Flames win 6-0 over Golden Knights as Markstrom records league-leading 8th shutout
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Jacob Markstrom made 28 saves to lead the Calgary Flames to a 6-0 victory on Wednesday night over the Vegas Golden Knights.
Mikael Backlund had a goal and three assists to pace the offence and Jacob Markstrom made 28 saves to lead the Calgary Flames to a 6-0 victory on Wednesday night over the Vegas Golden Knights.
Andrew Mangiapane — with his team-leading 21st and 22nd goals, Johnny Gaudreau and Elias Lindholm also scored for Calgary (24-13-6), which has won six of their last seven.
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Vegas (28-17-3) follows up a 4-0 win in Edmonton on Tuesday by being shut out themselves for the third time on the season and first time since Nov. 2. The Golden Knights, who just had a week off for the all-star break, now have another week off, not returning to action until they host Colorado next Wednesday.
The result makes it four straight wins at the Saddledome for the Flames, who opened up a seven-game homestand that continues Thursday night against Toronto.
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It is Markstrom’s league-leading eighth shutout, improving his record to 18-10-5. Nobody else has more than four.
The Flames netminder wasn’t overly busy early, but he was sharp when called upon, especially over the final 40 minutes. In particular, he had Nolan Patrick’s number stopping him three times in the second period and all on good scoring chances.
