Coleman and Lindholm ignite 4-goal 3rd period for Flames in 7-4 win over Stars

coleman and lindholm ignite 4-goal 3rd period for flames in 7-4 win over stars

DALLAS (AP) — Blake Coleman and Elias Lindholm scored 29 seconds apart early in a four-goal third period to put the Calgary Flames ahead in their 7-4 win over the Dallas Stars on Friday night.

The Flames got even at 4-4 when Coleman, who is from nearby Plano, Texas, scored 1:53 into the third from beside the net when he knocked in the puck that Stars captain Jamie Benn had deflected with his hand after MacKenzie Weegar’s shot.

Calgary got the go-ahead goal and first lead of the game when Jake Oettinger got his glove on a shot, but didn’t secure the puck and Lindholm was able to knock it under the goalie. Coleman later had a secondary assist on Mikael Backlund’s goal that gave the Flames a two-goal lead, and Nazem Kadri added an empty-netter late.

Seven different players had goals for the Flames, whose season high was also the most allowed by Dallas. Yegor Sharangovich had a goal and two assists, while A.J. Greer and Adam Ruzicka both added a goal and an assist.

The Flames are 6-2-2 in their last 10 games. All of those are are since a 4-3 home loss to Dallas on Nov. 1, in their 10th game of the season when they were 2-7-1.

Wyatt Johnston had two goals for the Stars, with Jamie Benn and Evgenii Dadonov assisting on both of them. Jason Robertson added a goal and an assist, and Joe Pavelski had a power-play goal.

Two days after an overtime loss to Las Vegas in a rematch of last year’s Western Conference Final, the Stars wrapped up a five-game homestand with a 2-2-1 record.

Calgary goalie Jacob Markstrom had 24 saves. Oettinger stopped 20 shots.

The 20-year-old Johnston has played in all 101 of Dallas’ regular-season games, plus 19 playoff games, since making his NHL debut at the start of last season. It was the second time he scored two goals in the last six games — he had none in the span between those games.

Johnston’s second goal, his ninth of the season, came after he won a faceoff in the defensive end about five minutes into the second period. A few minutes later, the Stars led 4-2 on the ninth goal by Pavelski, the 39-year-old veteran whose family Johnston lives with.

UP NEXT

Flames: At Colorado on Saturday night, their third set of back-to-back games this season.

Stars: At Winnipeg on Tuesday night.

___

AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/NHL

News Related

OTHER NEWS

Hurricanes score 4 goals in a 5:31 span in the 1st period, beat Oilers 6-3

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Teuvo Teravainen and Seth Jarvis each had a goal and an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes scored four goals in a 5:31 span in the first ... Read more »

Adam Lowry scores in OT, Jets beat Lightning 3-2 to extend winning streak to 4 games

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Adam Lowry scored 1:39 into overtime and the Winnipeg Jets won their fourth consecutive game, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Wednesday night. Lowry scored ... Read more »

Ullmark, NHL-leading Bruins remain hot, top Panthers 3-1 to improve to 14-1-3 on season

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Linus Ullmark stopped 27 shots, and the NHL-leading Boston Bruins topped the Florida Panthers 3-1 on Wednesday night in a rematch of last season’s Eastern Conference ... Read more »

Bruins beat Panthers 3-1 in Eastern Conference quarterfinals rematch

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Linus Ullmark stopped 27 shots and the NHL-leading Boston Bruins beat the Florida Panthers 3-1 on Wednesday night in a rematch of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals. ... Read more »

Jenner, Werenski help Blue Jackets beat Blackhawks 7-3 to end 9-game losing streak

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Boone Jenner scored twice and Zach Werenski had a franchise-record four assists as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7-3 Wednesday night, snapping a ... Read more »

'Really good chance' Lightning goalie Vasilevskiy returns on road trip, Cooper says

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper says there’s “a really good chance” that star goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy will return from back surgery during a three-game road ... Read more »

Buffalo Sabres rookie Zach Benson scores first goal on highlight-reel, between-the-legs shot

The Buffalo Sabres have a decision to make soon on Zach Benson’s future for this season. The forward might have helped his cause by scoring his first NHL goal on ... Read more »
Top List in the World