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Calgary looks to increase its Pacific Division lead
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Leading Scorers:
Flames:
Points - Johnny Gaudreau (97)
Goals - Elias Lindholm (36)
Sharks:
Points - Timo Meier (68)
Goals - Meier (31)
Special Teams:
Flames:
PP- 23.5% (9th) / PK - 83.2% (5th)
Sharks:
PP- 19.2% (23rd) / PK - 85.1% (3rd)
Advanced Stats:
Flames:
Shot Attempts: 55.84% (2nd)
High-Danger Chances: 56.36% (1st)
Sharks:
Shot Attempts: 45.43% (31st)
High-Danger Chances: 50.96% (15th)
The Flames improved to 2-0 on this four-game road swing, downing the Ducks 4-2 on Wednesday.
Elias Lindholm and Tyler Toffoli scored before Michael Stone notched the game-winner. Matthew Tkachuk added an empty-netter for good measure.
Stone finished with two points playing in his 500th career game, while forward Trevor Lewis skated in his 800th tilt.
Stone's biggest takeaway from the night?
"The fact that we won," he said. "I never like coming into games and being on the wrong end of it, so that's the biggest thing.
"If I can contribute in any way, that's what I try to do. The main thing for me is we're getting two points and we move on to the next one."
Jacob Markstrom got the start and made 26 saves, many of the spectacular variety - especially in the third period.
"I thought obviously we stuck to the game plan," he said. "I felt, obviously, they came out pretty fast and had a couple shots early, but then I thought we took over. We scored one and then we scored the second and were up 2-0.
"Obviously after the big kill, they get one late in the second and came early in the third, but I thought we controlled it and got the third (goal). Their second goal is on me a little bit, but no - it's two points. Big points. Big game."
Video: Condensed Game: Flames @ Ducks
San Jose got Connor McDavid-ed (that's a word, right?) on Tuesday night.
The Oilers captain scored on a breakaway just 31 second into overtime at the SAP Center, giving Edmonton a 2-1 victory.
Tomas Hertl tallied for San Jose, and James Reimer made 22 saves for the Sharks (29-31-9), who have lost four straight (0-3-1). Hertl has two goals and nine points in his last seven games.
Meanwhile, Timo Meier collected an assist and has six goals and 10 points in his past eight outings.
"That's one of our best, most solid games in a long time, and a little bit the story of our year," San Jose coach Bob Boughner told NHL.com's Chelena Goldman. "We had so many chances. Smith plays great and you can't get that second goal that you need and change the whole face of the game. And that's a team that takes advantage of things. ... But I will say, looking at the game itself, we did so many great things, and that's encouraging. That was our best game we've played in a long time."
Reimer echoed his coach.
"When you wake up (Wednesday), it will be nice to at least have gotten one point," Reimer said. "I thought we battled hard, we played really well. Probably one of our better (games) in the last week. It just came down to OT. We had some looks and they had some looks and they ended up getting one extra."
The Sharks have had the Flames number so far this year, winning all three tilts - one at home and two at the Scotiabank Saddledome. They prevailed 4-1 on Nov. 9, followed by a 5-3 win Dec. 7 and a 4-3 victory on March 22.
Video: Condensed Game: Sharks @ Flames
BACK-TO-BACK:This is the Flames 14th back-to-back set this season. Calgary is 8-4-1 in the second game of back-to-backs so far, winning the second game in their last two back-to-back sets. The Flames will play two more BTBs including the last two games of the season.
TYLER THE GREAT:Tyler Toffoli sits with 19 goals this year, one goal away from achieving his sixth career 20-goal season. Toffoli has scored 10 goals for the Flames since joining the team via trade on Feb. 14 from the Canadiens, where he had nine goals in 37 games before being dealt. Toffoli's 26 assists this season are just one shy of a career high of 27 set during the 2015-16 season as a member of the Kings. The 29-year-old also needs just three more assists for 200 in his career.
Flames - Johnny Gaudreau
Kind of goes without saying right now - or all season long, for that matter. See 'Did You Know' below for more on Johnny Hockey.
Sharks - Tomas Hertl
The talented centre leads the Sharks in scoring versus the Flames this year with four goals and a helper.
Johnny Gaudreau is just three points shy of 100. He can become just the ninth player in Flames franchise history to reach the century mark in a season. The last time a Flame reached 100 points in a season was Theo Fleury when he notched exactly 100 during the 1992-93 season with 34 goals and 66 assists that year.
