CALGARY, Canada—Alex Killorn scored twice, Troy Terry had a goal and two assists, and the Anaheim Ducks snapped a five-game losing streak with a 5–3 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night, April 2.
“It feels good to win,” said Killorn, who has 17 goals this season. “We haven’t done that in a long time. It’s been tough. It’s nice, especially at the end of the road trip, to go home with a good feeling.”
Mason McTavish and defenseman Cam Fowler rounded out the scoring for Anaheim, while rookie defenseman Olen Zellweger had three assists for his first career multi-point game.
Goaltender Lukas Dostal made 21 stops as the Ducks won for just the second time in their past 14 games (2–11–1).
“It’s not fun losing games, and especially not consecutive ones,” Zellweger said. “Get the win here and now we’re looking forward to the next one where we can keep that going.”
Andrei Kuzmenko had two goals, and Yegor Sharangovich also scored for the Flames, who have lost six of their past seven games. Goalie Jacob Markstrom had 24 saves.
“We weren’t committed to playing with structure,” Flames defenseman MacKenzie Weegar said. “A team like that that plays loose and are pretty skilled, they can make you pay. I don’t know why we don’t get prepared like it would be against any other top team in the league.”
After playing an excellent game while beating the Stanley Cup playoff-contending Los Angeles Kings 4–2 on Saturday, it was a return to Calgary’s inconsistent ways that have plagued the club all season.
“Today wasn’t up to our standards, and us leaders got to show the way for the young guys,” Flames captain Mikael Backlund said. “We know we’ve got to play a lot better. We know we got to learn from it and at some point, we’ve got to play better against teams that are below us in the standings.”
Anaheim took the lead 1:52 into the third period when Fowler jumped into the rush, took a pass from Trevor Zegras, and wired a shot inside the goalpost for his first goal in 22 games. The Ducks made it 4–2 at 5:09 when Terry carried the puck down the left wing and found Killorn in the slot for a goal.
After Kuzmenko’s second goal of the night cut the lead to one at 9:34, Killorn put the game away with his second at 13:14.
Down 1–0 after the first period, Calgary tied it 2:30 into the second period, needing just five seconds to connect on the power play.
After the Flames won the faceoff, the puck eventually came back to Nazem Kadri, and his shot was deflected in front by Sharangovich.
Calgary seized the lead when Kuzmenko took a pass from Kadri, cut into the slot to avoid Zegras, then pulled the puck around Fowler before holding onto it patiently to outwait Dostal and score.
The Ducks tied it three minutes later as Terry made up for failing to score on a breakaway earlier in the period.
Terry is the eighth player in franchise history with three consecutive 20-goal seasons and the first since Rickard Rakell from 2015–16 to 2017–18.
McTavish later left the game with a lower-body injury after a hit.
Up Next
Ducks: Start a four-game homestand against Seattle on Friday night.Flames: At Winnipeg on Thursday night.
