Flames beat Ducks 4-2 for first win of the season, Pospisil scores winner
Calgary improved to 1-5 after a shaky 0-5 start, with goaltender Dustin Wolf making 22 saves in Anaheim.
Martin Pospisil scored the go-ahead goal with 4:22 remaining in the third period as the Calgary Flames defeated the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Tuesday night, picking up their first win of the NHL season. Yegor Sharangovich added an empty-net goal with 1:22 left to seal it, while Adam Klapka and Aydar Suniev also scored for Calgary. Goaltender Dustin Wolf stopped 22 of 24 shots.
Pospisil's winner came after he took a pass from Suniev, skated down the left side, deked past two Anaheim defenders and beat goaltender Lukas Dostal to make it 3-2. Suniev had tied the game 2-2 shortly after Anaheim killed off a Calgary 5-on-3 power play, converting a cross-ice feed from Ryan Strome.
Calgary had opened the scoring 8:32 into the first period on a goal from Klapka, set up by a Maksim Tsyplakov turnover in the Anaheim slot. The Ducks answered with two goals in under two minutes from Beckett Sennecke and Leo Carlsson to take a 2-1 lead before Calgary rallied.
Anaheim's first-round 2025 draft pick, Roger McQueen, made his NHL debut after being recalled from the AHL, playing just over 11 minutes without recording a point. He replaced Ryan Poehling, who is out six to eight weeks with a knee sprain. Calgary, now 1-5, visits the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday, while Anaheim, 4-2, hosts the Boston Bruins on Friday.
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