Matthew Tkachuk and Brian Elliott lead Flames past Flyers 3-1
Posted Feb 15, 2017 11:21 pm.
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Rookie Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and an assist and Brian Elliott made 33 stops to lead the Calgary Flames to a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.
Down 1-0 early, Tkachuk got the Flames back to even at 4:28 of the first period. Shortly after he won a faceoff in the Flyers end, he got open in front of the net and neatly converted Mikael Backlund’s centring pass for his 11th goal.
The 19-year-old Tkachuk also had an assist on the go-ahead goal at 12:45 of the second. TJ Brodie scored just inside the goal post with Sam Bennett screening Philadelphia goalie Michal Neuvirth.
Mark Giordano put the puck into an empty net with 39 seconds left for Calgary (29-26-3). It was a big bounce-back win after an ugly outing on Monday when the Flames came out of their five-day bye week and got whipped 5-0 at home by the Arizona Coyotes.
The two points moves Calgary back into the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Although the Los Angeles Kings, one point back, hold three games in hand.
Nick Cousins scored for Philadelphia (27-23-7). The Flyers squandered an opportunity to pull even with Toronto for the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
