Johnny Gaudreau delivers winner in OT as Flames edge Canucks

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    <br>Johnny Gaudreau was the hero with the winning goal in overtime and goaltender Jacob Markstrom collected his league-best seventh shutout of the season as the host Calgary Flames blanked the Vancouver Canucks 1-0 on Saturday.<br> <br>Gaudreau’s 17th goal of the season came 29 seconds into the overtime period.
    Moments after he broke up a Canucks rush, Gaudreau was the trailer on the ensuing odd-man rush when Elias Lindholm dropped a pass for him in the slot.<br> <br>Gaudreau, who was denied during a second-period penalty shot attempt, unloaded a low slap shot that found the mark to give the Flames their fourth win in six games and put them back into a wild-card playoff position in the Western Conference standings.<br> <br>Markstrom needed to only make 15 saves to earn his 15th of his career shutout.

    The Canucks were thoroughly outplayed; shots on goal favored Calgary by 14-1 seven minutes into the second period.<br> <br>Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko was outstanding in his return after missing four games due to COVID protocol. Here’s more information regarding สล็อต PG take a look at our web-site. Demko made several key saves on top of Gaudreau’s penalty-shot attempt, among them when he flashed across the crease to deny Andrew Mangiapane’s one-timer early in the second period.<br> <br>That said, the Flames had plenty of opportunities to win in regulation, with their power play a huge issue.

    The hosts failed to convert during four power-play opportunities against Vancouver’s league-worst penalty kill.<br> <br>Among those advantages came when Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers was assessed a match penalty after a hit to the head on Calgary’s Trevor Lewis 13 minutes into the game.

    Lewis left momentarily but returned to start the second period.<br> <br>Despite the loss, the Canucks received a big boost before the game, with captain Bo Horvat also returning after missing five games due to COVID protocol.<br> <br>–Field Level Media<br>

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