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Calgary outshot Chicago 42-31, including 26-9 in the second
period.
Persistence paid off as the Flames beat Blackhawks goaltender
Arvid Soderblom twice in the second period of his first NHL
start to seize control.
Calgary surged ahead on a power-play goal at 9:08 of the second
when Elias Lindholm buried a one-timer from Sean Monahan.
Late in the period, less than one minute after the Flames'
Nikita Zadorov was whistled for tripping, Calgary converted a
short-handed goal as Blake Coleman won a puck battle in the
corner to assist on a tally from Trevor Lewis.
Soderblom has played the past five periods in net for the
Blackhawks, losers of four straight. The 22-year-old Swede
relieved Collin Delia after one period of Saturday's matinee
road loss at Nashville, stopping 15 of 18 shots he faced.
Soderblom made 37 saves Sunday, including a stop of Dillon Dube
on a penalty shot with 7:46 remaining in regulation.
Chicago goaltender Kevin Lankinen remains in COVID-19 protocol.
Fellow goalie Marc Andre-Fleury cleared protocol Sunday and was
on the active roster.
The Blackhawks opened the scoring at 9:41 of the first period as
Alex DeBrincat converted a centering pass from Patrick Kane for
his club-leading 18th goal of the season.
Calgary answered just more than three minutes later when
Gaudreau took a bank pass off the offensive end boards and found
Matthew Tkachuk.
Kane twice hit the post on the same shift late in the third
period as Chicago tried to rally.
Oliver Kylington scored an empty-netter with 1:55 left in the
game before Gaudreau capped the scoring 29 seconds later.
Tkachuk assisted on the Gaudreau goal for a two-point night.
--Field Level Media
--Field Level Media
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