Perry, Getzlaf lead Ducks over Flames

However, Johnny Gaudreau scored the victor in a 2-1 overtime victory over the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks on Friday for Calgary’s third win in the last four games.TV: 10 p.m. ET, SNET West (Calgary), FSN West (Anaheim)ABOUT THE FLAMES (8-12-1): Sean Monahan delivered three goals and an assist in the last four games and is second on the team with 15 points – five behind Gaudreau.

“It was big to play from behind and have the belief in the locker room that we could come back”, Getzlaf said.

While on the backend Cam Fowler got deserved plaudits for his duo of dimes to move into a second place tie for defenseman assists in franchise history, Sami Vatanen had a pair of assists as well to jump to third on the team in scoring (four goals, seven assists). Former first-round pick Rickard Rakell has joined Getzlaf and Perry on the top line of late and notched his fourth and fifth goals Tuesday.ABOUT THE COYOTES (10-9-1): Rookie forward Anthony Duclair is warming up again, posting five points in the last four games, and has scored four of his seven goals against the Ducks.

Perry put the Ducks ahead for the first time at 4:00 when Getzlaf’s pass sent him in alone behind the Calgary defense and he snapped a shot through Ramo’s five-hole for a power-play goal. Nine seconds after right winger Brandon Bollig went to the penalty box for hooking, Perry scored his sixth goal by shooting the puck off and under Ramo’s stick near the left post.

Gibson’s entry awoke his teammates, and Perry forced home a power-play chance moments later.

“It seemed like we were trying to get an odd-man rush and then, it’s a breakaway the other way”, Giordano said.

Rakell tied it 1:52 into the third, securing his first multigoal game since last January on Perry’s behind-the-net pass. “We can’t finish up the whole 60 minutes”. “We had a good start tonight, but we just need to find a way to win those kinds of games”. Anaheim hadn’t scored a 5-on-5 goal in almost 151 minutes before Rakell’s first goal….

C Chris Mueller was recalled from the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. He earned his only shutout of the season against the Ducks on October 14, turning aside 37 shots.