Red hot Calgary forward deals Edmonton 3rd straight loss
Tyler Toffoli scored twice for the Calgary Flames in a 3-1 win over the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Monday.
Jonny Goudreau had one goal and one assist for the Flames (34–14–7), finishing at the top of the Pacific Division with a 14th win in his last 16 games.
Edmonton (30-23-4) remained two points out of a wild-card berth in the Western Conference.
Jacob Markstrom intercepted 27 of 28 shots in front of a season-high 17,246 at the saddledome. The arena holds 19,289.
In the first installment of the season's Battle of Alberta at Saddledome, Mikko Koskinen eliminated 26 of 29.
The December 23 game in Calgary was rescheduled due to a COVID-19 outbreak amid the flames.
The Oilers defeated the Visiting Flames 5–2 on October 16 and 5–2 on January 22. Their regular-season series will conclude in Calgary on March 26.
Edmonton fell 7-5-1 since Jay Woodcroft took over as head coach for Dave Tippett, who was fired on February 10.
Calgary opera singer Stefania Romaniuk sang the Ukrainian anthem before George Canyon's O Canada on Monday.
For Ukraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/6GnXzuRIf9
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) March 8, 2022
It was the second straight home game in which the Flames signaled support to a country trying to repel a Russian offensive.
After the first period without a score, Calgary held on to a 2–0 lead as Toffoli's goals extended to third place.
Tyler Toffoli, really enjoying his first Battle of Alberta experience. pic.twitter.com/Dew1Su6FOG
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) March 8, 2022
Shore halved the deficit at 4:57 of the third period, but Goudreau, scoring on a partial breakaway, restored Calgary's two-goal cushion with only three minutes remaining.
Puck diverted referee Dan O'Rourke's leg to Edmonton's Derek Ryan, whose pass bounced off Flames' defenseman Nikita Zadorov's leg to noisy to score.
Toffoli collected his sixth and seventh goals for the Flames as he was retrieved from the Montreal Canadiens in a February 14 trade.
He took a backhand feed from Adam Ruzika and wired a far-away wrist shot on Koskinen at 9:54 of the second period.
The Toronto forward rebounded upwards for a power-play goal at 6:37.
Goudreau's assist in Toffoli's first goal was his sixth in five games and 50th this season.
Markstrom spread Brad Malone to his crease to smash and also stopped an Evander Kane blast during an Edmonton power-play at the start of the second period.
Calgary held the fourth-best power-play in the NHL at 0-for-4 in the game and went 1-for-4 with a one-man advantage.
Toffoli placed a short-handed breakaway from the post behind Koskinen in the middle of the opening period.
In the third, Koskinen stopped Mikel Backlund on another short-handed spot.
The Flames are at home to the Washington Capitals on Tuesday, who face the Oilers in Edmonton on Wednesday.