FLAMES FALL IN OVERTIME

TEMPE, AZ - It was a dogfight.
The Flames battled back to secure an important single point, but Travis Boyd scored the winner with 1:50 to play in overtime to give the Coyotes a 4-3 win on Tuesday at Mullett Arena.
Boyd deposited a rebound after former Flame Juuso Valimaki fired a shot off the rush.
The loss drops Calgary's record to 30-24-14 on the year.

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"It's tough," said Mikael Backlund, who scored the Flames' first goal of the night. "We've been in this spot before. It's getting old.
"Yeah, we battled back, but after a big win against the Senators, we should come out with more jump and take charge of the game and play better than we did in the first two periods. They're a hot team and they've played well lately - and we knew that going in - but just disappointed we didn't get two points.
"It sucks. ... If you look at it, we're over a (.500) points percentage, but we've lost more games than we've won this year.
"Not happy about it."
Three weeks ago, the Flames made their first trip to the desert and made short work of the homeside, winning 6-3 and piling up what was then a season-high 51 shots. And with the Coyotes lobbing only 14 of their own that night, it was about as dominant a game as you'll ever see at this level.
But things change.
The Coyotes carried a five-game point streak (3-0-2) into Tuesday's battle and showed no signs of a team playing out the string, calling it quits, or simply resigning themselves to the upcoming Connor Bedard sweepstakes.
It was a highly competitive tilt fitting of a one-goal decision, despite the visitors turning up the volume and outshooting the Coyotes by a wide margin (45-25).
Clayton Keller broke a 2-2 tie with a short-handed goal at 2:01 of the third, keeping from the right circle and beating Jacob Markstrom with a pretty shot over the glove, but the Flames had a little magic left in them, tying the game off the foot of Jonathan Huberdeau with 5:01 to play in regulation to force overtime.
Former Coyote Troy Stecher made it all possible with a shot from the right point, finding Huberdeau for the unconventional tip.

The Flames had two glorious chances to end it in regulation, with Elias Lindholm and Huberdeau both getting point-blank looks in the final few clicks of the period, but Coyotes netminder Connor Ingram robbed them with a pair of 10-bellers.
Walker Duehr rounded out the offence for the Flames, while Markstrom made 21 stops.
"Quite honest, (if) you play a complete game, you shouldn't have that many overtime games," Head Coach Darryl Sutter said of his team's overtime record. "That's one part of it. The next part of it is you need guys to make a difference. You win faceoffs and have control of the puck, you need a D man to make a play, you need forwards to drive through, things like that. That hasn't been consistent enough, that's for sure."
The Flames were all over the Coyotes early and quickly built up a 7-2 lead on the shot clock before getting the game's first goal.
In typical Andrew Mangiapane fashion, No. 88 planted himself in the blue paint and took all sorts of abuse for his efforts, crashing to the ice and lying prone in the goalmouth. Backlund dished from the right circle and was looking to connect with his winger in front, but instead, the puck went off an Arizona skate in front and dribbled across the line for a 1-0 Flames lead at 8:14.
Rasmus Andersson picked up the lone helper.

However, the Coyotes replied just 1:08 later, as the red-hot Keller took a beautiful, backdoor feed from Barrett Hayton, who spun off his check at the far wall and rifled a no-looker into the slot.
Keller came into the night with 10 points (4G, 6A) in his last five games and by scoring that pivotal marker, he officially becomes Arizona's first 30-goal scorer and 70-point-getter since the 2011-12 season.
That goal seemed to spark the homeside, as they rattled off a bevy of shots over the next 10 minutes, including a breakaway from former Flame Brett Ritchie, but Markstrom stood tall to keep it a 1-1 game.
Then, with exactly two minutes to play in the period, a turnover at the defensive blueline allowed Laurent Dauphin to break alone off the right side, but Markstrom - again - read it well, sealing up the five-hole as the Arizona forward fired a quick shot.
The Coyotes took a 2-1 lead less than a minute into the second when Matias Maccelli cut to the net and buried his own rebound in tight, but just like the Coyotes did to the Flames in the opening stanza, the visitors were quick to respond.
Duehr - who you might recall, tallied a beauty in the Flames' first visit to Mullett Arena last month - snapped home another in this barn, beaming a shot off the far post and in to record his fourth of the year and make it a 2-2 game at 2:03.

The Coyotes appeared to go back in front at 7:31 when Boyd whistled a wrister top shelf on Markstrom, but the Flames - with help from Video Coach Jamie Pringle - challenged the play, citing goaltender interference.
Replay showed clear contact on Markstrom's left foot inside the crease, and after a quick look-see, the officials wiped out the Arizona marker.
The Flames had two great chances to go out in front late in the period. First, Backlund and Mangiapane took off on a 2-on-1, but No. 88's top-shelf bid was flagged down by Ingram, Then, with 5:41 left on the clock, Dillon Dube took a Huberdeau pass off the rush and quickly unloaded in tight, but his attempt caught the base of the post and - somehow - caromed back underneath the pads, where Nazem Kadri tried his best to dig it free.
The extra poke set off a bit of a fracas, with everyone grabbing a dance partner and wrestling to the ice. However, no penalties were assessed.
"You can see they play with freedom to make plays and stuff like that, but we have to play harder - especially with the position we're in," Huberdeau said.
"If we want to make the playoffs, we've got to give a better effort."

THEY SAID IT:

BY THE NUMBERS:

Shots: CGY 45, ARI 25
Powerplay: CGY 0-2, ARI 0-1
Hits: CGY 39 ARI 39
Faceoffs: CGY 57%, ARI 43%
\Scoring chances: CGY 28, ARI16
\High-danger scoring chances: CGY 6, ARI 7
*Courtesy of Natural Stat Trick (5-on-5)

THE LINEUP:

FORWARDS
Jakob Pelletier - Elias Lindholm - Tyler Toffoli
Jonathan Huberdeau - Nazem Kadri - Dillon Dube
Andrew Mangiapane - Mikael Backlund - Blake Coleman
Milan Lucic - Trevor Lewis - Walker Duehr
DEFENCE
MacKenzie Weegar - Rasmus Andersson
Noah Hanifin - Chris Tanev
Nikita Zadorov - Troy Stecher

GOALTENDERS
Jacob Markstrom - Starter
Dan Vladar

UP NEXT:

The Flames finish up this two-game road trip on Thursday when they visit the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena, before returning home for one on Saturday against the Dallas Stars.
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