Flames beat Maple Leafs 5-2 for fourth straight win, first since 2022

Matvei Gridin scored twice to lead the Calgary Flames to a 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday, extending Calgary's winning streak to four games and completing a perfect homestand. Mikael Backlund also scored, while Joel Farabee and Martin Pospisil added empty-net goals for the Flames (5-6-0).

Gridin opened the scoring at 10:05 of the first period with a sharp-angle shot that beat Toronto goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky short side, and Backlund followed less than two minutes later. Gridin struck again just 25 seconds into the second period on the power play for the eventual winner, giving him four goals in his last four games to lead the club. Devin Cooley made 26 saves in his fourth straight start, improving to 4-2-0, while Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots in the loss.

Easton Cowan and William Nylander scored for Toronto (7-5-2), whose four-game winning streak was snapped. Auston Matthews picked up an assist on Nylander's goal for the 800th point of his NHL career, making him the fastest player in Leafs history to reach the milestone. Toronto winger Kirill Marchenko left the game early in the second period with a lower-body injury after a hit from Yegor Sharangovich.

The win was Calgary's first over Toronto since February 2022, snapping an eight-game losing skid to the Leafs that had been Toronto's longest active winning streak against any opponent. The Flames travel to face the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday, while the Maple Leafs visit the Seattle Kraken.