Recap: Ducks Can't Douse First Place Flames, Fall 6-2 in Calgary

The Ducks could not keep up with the high-flying Calgary Flames tonight, falling 6-2 at Scotiabank Sattledome in the first of a three-game Western Canadian road trip.
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The setback dropped Anaheim to 23-18-9 (55 points), fifth in the Pacific Division by point percentage (.550).
Calgary has won eight straight games, the longest active streak in the NHL, and leads the Pacific Division in points (62) and point percentage (.660).
John Gibson made 16 saves in his 35th start of the season. Anthony Stolarz stopped 21-of-22 shots in 31 minutes of relief.
Sonny Milano and Isac Lundestrom scored for Anaheim.
The Ducks seventh-ranked power play could not solve the Flames' third-ranked penalty kill, going 0-5 on the man advantage.
Calgary jumped out to an early lead on home ice, much as it has all year long. The Flames have scored the game's opening goal in 31 of 47 games this season. Dillon Dube put the Flames ahead, tipping home a point shot by Rasmus Andersson after an Anaheim neutral zone turnover.
Elias Lindholm doubled the advantage on a fortutious bounce for the home side with seven minutes to go in the opening frame, a sharp angle trickler that snuck through Gibson's pads and just over the goal line.
Despite the two-goal deficit, the Ducks controlled the pace of play for much of the first period, applying consistent pressure in the offensive zone.
That pace appeared to continue into the middle stanza when Milano cut the deficit to one on an impressive move in tight, but two critical mistakes minutes later came back to cost the Ducks dearly.
Milano put the Ducks on the board, taking a pass along the blueline from Lundestrom before cutting to the net and beating Flames netminder Jacob Markstrom on the short side.

Lindholm restored Calgary's two-goal advantage with his second of the night, just 2:08 after Milano's tally. The former top draft pick raced through the neutral zone, sending sent an errant pass that evaded intended target Johnny Gaudreau. Lindholm won the race to the loose puck though, tracking down his own miscue and converting it to a goal with a chip shot over Gibson's glove.
Stolarz replaced Gibson in net midway through the second period.
Lundestrom brought the Ducks back within two on his fourth shorthanded goal of the season, taking the puck away at center ice and tucking a backhand bid around Markstrom's left leg pad.
The 22-year-old center matched the club record for shorthanded goals in a season, joining Corey Perry, and now co-leads the NHL in both shorthanded goals and points.
The Ducks nearly shocked the Calgary crowd minutes later on another shorthanded odd-man rush, but Markstrom stoned Nic Deslauriers off a backdoor pass from Lundestrom, preserving what would become Calgary's 28th win of the season.
Gaudreau added an empty-net tally and Andrew Magniapane capped the scoring moments later with his team-leading 25th goal of the season.
The Ducks continue their three-game road trip tomorrow night in Edmonton.