz got his 30th on a short-hander. His 26th goal was a wrister past Jake Oettinger after getting the puck from Jonathan Huberdeau.

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Huberdeau also assisted on Ritchie’s goal less than four minutes into the game. But Toffoli scored his 26th goal with a wrister past Jake Oettinger after a pass from Jonathan Huberdeau. After Dallas failed to capitalize on a late power play following a boarding penalty against Ritchie, it looked like the game was headed to overtime.

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The younger Ritchie had scored nine goals in 58 games for the Coyotes. Only twice before in Flames franchise history have they scored game-winning goals with less time remaining in regulation. Jason Robertson scored his 38th goal for Dallas, and Roope Hintz got his 30th on a short-hander. Calgary acquired the 27-year-old Ritchie just before the trade deadline Friday from Arizona for his old brother, Brett. But Toffoli was charging through the middle of the ice and scored his 26th goal with a wrister past Jake Oettinger after a pass from Jonathan Huberdeau. Huberdeau also assisted on Ritchie’s goal less than four minutes into the game.