Sunday, February 17, 2019

FLAMES SNAP 4-GAME SKID, BEATING PENGUINS 5-4


CALGARY 5, PITTSBURGH 4
WHEN: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 16, 2019
WHERE: PPG PAINTS Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
REFEREES: Jean Hebert, Francois St. Laurent
LINESMEN: Devin Berg, Scott Driscoll
ATTENDANCE: 18667
The Calgary Flames got points from 12 players and broke a four-game losing streak with a 5-4 win on Saturday over the host Pittsburgh Penguins.
Andrew Mangiapane, Michael Frolik, Austin Czarnik, Travis Hamonic and Sam Bennett scored, and Derek Ryan had three assists for Calgary, which held on after taking a 5-2 lead through two periods.
Goaltender Mike Smith stopped 34 of 38 Pittsburgh shots.
Evgeni Malkin had two goals and an assist, Sidney Crosby a goal and two assists and Jake Guentzel also scored for the Penguins, who had won two straight.
Pittsburgh's Phil Kessel had two assists, the first making him the 17th American player to reach 800 points.
After stopping 88 of 90 shots in the previous two games, Pittsburgh goalie Matt Murray gave up five goals on 24 shots before being pulled after two periods. Casey DeSmith relieved and stopped all seven shots he faced.
Mangiapane opened the scoring at 7:06 of the first when a bouncing shot went in off his skate.
Pittsburgh tied it at 17:41. Justin Schultz, who returned after missing 53 games because of a broken left leg, lofted a shot from the left point. Guentzel redirected the puck low and past Smith.
Frolik gave the Flames a 2-1 lead at 1:39 of the second when he got to a rebound and scored on a backhander.
Calgary struck again 1:33 later. After the Penguins turned the puck over in the neutral zone, Czarnik made it 3-1 with a knuckling shot from the top of the left circle.
Crosby closed it to 3-2 with his 25th goal, during a power play, at 6:52 of the second with a roofed severe-angle shot.
Hamonic's shot from the right-wing wall hit Guentzel's stick on its way past Murray to make it 4-2 at 16:02 of the second period.
With 1:29 left in the second, Bennett reached behind Murray to tuck the loose puck in for a power-play goal and 5-2 Flames lead.
Malkin scored a power-play goal off the rush at 5:42 of the third and another power-play goal at 14:41 to close it to 5-4.

TOP GAME PERFORMANCES
CALGARY

PITTSBURGH
Derek Ryan 3
Points
Evgeni Malkin 3
Sam Bennett 1
Goals
Evgeni Malkin 2
Derek Ryan 3
Assists
Sidney Crosby 2
Sam Bennett 1
Power Play Goals
Evgeni Malkin 2
N/A
Short Handed Goals
N/A
Mike Smith .895
Save Percentage
Casey DeSmith 1.000
Mike Smith 34
Saves
Matt Murray 19

TEAM STATS SUMMARY
TEAM
SHOTS
GOALS
POWER PLAY
PENALTY KILL
PENALTY MINS
FACE OFFS WON
CALGARY
31
5
1-3
2-4
20
23
PITTSBURGH
38
4
2-4
2-3
18
32

MY STARS OF THE GAME
GAMES 1ST STAR: Michael Frolik, RW – CGY, 1 Goals, 0 Assists
GAMES 2ND STAR: Evgeni MalkinC – PIT, 2 Goals, 1 Assists
GAMES 3RD STAR: Derek Ryan, C – CGY, 0 Goals, 3 Assists

SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
7:06
Flames
Andrew Mangiapane (2)
Assists: Oliver Kylington, Derek Ryan
1
0
17:41
Penguins
Jake Guentzel (28)
Assists: Justin Schultz, Nick Bjugstad
1
1

2ND PERIOD
1:39
Flames
Michael Frolik (12)
Assists: Matthew Tkachuk, Rasmus Andersson
2
1
3:12
Flames
Austin Czarnik (3)
Assists: Derek Ryan
3
1
6:52
Penguins
Sidney Crosby (25) (Power Play)
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Phil Kessel
3
2
16:02
Flames
Travis Hamonic (4)
Assists: Sean Monahan, Elias Lindholm
4
2
18:31
Flames
Sam Bennett (11) (Power Play)
Assists: Derek Ryan, Mikael Backlund
5
2

3RD PERIOD
5:42
Penguins
Evgeni Malkin (15) (Power Play)
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Phil Kessel
5
3
14:41
Penguins
Evgeni Malkin (16) (Power Play)
Assists: Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby
5
4
FINAL SCORING SUMMARY
FINAL
1
2
3
T
Calgary
1
4
0
5
Pittsburgh
1
1
2
4
CALGARY FLAMES
Player
POS
G
A
P
+/-
PIM
SOG
SHF
TOI
EV
PP
SH
PP
SH
HT
BS
FW
FL
FO%
David Rittich
G
0
0
0
0
0
0:00
0:00
0:00
0:00
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
Mike Smith
G
0
0
0
0
0
60:00
47:33
9:03
3:24
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
Rasmus Andersson
D
0
1
1
+2
5
2
18
12:51
10:49
1:13
0:49
0
0
1
-
-
-
-
Mark Giordano
D
0
0
0
-1
0
2
29
24:08
17:25
4:50
1:53
0
0
1
1
-
-
-
TJ Brodie
D
0
0
0
+1
0
0
29
23:31
17:52
3:44
1:55
0
0
2
2
-
-
-
Derek Ryan
C
0
3
3
+2
0
3
20
13:26
8:27
2:47
2:12
0
0
1
-
6
7
46
Mikael Backlund
C
0
1
1
+1
0
3
22
19:32
16:14
3:18
0:00
0
0
3
-
6
8
43
Johnny Gaudreau
LW
0
0
0
E
2
0
20
17:00
13:30
3:25
0:05
0
0
1
-
-
-
-
Matthew Tkachuk
LW
0
1
1
+1
0
4
23
22:17
17:18
4:59
0:00
0
0
1
-
-
-
-
Garnet Hathaway
RW
0
0
0
+1
0
3
18
11:07
8:25
0:35
2:07
0
0
8
3
-
-
-
Sean Monahan
C
0
1
1
E
0
1
22
19:00
14:07
4:53
0:00
0
0
-
-
4
5
44
Travis Hamonic
D
1
0
1
+1
4
1
25
22:53
19:06
2:25
1:22
0
0
2
2
-
-
-
Austin Czarnik
C
1
0
1
+1
0
2
16
9:07
7:13
1:54
0:00
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
Elias Lindholm
C
0
1
1
+1
0
1
24
17:48
13:12
3:24
1:12
0
0
4
2
6
6
50
Noah Hanifin
D
0
0
0
+1
0
0
23
20:34
18:03
1:42
0:49
0
0
-
4
-
-
-
Oliver Kylington
D
0
1
1
+2
0
1
18
12:37
11:51
0:46
0:00
0
0
2
1
-
-
-
Michael Frolik
RW
1
0
1
+1
0
5
19
18:31
17:26
1:05
0:00
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
Mark Jankowski
C
0
0
0
E
0
0
18
11:28
9:24
0:52
1:12
0
0
2
-
1
5
17
Andrew Mangiapane
LW
1
0
1
+1
0
2
15
9:17
8:27
0:50
0:00
0
0
3
-
-
-
-
Sam Bennett
C
1
0
1
E
9
1
14
9:42
7:09
2:33
0:00
1
0
3
-
-
-
-
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Player
POS
G
A
P
+/-
PIM
SOG
SHF
TOI
EV
PP
SH
PP
SH
HT
BS
FW
FL
FO%
Casey DeSmith
G
0
0
0
0
0
18:32
11:06
0:11
7:15
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
Matt Murray
G
0
0
0
0
0
40:00
34:59
3:13
1:48
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
Chad Ruhwedel
D
0
0
0
E
0
0
25
16:28
14:04
0:00
2:24
0
0
2
1
-
-
-
Justin Schultz
D
0
1
1
E
0
1
24
17:12
15:50
0:28
0:54
0
0
1
1
-
-
-
Matt Cullen
C
0
0
0
-1
0
4
19
11:46
7:45
0:00
4:01
0
0
-
-
11
0
100
Brian Dumoulin
D
0
0
0
-3
0
5
28
21:38
16:07
0:00
5:31
0
0
1
-
-
-
-
Garrett Wilson
LW
0
0
0
-1
0
1
11
7:54
6:57
0:00
0:57
0
0
1
-
-
-
-
Bryan Rust
RW
0
0
0
-1
0
2
23
17:19
13:08
0:00
4:11
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
Jared McCann
C
0
0
0
E
7
0
15
9:58
8:19
0:00
1:39
0
0
-
2
3
7
30
Nick Bjugstad
C
0
1
1
-1
0
1
19
15:12
13:48
0:28
0:56
0
0
2
-
2
0
100
Marcus Pettersson
D
0
0
0
E
5
0
20
12:43
12:21
0:00
0:22
0
0
3
1
-
-
-
Zach Aston-Reese
LW
0
0
0
E
4
0
21
11:47
9:08
0:28
2:11
0
0
2
1
-
-
-
Teddy Blueger
C
0
0
0
E
0
3
18
10:56
8:00
0:00
2:56
0
0
4
-
-
-
-
Kris Letang
D
0
1
1
-3
0
2
30
28:55
20:32
2:56
5:27
0
0
3
1
-
-
-
Jake Guentzel
LW
1
0
1
E
0
2
21
17:31
15:37
0:28
1:26
0
0
-
1
-
-
-
Evgeni Malkin
C
2
1
3
-2
0
5
21
20:16
16:19
2:56
1:01
2
0
3
1
4
4
50
Patric Hornqvist
RW
0
0
0
E
2
2
22
16:06
12:52
2:56
0:18
0
0
5
-
-
-
-
Jack Johnson
D
0
0
0
E
0
1
25
18:51
14:55
0:28
3:28
0
0
3
-
-
-
-
Phil Kessel
RW
0
2
2
-2
0
4
21
19:33
15:55
2:56
0:42
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
Sidney Crosby
C
1
2
3
-1
0
5
24
21:35
17:36
2:56
1:03
1
0
2
1
12
12
50
GOALTENDING
CALGARY

Shots
Saves
GA
SV %
PIM
TOI
Mike Smith W (15-11-2)
38
34
4
.895
0
60:00

PITTSBURGH

Shots
Saves
GA
SV %
PIM
TOI
Casey DeSmith
7
7
0
1.000
0
18:32
Matt Murray L (17-10-1)
24
19
5
.792
0
40:00


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