Sharky Attack!

The Florida coast is known for having shark-infested waters.

At Amalie Arena Thursday night, Sharky ran rampant, helping the Flames take a bite out of the Lightning.

Yegor Sharangovich recorded the first four-point game of his career, scoring twice and adding two assists as part of a 6-3 victory.

Dryden Hunt, Jakob Pelletier, Blake Coleman and Andrew Mangiapane also scored for the Flames, who picked up their seventh win in their last eight road games.

Calgary opened the scoring just shy of the 12-minute mark, capping off an eventful shift for Dryden Hunt.

In his defensive zone, Hunt had to somersault over top of a sliding teammate, a tumble that drew ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ from the crowd.

Undaunted, Hunt silenced the Tampa faithful moments later at the other end of the ice, when Sharangovich fed him a puck from behind the net to a low slot, enabling Hunt to cash in with his second goal of the season.

Conor Sheary tied things up just over a minute and a half later, nudging a back-door feed past Markstrom’s right pad.

The Flames held a 7-6 edge in shots through period one.

Calgary broke the game open in the second period, scoring three goals in a span of 3:14.

The go-ahead marker came 6:11 into the middle stanza, thanks in part to a bit of individual brilliance from Jonathan Huberdeau.

He gloved a puck first to his feet, then to his stick, then from the corner spun and fired a no-look, behind-the-back pass that zipped through the crease onto the tape of Sharangovich, who coolly deposited it into the roof of the net for his 24th of the campaign.

When asked post-game, Sharangovich admitted he was a bit surprised to see the puck land on his stick.

"When Jonny have puck, you just need (to be) open," he said. "I was surprised to see the puck go through, yeah, but really nice pass by him"

Sharangovich scored again on his next shift, wiring a one-timer into the top corner from the high slot after Matt Coronato did some great work along the wall to strip a Tampa Bay defender of the disc.

Pelletier then celebrated his birthday in style less than a minute later, roofing a puck from just outside the blue paint following an Andrei Kuzmenko net drive from the left corner.

Anthony Cirelli drew the hosts back to within two before the period was through.

Markstrom stopped five shots in the middle frame, his best save coming off a clear-cut opportunity from Nick Perbix - who glided down the right wing unabated, only to have his effort kicked away by the Flames netminder’s left pad.

The third period was controlled by Calgary.

Blake Coleman tipped home his team-leading 26th goal of the season to make the scored 5-2, then Mangiapane added salt with an empty-net marker at the 12:17 mark.

Mikey Eyssimont rounded out the scoring for the hosts with 5:25 to play.

Sharangovich was the star of the night, and as part of his memorable evening, he set a new personal best by counting his 25th goal of the campaign, all while earning the praise of his head coach.

“I thought he was excellent tonight - he and his linemates," Ryan Huska commented post-game. "I thought they had a really good night for us. It took him a little while to feel comfortable in the middle of the ice and I don’t blame him.

"We asked him to do a tough thing at this time of the year but I think he’s handled it really well; I think he’s now in a position where he feels good at both ends of the ice and we’re starting to see the offence come from him.”

Huberdeau and MacKenzie Weegar each collected two assists for Calgary, while newcomer Joel Hanley picked up a helper in his Flames debut.

Markstrom made 18 saves to secure the victory in goal.

The Lineup:

Forwards

Jonathan Huberdeau - Yegor Sharangovich - Matt Coronato
Jakob Pelletier - Nazem Kadri - Andrei Kuzmenko
Andrew Mangiapane - Mikael Backlund - Blake Coleman
Dryden Hunt - Kevin Rooney - Walker Duehr

Defence

MacKenzie Weegar - Rasmus Andersson
Oliver Kylington - Brayden Pachal
Dennis Gilbert - Joel Hanley

Goaltenders

Jacob Markstrom - Starter
Dan Vladar

Scratches: Daniil Miromanov, Jordan Oesterle, Martin Pospisil

They Said It:

The Numbers Game:

Shots: CGY 24, TBL 21

Powerplay: CGY 0-3, TBL 0-3

Faceoffs: CGY 30.2%, TBL 69.8%

Blocked Shots: CGY 21, TBL 9

Hits: CGY 28, TBL 29

5-on-5 Scoring Chances: CGY 19, TBL 15

5-on-5 High-Danger Scoring Chances: CGY 10, TBL 8

Up Next:

The Flames skip across to the other side of the state to take on the Florida Panthers Saturday afternoon (2 p.m. MT).