Calgary Flames at Vancouver Canucks

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Calgary Flames

1-0-0

Final
6 - 5

Vancouver Canucks

0-0-1

Zary scores in OT to lift Flames to 6-5 win over Canucks

Anthony Mantha had a goal and an assist to lead Calgary. Rasmus Andersson, Martin Pospisil, MacKenzie Weegar and Jonathan Huberdeau also scored for the Flames, who trailed 3-0 midway through the first period.

Brock Boeser had two goals and J.T. Miller, Daniel Sprong and Conor Garland also scored for the Canucks. Arturs Silovs stopped 20 shots for Vancouver.

Takeaways Canucks: Squandered a 4-1 lead after the first period by giving up four unanswered goals to fall behind. Miller then tied it with 1:37 left in the third period.

Flames: Dan Vladar gave up four goals on 15 shots in the first period, but allowed only one more goal and finished with 20 saves for the win.

Key moment Huberdeau, under pressure this season to produce more and live up to his $10.5-million salary, scored Calgary’s fifth goal at 10:40 of the third period to give the Flames a 5-4 lead. Stationed in the blue paint, he batted in a rebound off a shot by Brayden Pachal.

Key stat Calgary blocked 21 shots to Vancouver’s 12.

Up next The Canucks conclude their season-opening two-game homestand against Philadelphia on Friday night, and the Flames host the Flyers on Saturday night

Regular Season Series

CGY leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 9:40	Daniel Sprong Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Filip Hronek (1), Danton Heinen (1)
Goal	1st Period 11:48	Brock Boeser Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Jake DeBrusk (1), Elias Pettersson (1)
Goal	1st Period 12:16	Conor Garland Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Nils Hoglander (1), Aatu Raty (1)
Goal	1st Period 15:49	Anthony Mantha Goal (1) Backhand, assists: none
Goal	1st Period 17:18	Brock Boeser Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: J.T. Miller (1), Quinn Hughes (1)
Goal	2nd Period 17:01	Rasmus Andersson Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Nazem Kadri (1), Andrei Kuzmenko (1)
Goal	3rd Period 2:41	Martin Pospisil Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Anthony Mantha (1), Kevin Bahl (1)
Goal	3rd Period 8:16	MacKenzie Weegar Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Connor Zary (1), Nazem Kadri (2)
Goal	3rd Period 10:40	Jonathan Huberdeau Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Brayden Pachal (1), Jake Bean (1)
Goal	3rd Period 18:23	J.T. Miller Goal (1) Slap Shot, assists: Quinn Hughes (2)
Goal	4th Period 1:33	Connor Zary Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Martin Pospisil (1), Rasmus Andersson (1)

Statistics

CGY		VAN
22	Blocked Shots	12
18	Hits	13
3	Takeaways	6
26	Shots	24
1	Power Play Goals	2
3	Power Play Opportunities	4
33.3	Power Play Percentage	50.0
1	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
30	Faceoffs Won	35
46.2	Faceoff Win Percent	53.8
9	Giveaways	15
7	Total Penalties	6
17	Penalty Minutes	15