Flames score 4 in 3rd, defeat Golden Knights 

CALGARY -- Blake Coleman scored twice in a four-goal third period for the Calgary Flames, who defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-1 at Scotiabank Saddledome on Thursday.

Yegor Sharangovich had a goal and an assist for the Flames (32-29-5), who had been outscored 18-5 during a three-game losing streak. Dryden Hunt had two assists, and Dustin Wolf made 28 saves.

"Just a good response," Coleman said. "I thought everybody, for whatever reason, the trade deadline, the travel, whatever it was, loomed heavy on our group a little bit. We were all pretty disappointed with the way the last few games went. We've had some good look-in-the-mirror meetings here in the last 24 hours, and I thought everybody to a man responded really well. All around it was a good team game."

Anthony Mantha scored, and Adin Hill made 33 saves for the Golden Knights (35-24-7), who had won consecutive games after losing four in a row.

"We're fighting for the playoffs right now, and the fight isn't there," Vegas defenseman Brayden McNabb said. "We need to reset and get back to it."

Vegas, the defending Stanley Cup champions, lead the Minnesota Wild by four points for the second wild card into the playoffs from the Western Conference with one game in hand.

"I'd like to see them have some urgency and realize it's not automatic that we're going to get a chance to repeat," Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy said. "You have to earn your way in. We're not playing well enough right now to assure that. If you're losing playing well, you say, 'OK that's just hockey some nights.' There has to be recognition at some point. The clock is ticking. We're OK today, but who knows next week if this sort of attitude doesn't change."

Mantha gave the Golden Knights a 1-0 lead at 17:56 of the second period with a one-timer from the right circle. It was his first goal in his fourth game for Vegas since he was acquired in a trade with the Washington Capitals on March 5.

"It feels good," Mantha said. "Obviously, some pressure off. Now we go."

Sharangovich tied it 1-1 at 4:00 of the third period when his shot from the slot rolled up Hill's stick and in. He has five goals in his past five games.

Coleman gave the Flames a 2-1 lead at 10:06 when he chipped in a centering pass from Nazem Kadri.

The goal came after Wolf made a blocker save on Ivan Barbashev's breakaway at 9:53.

"It feels good, obviously," Wolf said. "That's the game of hockey, right? You get the save at one end and the goal at the other. That kind of happens more often than you think. Pretty pivotal moment in the game where I was just trying to stay as dialed in as I could, and things just worked out perfectly."

Matt Coronato pushed it to 3-1 at 14:45 with a one-timer from the left circle off a feed from Hunt on a rush.

Coleman scored an empty-net goal for the 4-1 final at 17:02.

"It was an embarrassing 72 hours for our team," Coleman said. "We maybe didn't handle our response to losing some guys and some friends (at the deadline) ... and we got slapped pretty hard for not showing up and being our best. At the end of the day, if you've got pride and you get beat up like that, you better respond or you don't really belong in this league. We had a lot of guys that were not happy with the last few games, and everybody stepped up and was much better and was who we expect them to be."

NOTES: Sharangovich has 28 goals for the Flames this season. The last player to score at least as many in their first season with Calgary was Michael Cammalleri, who had 39 in 2008-09. ... Coleman is tied with Zach Hyman of the Edmonton Oilers for the most third-period goals this season with 18. ... Golden Knights defenseman Noah Hanifin, who spent parts of six seasons with the Flames, had two shots on goal and three blocked shots in his first game against Calgary since being traded on March 6. ... Theodore has 13 assists in 11 games since returning to the lineup on Feb. 20 after missing 35 games because of an upper-body injury. ... Vegas forward William Carrier had one shot and one hit in 10:53 of ice time in his return after missing 26 games because of an upper-body injury.