winner

It was a statement game for the Flames.
Coming off a 5-1 loss to the Blackhawks 24 hours earlier at home, the Flames were looking to bounce back and get two important points heading into a nine-day bye week that includes next weekend's all-star festivities.
Check that off the list.
Calgary beat the Kraken 5-2 in Seattle in a Pacific Division battle to improve to 24-17-9 on the season.

Elias Lindholm had a monster night, scoring a goal and adding a pair of assists on three straight Flames goals in the first period after they had fell behind 1-0.
Dan Vladar got the start and was downright stellar, making 29 saves. He improved to 10-0-3 in his last 13 starts, the longest active point-streak among goaltenders this season.
That 13-game run tied the franchise record for the longest point streak by a goaltender in franchise history, now sitting alongside Mike Vernon (1988-89) and Brian Elliot (2016-17).
Tyler Toffoli, Nikita Zadorov, Noah Hanifin and Blake Coleman - with an empty-netter - also scored for Calgary, who are now 6-1 all-time against the Kraken.
Coleman also finished the night with three points.
The Flames PK was exceptional, blanking the Kraken on their five powerplay chances.
Some of the line juggling from Thursday's loss carried into the tilt, with youngster Jakob Pelletier up on the second line with Jonathan Huberdeau and Nazem Kadri, meanwhile Adam Ruzicka drew back into the lineup on a trio with Milan Lucic and Trevor Lewis.
Pelletier had another great outing, getting two good cracks for his first NHL goal in a game where he was solid from the opening puck drop.
Dennis Gilbert started in place of Connor Mackey - with
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The Flames had a good look early, Toffoli pulling up and making a lovely feed to Lindholm who split two defenders, but was held up by Vince Dunn, spinning around and losing the handle on the puck.
John Hayden - in Seattle's lineup in place of injured star Matty Beniers - opened the scoring at 5:20 when he tipped a long-distance wrister from Will Borgen.
Dillon Dube made a pass from the halfboards in the Flames zone up to Lindholm, who passed to Toffoli and then hit high gear down mainstreet and got a backhand tip-chip that beat Martin Jones top shelf on his blocker side 1:54 later to knot it up.

CGY@SEA: Lindholm ties game at 1-1 in 1st period

The Flames made it 2-1 not long after their first powerplay expired, Lindholm feeding Coleman who snapped a hard shot on Jones, who gave up a huge rebound that Toffoli quickly put home at 13:28.

CGY@SEA: Toffoli nets 18th goal of season in 1st

Lewis came close to adding another when he cut in off the right wing and nearly tucked his backhand under the glove as he cut across the crease but Jones got just a piece of it to keep it out.
In a period Calgary dominated with a 16-6 edge in shots, Zadorov made it 3-1 with his eighth of the season - a new career high - with just 4.5 seconds left to play when he snuck in from the point and one-timed a pass from Lindholm.

CGY@SEA: Zadorov scores in 1st period

The Flames started the second where they left, coming in waves. Toffoli and Lindholm nearly connected for another one early in the period but Jones made the stop, followed up by a right-pad save on Kadri on a later Calgary powerplay.
Jones also made another impressive stop on a Toffoli deflection of a Rasmus Andersson pass.
The Kraken found their sea legs midway through the frame and started creating some Grade-A chances of their own but Vladar was often spectacular to keep them from getting another one past him in the middle stanza.
Seattle appeared to make it a one-goal game on their fourth-straight powerplay of the night when Alex Wennberg scored at 8:59 of the third but the Flames challenged for goaltender interfence and after review, the officials agreed and waived it off.
The Kraken still had 1:19 left on the powerplay and the Flames got an extremely rare shorthanded 2-on-0 but Coleman was stopped and Lewis got the rebound at a tough angle and missed the net with his attempt.
The homeside came right back down and just after the PP expired, Eeli Tolvanen grabbed a big rebound off a Vladar save through traffic and put it in the net at 10:36.
Hanifin restored the two-goal cushion just 1:04 later, finishing a tic-tac-toe play with Coleman and Mikael Backlund.

CGY@SEA: Hanifin increases Flames' lead in 3rd

Natasha Staniszewski wraps up a big win

BY THE NUMBERS:

Shots: CGY 38, SEA 30
Powerplay:CGY 0-2, SEA 0-5
Hits:CGY 19, SEA 18
Face-offs: CGY 61%, SEA 39%
\Scoring chances: CGY 24, SEA 19
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High-danger scoring chances: CGY 10, SEA 8
\According of Natural Stat Trick (5-on-5)*

THEY SAID IT:

"That's the way we have to play every night"

"I feel comfortable in these situations"

"Overall, just a good win"

"It's a good win for us"

THE LINEUP:

UP NEXT:

The Flames don't return to action until Feb. 6 when they face the Rangers at MSG to start off a four-game Eastern road swing that also has stops in Detroit, Buffalo and Ottawa. They are back at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Feb. 16 against the Red Wings.
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