Flames halt 8-game skid with victory over struggling Rangers

Blake Coleman scored a pair of goals while Nazem Kadri tallied once and added an assist and the host Calgary Flames snapped an eight-game skid with a 5-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday.

Kevin Bahl and Yegor Sharangovich also scored for the Flames, who rang up a season high with five goals. Captain Mikael Backlund collected a pair of assists.

Goaltender Dustin Wolf made 30 saves, many that shut the door on any Rangers comeback hopes to earn his team's first home-ice win of the season.

Noah Laba replied for the Rangers, who have lost three consecutive games and managed only one win in seven outings. Goalie Igor Shesterkin stopped 25 shots.

Kadri gave the Flames an early boost when he opened the scoring 102 seconds into the clash by finishing a give-and-go with Jonathan Huberdeau by netting his second goal in as many games.

The Flames went into the game winless (0-5-0) when scoring first and (0-4-0) when leading through the first period. The Rangers have surrendered the first goal in seven of 10 outings this season.

Bahl doubled the lead at 9:21 by firing a top-shelf wrister from the high slot for his first goal of the season.

Laba, the 2022 fourth-round pick, made his 10th big-league game extra memorable when he put the Rangers on the board 10 seconds later, netting his first career goal off the rush.

The Flames regained the momentum to start the second period and were finally rewarded when Sharangovich notched his first goal of the season by converting an open chance from the slot for his first of the season.

Coleman extended the edge to 4-1 at 6:42 of the third period when he and Backlund completed a textbook give-and-go on a 2-on-1 short-handed rush.

Coleman added another with 5:33 remaining in regulation thanks to a shot that bounced off a defender and into the net for his fifth of the season.

--Field Level Media