Flames Fall To Bruins

BOSTON — Connor Zary's second-period goal was the lone marker the Flames could muster in a 4-1 setback to the Bruins Thursday at TD Garden.

Boston netminder Joonas Korpisalo made 28 saves, and the homeside got a pair of goals in each of the first two periods to hand Calgary its second road defeat in as many nights.

Boston struck first just shy of the midpoint of period one on a wrist shot from Sean Kuraly, then extended their lead just over two minutes later when former Flame Elias Lindholm one-timed a puck past netminder Dustin Wolf from the left circle.

Mason Lohrei and Casey Mittelstadt extended the Bruins advantage to 4-0 late in period two before Calgary got on the board thanks to a great piece of individual effort from Zary. He spun to his forehand out of the right circle, cut to the net and from just outside the blue paint, roofed a puck over Korpisalo’s shoulder for his seventh goal of the campaign.

But the story of the second period for the Flames was the chances that got away. Korpisalo made stellar stops off Matt Coronato twice - erasing a yawning cage after the puck bounced to the Calgary forward in the right circle - before robbing Mikael Backlund with his glove hand on a point-blank chance from the slot.

The Flames fired 13 shots on goal in period three, but Korpisalo was equal to the task on each of them, securing the 4-1 final for the hosts.

Wolf made 26 saves for Calgary in his eighth consecutive start.

The Lineup:

FORWARDS

Jonathan Huberdeau - Nazem Kadri - Joel Farabee

Blake Coleman - Mikael Backlund - Matt Coronato

Connor Zary - Morgan Frost - Yegor Sharangovich

Ryan Lomberg - Justin Kirkland - Adam Klapka

DEFENCE

Yan Kuznetsov - MacKenzie Weegar

Kevin Bahl - Rasmus Andersson

Joel Hanley - Hunter Brzustewicz

GOALTENDERS

Dustin Wolf - starter

Devin Cooley

They Said It:

The Numbers Game:

Shots: CGY 29, BOS 30

Powerplay: CGY 0-2, BOS 0-2

Faceoffs: CGY 44.6%, BOS 55.4%

Hits: CGY 27, BOS 23

Blocked Shots: CGY 19, BOS 17

5-on-5 Scoring Chances: CGY 20, BOS 35

5-on-5 High-Danger Scoring Chances: CGY 9, BOS 15

Up Next:

The road trip continues with a Saturday matinee in Pittsburgh. Puck drop is slated for 1:30 p.m. MT.