CALGARY - Johnny Gaudreau has been tabbed as the NHL's Third Star of the Week for Dec. 3-9.

Gaudreau ranked second in the NHL with two goals and six assists in four contests to help the Flames (19‑10-2, 40 points) pick up three wins and move atop the Western Conference standings.

He matched a career high with two goals and four points, his sixth career four-point performance, in a 9-6 triumph over the Columbus Blue Jackets Dec. 4.

Gaudreau then posted two assists in each of his next two games, a 2-0 victory against the Minnesota Wild Dec. 6 and a 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators Dec. 8, before being held off the scoresheet in a 1-0 loss to the Edmonton Oilers Dec. 9.

The 25-year-old leads Calgary in scoring and sits seventh in the entire NHL with 39 points in 31 outings this season. His 27 assists also share fifth place in the League.

WHL

Milos Roman - Center - Vancouver Giants

16 goals, 13 assists, 29 points in 29 games

OHL

Adam Ruzicka - Centre - Sarnia Sting

10 goals, 21 assists, 31 points in 31 games

QMJHL

D'Artagnan Joly - Right Wing - Baie-Comeau Drakkar

11 goals, 15 assists, 26 points in 31 games

Dmitry Zavgorodniy - Left Wing - Rimouski Oceanic

17 goals, 22 assists, 39 points in 31 games

EDMONTON - The effort was there, but the execution was just a bit off.

And that, by the slimmest of margins, proved to be enough.

Connor McDavid scored the game's only goal, while goaltender Mikko Koskinen made 24 saves as the Oilers bit back and leveled the Battle of Alberta season series at one game apiece.

EDMONTON - Drop everything, grab the kids and get to a TV.

You won't want to miss this.

Round 2 of the Battle of Alberta goes tonight at Rogers Place in Edmonton, and if the first meeting back on Nov. 17 was any indication, we're in for a dandy up north on the QEII.

EDMONTON - The Flames' roster for tonight's edition of the Battle of Alberta has not been finalized, as per head coach Bill Peters.

The bench boss announced this morning that the coaching staff was still working out their lines, pairings, and starting goaltender. Keep an eye on CalgaryFlames.com for more info closer to game-time (7:00 p.m. MT; TV: Sportsnet; RADIO: Sportsnet 960 The FAN).

One potential change that the team could make would be inserting winger Anthony Peluso into the lineup. He was recalled from the Stockton Heat this morning while forward Ryan Lomberg was assigned to the AHL.

In addition, defenceman Rinat Valiev was recalled yesterday. He has yet to make his Flames debut since being acquired from the Montreal Canadiens earlier this year.

The following lines and pairings are from yesterday's win over the Nashville Predators:

CALGARY - The Calgary Flames announced today that they have recalled winger Anthony Peluso from the Stockton Heat of the American Hockey League. Ryan Lomberg has also been assigned to Stockton.

Peluso, a native of North York, Ontario has played in 16 games with the Heat this season scoring one goal and adding three assists for four points and 29 penalty minutes. The 29-year-old winger was drafted by the St.Louis Blues in the sixth round (160th overall) in the 2007 NHL Draft. Peluso has played 147 career NHL games netting four goals and 10 assists for 14 points and 213 penalty minutes.

BORN: North York, ON DATE: April 18, 1989

HEIGHT: 6'3'' WEIGHT: 225 lbs.

SHOOTS: Right

DRAFTED: STL - 6th round (160th overall) in the 2007 NHL Draft

FLAMES (19-9-2) at OILERS (15-12-2)

7 p.m. | TV: Sportsnet | RADIO: Sportsnet 960 The FAN

Season Series: 1-0-0

All-time: 120-94-19-6

Flames Road Record: 9-6-0

Oilers Home Record: 8-4-1

Leading Scorers:

Flames:

Points - Johnny Gaudreau (39)
Goals - Sean Monahan (18)

Oilers:

Points - Connor McDavid (40)
Goals - McDavid, Leon Draisaitl (15)

You could feel very impact of the fist pump from 80 feet above.

The roar he bellowed before anyone else, on the ice or in the swells of the C of Red, shocked us all to the core.

An emotional moment like that - 21 years in the making - more than earned a moment of ecstasy.

Oliver Kylington is now a member of the NHL goal-scoring fraternity. And on a night when the Flames were missing their No. 1 D man and the Pied Piper of the franchise, the offence from the backend couldn't have come at a better time.

In career game No. 7 for the young rearguard, Kylington scored first NHL goal, and added his first NHL assist on the game-winner midway through the third period, to power the Flames to a 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators on Saturday at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

CALGARY - The Calgary Flames announced today that they have recalled defenceman Rinat Valiev from the Stockton Heat of the American Hockey League.

Valiev, a native of Nizhnekamsk, Russia was traded to the Flames on October 1, 2018 from the Montreal Canadiens. The 23-year-old defenceman was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the third round (68th overall) in the 2014 NHL Draft. Valiev has played 12 NHL games in his career and has suited up in 20 games for the Stockton Heat this season notching three assists.

BORN: Nizhnekamsk, Russia DATE: May 11, 1995

HEIGHT: 6'3'' WEIGHT: 215 lbs.

SHOOTS: Left

DRAFTED: TOR - 3rd round (68th overall) in the 2014 NHL Draft