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Tkachuk gave the Flames a 3-2 lead when he banked in a shot from
the goal line off the skate of Blackhawks defenseman Seth Jones
at 14:25.
Elias Lindholm and Rasmus Andersson each had two assists, and
Jacob Markstrom made 19 saves for the Flames, who have won four
straight.
Reese Johnson had a goal and an assist, and Brandon Hagel also
scored for the Blackhawks, who are 5-2-0 under interim head
coach Derek King. Marc-Andre Fleury made 34 saves on 37 shots.
Dillon Dube gave the Flames a 1-0 lead at 1:19 of the first
period when he took a pass in transition along the left wing and
carried the puck in before snapping a shot far side on Fleury on
the Flames' first shot of the game.
Hagel tied it 1-1 at 8:57. Johnson and Ryan Carpenter each won a
battle along the boards before Carpenter fed Hagel, who scored
from the top of the left circle.
The Flames capitalized on a failed clearing attempt by the
Blackhawks to take a 2-1 lead at 13:06. Defenseman Connor
Murphy's clear hit Brad Richardson's skate, and the Flames
forward sent a backhand pass to Milan Lucic in the right circle,
who beat Fleury glove side.
Chicago took advantage of a misplay by Markstrom to equalize.
Markstrom played the puck behind his net for Lindholm in the
bottom of the right circle, but it was Johnson who picked up the
loose puck and fired home his first NHL goal before the Flames
goalie had reset in his net to tie it 2-2 at 3:51 of the second
period.
Trevor Lewis scored into an empty net at 18:39 of the third
period to make it 4-2 and Johnny Gaudreau added another
empty-net tally with 26 seconds remaining to seal the 5-2 final.
--Field Level Media
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