Flames score 3 in 3rd, rally past Hurricanes 

CALGARY -- The Calgary Flames scored three straight in the third period to rally for a 3-2 win against the Carolina Hurricanes at Scotiabank Saddledome on Thursday.

Blake Coleman had a goal and an assist, and Connor Zary and Rasmus Andersson scored for the Flames (11-12-3), who lead the NHL with five wins when trailing after two periods. Dustin Wolf made 28 saves.

“Flames recipe right there," Coleman said. “That's just the way it's going. I'm really proud of the group and the way our guys stick with it. Another game where it could've been easy to just let that one slip away for us and go into a three-game skid. Guys stuck with it and fought back. We're doing everything we can to start better and guys are searching for ways to do it. But at the end of the day, it's a results-business and it's a win column game for us."

Michael Bunting and Stefan Noesen scored, and Pyotr Kochetkov made 24 saves for the Hurricanes (14-11-1), who have lost three in a row, including 6-1 at the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.

"We have some guys doing it the way we want to do it and some guys that aren't," Noesen said. "We're figuring it out. We're going to work on this as a team. The only way we're going to get out of this is together. There's really not much more to be said than that."

Calgary scored three goals 6:02 apart in the third period to erase a 2-0 deficit.

Andersson beat Kochetkov with a backhand from the low slot at 5:42 to cut it to 2-1, and Zary tied it 2-2 at 7:03 when he swatted in a loose puck that had trickled behind Kochetkov.

"Where we're at right now, there should be a huge sense of urgency going into a period like that, especially when you have a two-goal lead to close it out," Hurricanes forward Jordan Martinook said. "For us to sit back and let them come, we didn't have any pushback. Especially where we're at right now, I don't know, it's hard to fathom."

Coleman put the Flames ahead 3-2 at 11:44 with a short-handed wrist shot over the glove of Kochetkov.

"Honestly, you get the first one and the shift after we didn't let them breathe," Andersson said. "We get the second one, and then we kill a minute-twenty, a minute-thirty in the kill and 'Colesy' manages to get one short-handed. It was a massive goal. Then we played a clean game for the last six minutes. It was really nice to have a good second half of the game and hopefully we can take that with us on Saturday (against the New Jersey Devils)."

Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho scored at 15:05, but Calgary successfully challenged for goaltender interference.

"You can't lose your confidence," Martinook said. "You've got to believe you're a good team and know you're a good team. It's just about executing. When it's magnified right now as it is, one play here or there can be the difference and we've got to make sure we can't have any lulls. We've got to be dialed in 100 percent of the game and just not take your foot off the gas for one moment, especially where we're at right now."

Noesen tipped a point shot from Jaccob Slavin behind Wolf 2:10 into the first period to put Carolina up 1-0.

Bunting extended the lead to 2-0 at 8:49 when he tipped in Dmitry Orlov's one-timer from the point.

"There's no doubt in our minds that it’s going to flip at some point, we're going to have good starts," Coleman said. "And to know you have the ability to come back in games late in the year is important. If we can figure out the ways to get ahead of teams and hold onto leads...there's only two ways to have to win in this league and we've got one of them down pretty dang well, so if we can figure out the other half, we're going to be in good shape.”

NOTES: Calgary has allowed the first goal in eight straight games. It has won four of them. ... The Flames have earned six comeback wins this season, second behind the Anaheim Ducks (six). … Coleman scored his 14th career short-handed goal and tied Brad Marchand for the third most since he entered the League in 2016-17, behind only Aho (17) and Cam Atkinson (15). … Calgary has been outscored 13-5 in the first period in its past eight games. ... The win was Wolf's first of the season and second of his NHL career in his third start. He was recalled from Calgary of the American Hockey League on Tuesday after the Flames announced goalie Jacob Markstrom is week to week with a fractured finger sustained in practice Monday. ... Carolina has outshot its opponent in 12 straight games. ...Flames defenseman MacKenzie Weegar has five points (two goals, three assists) in a five-game point streak, and Andersson has three points (one goal, two assists) in a three-game point streak.