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San Jose Sharks at Calgary Flames

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Hanley's 1st goal of the season lifts Flames past Sharks 3-2

San Jose Sharks vs. Calgary Flames: Game Highlights

Nazem Kadri and Kevin Rooney also had goals for the Flames, who snapped a three-game winless skid and moved to within one point of Vancouver for the second wild-card playoff berth in the Western Conference.

Rookie Dustin Wolf made 27 saves for his 20th victory after going winless in his previous four starts. He improved to 20-11-3.

Macklin Celebrini and Tyler Toffoli scored for San Jose, which is winless in its last five and has dropped six straight on the road. Alexander Georgiev made 33 saves, but lost his sixth straight and has dropped 12 of his last 13 starts.

With the game tied at 1, Rooney gave Calgary the lead with his first goal and point since Dec. 10 at 3:35 of the second.

Toffoli tied it 1:54 into the third, swatting in his own rebound for his team-leading 21st goal.

Takeaways Sharks: Celebrini’s 18th goal moved him one ahead of Philadelphia’s Matvei Michkov for the NHL's rookie lead. He had a team-leading six shots and put one off the crossbar in the third that would've given the Sharks the lead.

Flames: Kadri has three consecutive 20-goal seasons since signing with Calgary as a free agent. He’s the fourth player in the last 30 years to do so in his first three seasons with the Flames.

Key moment With the teams playing four aside, Hanley got a pass from Jonathan Huberdeau and the defenseman ripped a shot over Georgiev's blocker for his first goal since March 23 of last year. He went 31 games without scoring.

Key stat Wolf, who grew up in Northern California, improved to 5-1-0 against San Jose.

Up next San Jose is at Winnipeg on Monday night. Calgary is at Washington on Tuesday night.

Regular Season Series

CGY leads series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 3:41 Macklin Celebrini Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Tyler Toffoli (17), Jake Walman (24)
Goal 1st Period 7:27 Nazem Kadri Goal (20) Wrist Shot, assists: Morgan Frost (15), MacKenzie Weegar (26)
Goal 2nd Period 3:35 Kevin Rooney Goal (4) Backhand, assists: Ryan Lomberg (5), Martin Pospisil (16)
Goal 3rd Period 1:54 Tyler Toffoli Goal (21) Backhand, assists: William Eklund (30), Shakir Mukhamadullin (1)
Goal 3rd Period 13:28 Joel Hanley Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Jonathan Huberdeau (21), Nazem Kadri (22)

Statistics

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23 Blocked Shots 20
22 Hits 23
5 Takeaways 4
29 Shots 36
0 Power Play Goals 1
3 Power Play Opportunities 6
0.0 Power Play Percentage 16.7
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
37 Faceoffs Won 28
56.9 Faceoff Win Percent 43.1
12 Giveaways 18
8 Total Penalties 4
24 Penalty Minutes 8

Game Information

Scotiabank Saddledome

Location: Calgary, AB
Attendance: 17,686 | Capacity:

2024-25 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 38 19 82 6
Edmonton 37 22 78 4
Los Angeles 33 20 75 9
Calgary 30 23 70 10
Vancouver 29 23 69 11
Anaheim 28 28 63 7
Seattle 27 34 58 4
San Jose 17 39 43 9
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