FINISHING ON A HIGH NOTE

The Flames season finale Wednesday at the Scotiabank Saddledome was our annual
Fan Appreciation Game
.
While we weren't able to have the C of Red rise in our home rink with us this campaign, the club still wanted to say thank you to our loyal fans with prizes, including the jerseys off our back, sales on team merchandise, and more.
And for every goal the team scored, a lucky fan also got 'beer for a year' courtesy of Budweiser.

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The players sure did their best to ensure plenty of folks got their thirst quenched, scoring a half-dozen times in a 6-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks.
Calgary's offence had 16 goals in three games heading into Tuesday's matinee in Vancouver where they were held to just a pair of markers in a 4-2 loss.
Two days earlier, they had hung another six on Vancouver in a high-scoring 6-5 overtime victory on the West Coast.
It was big game for a trio of Flames prospects, with Matthew Phillips making his NHL debut, and Adam Ruzicka - who played his first tilt in The Show Tuesday - skating on home ice for the first time. The two played on a line together with Milan Lucic.
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Meanwhile, young defenceman Connor Mackey scored his first NHL goal in his sixth game with the Flames.
Matthew Tkachuk scored a pair, while Dillon Dube, Andrew Mangiapane and Brett Ritchie added singles for the Flames.
Johnny Gaudreau had a big night with two helpers, setting up both of Tkachuk's tallies.
Jacob Markstrom was back between the pipes after taking Tuesday off. He made 19 saves.
Braden Holtby - who was in net Sunday during that OT loss - turned aside 22 shots in the contest.
The Flames opened the scoring at 7:21 off a hard rush up the ice, with Tkachuk gaining the zone and dishing off the puck to Gaudreau, who drove down the left wing and behind the net and passed out front to Tkachuk - who had Quinn Hughes in his back pocket - but was able to tip it in for his 15th of the campaign.
He now has goals in five straight games.
Gaudreau continued piling up points, with six goals and 15 assists in his last 15 games.

Dube scored his 11th of the season at 12:16 to double the lead.
Brett Ritchie fought hard to get the puck into the Vancouver zone from just outside the blueline, Dube then grabbing it in stride and driving wide around Hughes and then cutting across the crease before sliding a backhand under Holtby.

The red-hot Mangiapane scored with less than four minutes left in the first, his fifth goal in the last four games against the Canucks. He shoveled the rebound of a Mikael Backlund shot around a down-and-out Holtby for his 18th of the year, a new career high in that department.

They picked up where they left in the second period, Ritchie finding himself all alone in the slot, taking a pass from Derek Ryan and then turning and snapping a perfect shot blocker side at 5:14.

With Mark Giordano in the bin for slashing, the Canucks got on the board with a powerplay marker when Bo Horvat one-timed a pass from Brock Boeser at 8:34.
J.T. Miller scored 58 seconds later to cut the deficit to two for the visitors.
No matter, as No. 13 and No. 19 hooked up again just 57 seconds after that, Gaudreau sending a long cross-ice pass that Tkachuk one-timed.

Backlund beat Holtby with a backhand in the slot after Michael Stone's point shot went off the leg of Canucks bueliner Jack Rathbone and right to Backlund. However, the Canucks challenged the play was offside to start and after review, the goal was waived off.
Mackey got a pretty one for his first, scoring 3:29 into the thirds period off a lovely tip in on the rush, finishing off a long cross-ice pass from Ritchie. He has two assists this season to go along with that goal.

WELL DONE, GENTS!

BY THE NUMBERS:

Shots: Cgy 28 I Van 21
\Scoring Chances:Cgy 30 I Van 18
\High-Danger Scoring Chances:Cgy 19 I Van 6
Calgary Powerplay: 0-2
Calgary Penalty-Kill: 4-5
Hits:Cgy 6 I Van 9
Blocks:Cgy 9 I Van 8
\According to naturalstattrick.com
Video: Condensed Game: Canucks @ Flames*

THE LINEUP:

\ To start the game
Lines
Johnny Gaudreau - Elias Lindholm - Matthew Tkachuk
Joakim Nordstrom - Mikael Backlund - Andrew Mangiapane
Dillon Dube - Derek Ryan - Brett Ritchie
Milan Lucic - Adam Ruzicka - Matthew Phillips
Pairings
Mark Giordano - Chris Tanev
Juuso Valimaki - Rasmus Andersson
Connor Mackey - Michael Stone
Goaltenders
Jacob Markstrom - starter*
Louis Domingue