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Leading Scorers:
Flames:

Points - Johnny Gaudreau (26)
Goals - Andrew Mangiapane (16)
Ducks:
Points - Troy Terry (25)
Goals - Terry (15)
Special Teams:
Flames:
PP - 26.2% (5th) / PK - 87.3% (5th)
Ducks:
PP - 27.1% (3rd) / PK - 84.9% (8th)
Advanced Stats (5-on-5):
Flames:
Shot Attempts: 54.36% (3rd)
High-Danger Chances: 54.72% (2nd)
Ducks:
Shot Attempts: 48.78% (20th)
High-Danger Chances: 52.05% (12th)

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1. ABOUT LAST NIGHT

Happy with the win, but far from satisfied.
That was the general sentiment from Head Coach Darryl Sutter and the Flames following a 3-2 win over the Kings in downtown Los Angeles.
The second powerplay unit turned in a pair of goals in the first period, with Andrew Mangiapane and Milan Lucic doing the damage, while Matthew Tkachuk's even-strength marker early in the middle frame stood as the game-winner.
Jacob Markstrom had a busy third period, stopping all 13 shots he faced, and 40 of 42 overall, to pick up the W.
With the win, the Flames improved to 10-2-2 on the road this year, and 1-2-1 against the Pacific Division.
"We wanted to win it for our coach, we wanted to win it for (Trevor) Lewis in his return, and we wanted to get our first win in our division," said Milan Lucic, who scored a 'vintage' five-hole tally - his fourth of seven tucks this year.
"Those were all important things for us coming into tonight and it's always nice when you start off a four-game road trip in the win column and we were able to do that tonight."
The Flames will hold a morning skate today at the Honda Center before the puck drops on their fourth back-to-back game of the season.
They're 2-0-1 in the back half of these sets in three prior tries this year.

2. KNOW YOUR ENEMY

Look out.
These Ducks can fly.
Jamie Drysdale had a goal and an assist, Trevor Zegras and Sonny Milano each had three helpers, and Anthony Stolarz made 34 saves as the Ducks knocked off the Vegas Golden Knights in a highly entertaining, 6-5 game on Wednesday at the Honda Center.
The Ducks had 2-0 and 4-1 leads at points in the second period, but the Knights rallied to make a game of it. Isac Lundestrom scored a short-handed goal into the empty net with 1:04 to play to hold the Knights off, despite a late powerplay strike by Reilly Smith.
The Ducks have now won three of their last four games and have scored a combined 15 goals in those victories.
"We don't want to be a one-trick pony, that's for sure," Anaheim Head Coach Dallas Eakins told Dan Arritt of NHL.com. "We can't just have it from one of our defencemen, or two of our defencemen and one of our (forward) lines. We have to find a way to consistently have different people on that scoreboard."
So far, it's working out pretty well.
The Ducks are scoring at a sixth-best, 3.33 goals-per-game, with 24-year-old Troy Terry leading the charge. The 2015 fifth-round pick has broken out in a big way, more than doubling his previous career high in goals in only 23 dates this year.
Terry has goals in back-to-back games, three in his last four, and earlier this year had a 16-game point streak, which was the third-longest in Ducks franchise history and the longest since Corey Perry's club-record 19 game run, Oct. 21 to Dec. 1, 2009.
During the 16-game spree, Terry had 12 goals and 22 points.

3. FAST FACTS

CARB LOADING: Andrew Mangiapane scored his 16th goal of the season last night in L.A. He is now in a tie for the fourth-most goals in Flames franchise history through the team's first 23 games of a season (Jarome Iginla - 20, Lanny McDonald - 17, Joe Nieuwendyk - 17). ... Mangiapane's 15th road goal put him with only two other active players that have accomplished that feat in 14 road games or less in NHL history (Patrik Laine - 10GP in 2018-19, Alex Ovechkin - 14GP in 2019-20).
VICTORIOUS VISITORS: With last night's win, the Flames improved to 10-2-2 on the road and tied the franchise record for the fewest games to 10 road wins in team history (also 14GP in 2009-10). They also extended their road point streak to seven games (5-0-2). Calgary has posted a longer such run just four times in franchise lore: 2009-10 (8-0-2 in 10GP), 2011-12 (5-0-4 in 9GP), 1990-91 (6-0-3 in 9GP) and 1987-88 (6-0-3 in 9GP).

4. PLAYERS TO WATCH

Flames - Matthew Tkachuk
Tkachuk scored the game-winning goal and was 'all over it' last night, leading both teams with seven shots on net.
The feisty winger now has 11 tallies on the year, including three in his last four games.
"He's been great," Lucic said of his teammate. "I think he matured a lot over the summer, came in with the right attitude, ready to change and get things moving in the right direction as far as how he plays and day in, day out, and how he works, day in and day out - and changing the culture and what it needed to be in order for us to be a good team again.
"I think he's really stepped up and done that and that's why he's been the player that he has been so far this year. He needs to keep growing and keep getting better as far as that goes, and we're going to get the Matthew Tkachuk that we all want to see."

Ducks - Trevor Zegras
In his first, full year as a pro, the 2019 ninth-overall pick has taken the hockey world by storm.
Zegras has 17 points (6G, 11A) in 22 games this year, and is coming off a three-assist effort on Wednesday against the Knights.
The Bedford, New York native cut his teeth with the U.S. National Team Development Program, and is now showing why he was such a highly regarded prospect only a few years ago.
With excellent speed, impeccable hands and a great head for the game, the Ducks have a real gem on their hands.

5. QUOTABLE

Milan Lucic on his role this year:
"As times goes on, I'm fortunate enough to be in my 15th year this year and I think I had a really hard time accepting a new role a couple years ago - at times, two years ago. But you've just got to embrace what the position at the coach wants to put you in and do the best you can with it. We have a great team here, we have a great coaching staff, we play the right way and I just want to do what I can to contribute and be part of a winning culture. And if that's me accepting the role that he's put me in, that's what I'm going to have to do."
On his knack for the five-hole:
"You know what, when (Mangiapane) made the pass, I looked up and saw D and stuff, so I just went back to it. It's a high-percentage shot. If you miss, it goes off the pads and it stays alive, you know what I'm trying to say? Other than the ones that go in the glove and all that type of stuff. It just seems to be working and if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
"I'd love to tell you how I set it up, but I don't want the goalies to know what my thought process is, so we'll just leave it at that."