Zary’s 3rd-period goal lifts Flames to 3-2 win over Rangers

Connor Zary scored the game-winner successful the 3rd play for the Calgary Flames successful a 3-2 triumph implicit the visiting New York Rangers connected Thursday.

Matt Coronato and Yegor Sharangovich each had a extremity and an assistance and MacKenzie Weegar had 3 assists for the Flames (11-6-3), who person claimed points successful 7 of their past 8 games and proceed to pursuit the Vegas Golden Knights a constituent up atop the Pacific Division.

Dustin Wolf repelled 27 of 29 shots for his 3rd consecutive win. He was the archetypal successful Calgary’s goaltending tandem with Dan Vladar to get a 3rd consecutive commencement this season.

Calgary’s Jonathan Huberdeau collected his 500th vocation assist.

Alexis Lafreniere and Will Cuylle replied for the Rangers (12-5-1), who mislaid conscionable their 2nd roadworthy crippled this season.

Igor Shesterkin was a workhorse turning distant 35 of 37 shots implicit 2 periods, and 46 of 49 overall.

Zary fought disconnected Kaapo Kakko leaning connected him to assistance the puck implicit Shesterkin astatine 10:34 of the 3rd period.

Trailing 2-0, New York’s Lafreniere and Cuylle scored successful a 16-second span starting astatine 16:37 of the 2nd play to gully the visitors even.

Sharangovich made it 2-0 successful the 2nd play successful his 300th vocation game. His extremity survived a coach’s situation arsenic New York’s Peter Laviolette argued for a manus walk pass earlier the goal.

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Coronato scored his sixth this play successful the archetypal period.

Takeaways

Flames: Played their champion archetypal play of the season. Outshot the visitors 20-5, but led by conscionable 1 extremity heading into the second. What’s been an anemic powerfulness play successful November produced an important extremity for a 2nd consecutive game.

Rangers: Leaned hard connected their goalie to support them successful their 3rd roadworthy crippled successful arsenic galore nights. Four penalties wrong the archetypal 29 minutes hampered momentum until a two-goal burst precocious successful the 2nd period.

Key moment

A determined Zary, who was astir the puck each night, fought disconnected the heavier Kakko leaning connected him to whip the puck implicit Shesterkin for the game-winner.

Key stat

The Flames recorded 20-plus shots successful an opening play for the archetypal clip since Oct. 25, 2022, erstwhile they registered 20 against Pittsburgh.

Up next

Flames: At location to the Minnesota Wild connected Saturday afternoon.

Rangers: Conclude four-game roadworthy travel Saturday nighttime against the Edmonton Oilers.