Dan Vladar posted his second shutout of the season because the host Calgary Flames snapped a four-game shedding streak with an emotional 3-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.
The Flames welcomed the household of the late Johnny Gaudreau, who spent 9 seasons with Calgary earlier than signing with the Blue Jackets as a free agent earlier than the 2022-23 season. Gaudreau and his brother Matthew have been killed on Aug. 29 whereas using bikes after they have been hit by a automobile.
Vladar, who was sporting a particular custom-made masks bearing pictures of each brothers painted on it, made 16 saves to earn his fourth profession shutout.
Rasmus Andersson, Kevin Bahl and Yegor Sharangovich scored targets and Mikael Backlund collected two assists for the Flames.
Elvis Merzlikins stopped 19 pictures for the Blue Jackets, who misplaced in regulation for the primary time in seven video games (5-1-1).
Andersson cracked the goose eggs with a power-play objective simply previous the midpoint of the second interval. He arrange on the prime of the left circle and unloaded a one-timer arrange by Backlund for his sixth objective of the season.
“That was essentially the most emotional objective I’ve ever scored,” Andersson, who was shut buddies with Gaudreau, advised Sportsnet through the second intermission.
The Flames have scored with the person benefit in seven of their previous eight video games.
Bahl doubled the lead with one other power-play objective with 2:07 remaining in regulation. The massive defenseman transformed a protracted wrist shot from the highest of the left circle for his first objective of the season. The tally was his first since Feb. 27, and it ended a 48-game objective drought.
Sharangovich added an empty-net objective with 20 seconds left, his sixth objective of the season.
Columbus appeared to open the scoring when Zach Werenski lit the lamp simply previous the four-minute mark of the primary interval, however the Flames efficiently challenged an uncalled offside.
The Flames seemingly prolonged their result in 2-0 shortly after the midpoint of the third interval due to a Backlund deflection, however Columbus efficiently challenged for offside.
–Subject Degree Media
