Zary gave Calgary a 1-0 lead at 4:20 of the second period. He scored from the slot on a loose puck after Daniil Miromanov’s one-timer from the top of the left circle struck Nazem Kadri in front of the net.
Gallagher tied it 1-1 with a power-play goal at 16:23. He was left alone in front of the net to receive Armia’s flipped backhand pass from the left corner.
Armia scored short-handed to put Montreal ahead 2-1 at 5:56 of the third. He snapped a wrist shot over Wolf’s right shoulder after taking Jake Evans’ pass on a 2-on-1 with the Flames on a power play.
“I thought offensively we got a lot better,” Evans said. “Defensively we didn’t give up too much and I thought we improved as a team, we just didn’t get the result.”
Gallagher scored again at 11:36, but the goal was waved off after video review following a coach’s challenge by Calgary determined Josh Anderson was offside on the play.
“That was the one shot of the game where I thought it wasn’t what I wanted to do,” Wolf said. “To see them challenge it and it come back, it obviously gives me life, gives the bench life, and to take advantage of that was pretty awesome.”
NOTES: Coronato was one second short of tying the fastest goal to begin an overtime period in NHL history. Six players have scored six seconds into overtime: Adrian Kempe (April 18, 2024), William Nylander (Jan. 24, 2018), Andreas Athanasiou (Jan. 3, 2018), Alex Ovechkin (Dec. 15, 2006), David Legwand (March 9, 2006) and Mats Sundin (Dec. 30, 1995). … Armia has scored 15 short-handed goals since making his debut in 2014-15, which is tied with Evander Kane for the sixth most over that span. The only players with more are Brad Marchand (23), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (21), Cam Atkinson (18), Coleman (17) and Sebastian Aho (17).