Kane has goal, assist, Red Wings shut out Flames

CALGARY -- Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist, and James Reimer made 38 saves for the Detroit Red Wings in a 5-0 win against the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday.

Kane extended his point streak to four games since returning from a lower-body injury Feb. 10. He has two goals and four assists over that span.

It was the second shutout of the season for Reimer, who was making his first start since Jan. 14.

"It's nice when you contribute to the team. That's all you want to do," Reimer said. "You want to be part of the team and you want to help get to our goal. You just try to be ready whenever your number's called. Today, for the most part, everything was going well for me, and I was getting bounces."

Lucas Raymond also had a goal and an assist, and Dylan Larkin, J.T. Compher and David Perron scored for the Red Wings (28-20-6), who lost their previous two games.

“Huge,” Detroit coach Derek Lalonde said. “… If you want to stay in this battle which we’re in as long as possible, you can’t have extended losing streaks. … Pretty good response from the guys.”

Jacob Markstrom was pulled in the second period after allowing four goals on 12 shots for the Flames (25-25-5), who went 0-for-5 on the power play and have lost three straight following a four-game winning streak. Dan Vladar made eight saves in relief.

"This was a frustrating loss," Calgary captain Mikael Backlund said. "Once we get scored on, I feel like we're sliding, lose the momentum and lose the way we know we can play when we're successful. I feel like we lost the last two games when it became tough and hard. We've got to be better here to fight back."

Kane scored three seconds into a power play to put Detroit up 1-0 at 14:56 of the first period. He one-timed a pass from Moritz Seider by Markstrom's blocker after a face-off win by Robby Fabbri to extend his point streak to four games since returning from a lower-body injury Feb. 10.

Compher extended the lead to 2-0 at 15:59 with a shot along the ice that beat Markstrom between the legs after deflecting off the stick of Rasmus Andersson.

"When we let a goal in, we've got to find a way next shift to come out with energy or whatever that can be in different ways," Backlund said. "I feel like the last couple games we got a little too low after letting goals in, and they scored another one pretty quickly afterwards. We've just got to stop that bleeding and focus on the next shift and try and create some energy and change the game."

The goals came after Reimer made a right-pad save on Jonathan Huberdeau's wrist shot from the high slot at 12:23, and a sprawling glove stop on Andrei Kuzmenko's slap shot at 12:32.

"It starts with your goaltender, and he was lights out," said Larkin, the Red Wings captain. "We didn't have the best start; we were a little bit flat, but our power play got us going. Special teams and goaltending and pretty good defensive play was the reason why we were successful today."

Larkin made it 3-0 at 5:12 of the second period when he tapped in a centering pass into the crease from Kane during a 4-on-3 power play.

Perron pushed it to 4-0 at 6:41 when he one-timed a setup into the slot from Andrew Copp by Markstrom's blocker.

"I thought we started the game really good," Markstrom said. "We really pushed them back. Obviously, they got two goals at the end of the first and then two goals early in the second.

"I saw all four pucks go in. It's frustrating. You want to be there for the guys and the fans that paid money to come watch us play."

Markstrom, who entered with a 4-1-0 with a 1.41 goals-against average and .956 save percentage in his previous five starts, was replaced by Vladar after the goal.

“It was 4-0 at that point, so nothing on Jacob; I think we can all probably agree on that,” Flames coach Ryan Huska said. “I was just trying to change the way the game was going.”

Raymond beat Vladar with a wrist shot at 15:40 of the third period for the 5-0 final.

NOTES: Kane needs one assist to become the third U.S.-born player with 800 in his NHL career, following Phil Housley (894) and Mike Modano (813). ... Detroit is 23-2-3 this season when scoring at least four goals. … The Red Wings are the fifth team Reimer has recorded multiple shutouts (Toronto Maple Leafs, San Jose Sharks, Florida Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes). … Seider and Detroit defenseman Ben Chiarot each blocked five shots, and Calgary defenseman Chris Tanev blocked six.