FLAMES FALL TO BLACKHAWKS

The Flames saw their season-high four-game winning streak end Tuesday night in a 4-3 loss to the Blackhawks at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
It's a quick turnaround now as the Flames went right from the rink to the airport to fly to Winnipeg for an enormoustilt with the Jets Wednesday night, as the two Canadian cousins continue to battle for the final wild-card berth in the Western Conference.

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The Blackhawks scored twice in the first 3:11 of the third period to break open a tie game en route to the victory.
Tyler Toffoli, Noah Hanifin and Mikael Backlund scored for the Flames, who drop to 36-27-15 on the season.
Jacob Markstrom got the start and made 19 saves in the loss.
Defenceman Chris Tanev returned after missing six games with an upper-body injury and didn't miss a beat, knocking Jason Dickinson back into the Central timezone with a massive hit near the Flames blueline that brought the crowd to its feet.
The Flames' first Grade-A chance of the night came early in the first on their third shot of the game. Walker Duehr started things off with a speedy, aggressive forecheck, followed by Milan Lucic pasting Austin Wagner into the end boards with a big hit to jar loose the puck, and finishing with Trevor Lewis out front all alone for a shot but Petr Mrazek standing tall.
Chicago opened the scoring at 5:09 when Andreas Athanasiou circled in the Flames zone and snapped a wrister glove-side past Markstrom.
The homeside tied things up with 8:08 to play after another hard forecheck, Elias Lindholm getting crosschecked from behind for his effort before Andrew Mangiapane got the puck out front amid some bodies. The biscuit ended up on the stick of Seth Jones who bobbled his clearing attempt and Toffoli was Johnny-on-the-spot to whack it home past Mrazek.

A turnover behind the Calgary net led to Chicago's second goal when Jujhar Khaira found himself all alone out front to take pass from Boris Katchouk and flip a backhand high over Markstrom's glove as he skated across the blue paint with 37.1 ticks left.
The Flames started the second with 1:30 of powerplay time after Jonathan Huberdeau was tripped up not long after Khaira tallied, getting a few good looks, notably a one-timer from Lindholm in the high slot.
Toffoli went looking for his second of the night with a tight-angle chance from the right post, followed by a backhand just wide on the rebound after Mrazek made the initial save.
Hanifin finished off a dandy tic-tac-toe passing play at 11:44 of the middle stanza, started by Huberdeau who went cross ice to Blake Coleman, who fed the trailing Flames blueliner as he skated down mainstreet, holding the puck briefly before firing it five-hole as Mrazek slid back across his crease ackwardly.

In the waning monents of the period, Toffoli made a long cross-ice feed to Lindholm, who stepped into a one-timer that Mrazek got his skate on with a desperate post-to-post lunge.
Calgary outshot Chicago 19-4 in the period.
Athanasiou made it 3-2 early in the third off a turnover, converting on a 2-on-1 just 1:42 in, and then 1:29 later Austin Wagner held the puck on another 2-on-1 to break Markstrom.
Backlund brought the Flames within one with 6:51 to play when he circled out from behind the net into the corner and fired a puck on net that went off the skate of Ian Mitchell for his 18th of the campaign.

THEY SAID IT:

BY THE NUMBERS:

Shots: CGY 36, CHI 23
Powerplay: CGY 0-1, CHI 0-0
Hits: CGY 17, CHI 29
Faceoffs: CGY 47%, CHI 53%
\Scoring chances: CGY 35, CHI 20
\High-danger scoring chances: CGY 12, CHI 8
\Courtesy of Natural Stat Trick (5-on-5)*

THE LINEUP:

The trios and D-pairs to start the game:
Lines
Andrew Mangiapane - Elias Lindholm - Tyler Toffoli
Nick Ritchie - Nazem Kadri - Dillon Dube
Jonathan Huberdeau - Mikael Backlund - Blake Coleman
Milan Lucic - Trevor Lewis - Walker Duehr
Pairings
MacKenzie Weegar - Rasmus Andersson
Noah Hanifin - Chris Tanev
Nikita Zadorov - Troy Stecher
Goaltender
Jacob Markstrom - starter
Dan Vladar