ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Rasmus Andersson scored 2:24 in overtime as the Calgary Flames defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 Friday night.
Andersson defeated Lukas Dostal with a right-wheel wrist shot, extending Calgary’s winning streak to four games, with three wins in the stretch.
Michael Stone and Brett Ritchie also scored, with Jacob Markstrom making 21 saves as the Flames completed a successful four-game tour of California.
Mason McTavish and Jakob Silfverberg both scored in power plays – Anaheim’s sixth time this season with men’s multiple goals. Dostal made 42 saves for the Ducks, who lost the first two games of their franchise-high 10 home games.
The Ducks took a 3:28 lead in Game 3 to tie it for 2. Silfverberg’s left-handed shot from the wrist was assisted by MacKenzie Weeger’s stick rebound.
Ritchie brought the Flames back to a 2-1 lead at 2:56 in the second period with a slick left-wheel backhand set up by Trevor Lewis, who got the puck after Ducks defender John Klingberg tried to clear it by hitting the umpire.
The Ducks tied the 1-all in a 5-on-3 advantage game at 3:16 to one when McTavish buried a one-time player from the right wheel. It was the sixth goal and 20th point for the rookie who scored nine points in December.
Despite playing back-to-back matches after a 4-3 overtime loss to Los Angeles on Thursday, the Flames were the tougher team to start and took the lead with Stone’s thundering 4-19 left-point shot into the game.
As well as being on the wrong side with a bad rebound that gave Ritchie his sixth goal, the Ducks had to deal with a lot of adversity in the middle of the 20 minutes. Anaheim committed four penalties in the second, and Klingberg tripped over Ritchie just after leaving the box for a high-stick foul. The Ducks also lost 23-1.
Flames: host of Edmonton on Tuesday night.
Ducks: Host Vegas on Wednesday night.
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