CALGARY — Elias Lindholm prolonged his function streak to seven video games notching the go-ahead function 7:31 into the 3rd era on Saturday because the Calgary Flames prolonged their successful streak to 9 video games with a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken.
Lindholm has 9 objectives over the span and is as much as 22 at the season. Aiding on Matthew Tkachuk’s first-period function as smartly, Lindholm additionally has a nine-game level streak (8 objectives, seven assists).
Tkachuk additionally had an help for a two-point recreation for Calgary (29-13-6). The Flames will glance to finish a great seven-game homestand once they play host to the Winnipeg Jets on Monday.
Calle Jarnkrok scored the lone function for Seattle (16-31-4). The Kraken, who’ve misplaced 3 instantly, wrap up a three-game highway shuttle in Vancouver on Monday.
Jacob Markstrom used to be very good once more in internet for the Flames, beginning for the 14th time within the closing 15 video games. He made 22 saves to enhance to 22-10-5.
His absolute best save got here 4 mins into the second one era when he slid around the crease with an old style stacking of the pads to rob Jordan Eberle after he have been arrange on a two-on-one via Alex Wennberg.
Philipp Grubauer made 35 stops for Seattle. He falls to 12-21-4.
At the successful function, Lindholm corralled the rebound off a Chris Tanev shot within the slot, spun and despatched a wrist shot simply throughout the function put up on Grubauer’s blocker facet.
It got here after Grubauer had made 32 saves in a row, bouncing again spectacularly after giving up a function at the first shot he confronted.
In conserving the ranking 1-1, Grubauer stretched out his pad overdue within the first to rob Flames main function scorer Andrew Mangiapane on a one-timer.
He then stopped Mangiapane on some other bad probability six mins into the second one, this time thrusting out his blocker to get a work of the puck.
Grubauer additionally were given some lend a hand from defenceman Adam Larsson 5 mins into the 3rd. Johnny Gaudreau’s shot from 10 ft out with the online vacant used to be blocked via Adam Larsson, who caught out his leg to rob the Flames’ main scorer.
Mangiapane finally ends up seeing his seven-game level streak snapped. Johnny Gaudreau had his level streak come to an finish at 8.
Entering the evening, Calgary had received 5 video games in a row via 3 or extra objectives for the primary time in franchise historical past. The Flames had outscored groups 37-13 over that reach, however this recreation can be a harder check.
Calgary opened the scoring for the thirty first time at 3:02 of the primary era when Lindholm focused a go to Tkachuk, cruising throughout the slot, sooner than he beat Grubauer top at the glove facet for his twenty fourth function.
Seattle pulled even at 12:26 profiting from a blunder via defenceman Noah Hanifin. Getting the puck in the back of the online and going through the forums, Hanifin blindly despatched the puck into his personal slot the place there the one participant there used to be Jarnkrok who temporarily whipped a shot previous a shocked Markstrom.
NOTES: Sooner than the sport, the Flames honoured longtime captain Mark Giordano, who used to be taking part in his first regular-season recreation again in Calgary, the place he performed for 15 seasons and logged 949 profession video games, moment all-time to Jarome Iginla. The half-capacity crowd gave him a 60-second status ovation. … Mikael Backlund performed profession recreation No. 792, transferring him forward of Theoren Fleury and into 5th at the Flames all-time listing. … Gaudreau leads the NHL in plus-minus at plus-39.
