Flames Fall To Rangers

Mika Zibanejad scored a pair of second-period goals, while Joonas Korpisalo turned aside 30 of the 31 shots that came his way as the Rangers handed the Flames a 3-1 defeat Wednesday at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Adam Klapka had the lone reply for the homeside, capitalizing on a third-period powerplay.

The Turning Point:

Zibanejad opened the scoring with a bank shot 59 seconds into the second period, but his second tally proved to be decisive.

On a New York powerplay, Pavel Dorofeyev zipped a cross-ice pass to an open Zibanejad in the left circle, and from there the Swedish pivot one-timed his fifth goal of the season past Flames netminder Devin Cooley.

The (Almost) Roof-Raiser:

Zayne Parekh nearly took the roof off the Scotiabank Saddledome before the game was four minutes old. 

In a moment of sheer individual brilliance, Parekh danced around not one, but two Rangers defenders, then wheeled behind the New York net before attempting a wraparound at the far post.

Unfortunately for him, Rangers goalie Joonas Korpisalo was (barely) equal to the task. Just as Parekh saw daylight with his wrap job, Korpisalo lunged back - against the grain - and got the inside of his blocker hand to the puck just before it crossed the goal line.

The Big Man:

Adam Klapka is on pace for the first double-digit goal total of his NHL career this season, and the Czech forward added to his tally Wednesday.

At the tail end of a powerplay in the third period, Klapka parked himself in front of the Rangers net, and made good on a hard centring pass from linemate Ryan Strome to finish off a tic-tac-toe play for his fourth goal of the season.

Ice Chips:

Jake Middleton played in his 400th career NHL game ... Yegor Sharangovich now has three assists in his last two outings ... Joel Farabee led the Flames in shots (five) and blocked shots (four).

Stat Pack:

Shots: CGY 31, NYR 24

Powerplay: CGY 1-2, NYR 1-3

Faceoffs: CGY 43.1%, NYR 56.9%

Hits: CGY 21, NYR 29

Blocked Shots: CGY 13, NYR 8

5-on-5 Scoring Chances: CGY 17, NYR 15

5-on-5 High-Danger Scoring Chances: CGY 9, NYR 5

Lines & Pairings:

FORWARDS

Joel Farabee - Mikael Backlund - Matt Coronato

Matvei Gridin - Martin Pospisil - Ryan Strome

Aydar Suniev - Morgan Frost - Yegor Sharangovich

Brennan Othmann - Jonathan Castagna - Adam Klapka

DEFENCEMEN

Joel Hanley - Simon Nemec

Jake Middleton - Zach Whitecloud

Yan Kuznetsov - Zayne Parekh

GOALTENDERS

Devin Cooley (starter)

Dustin Wolf

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What's Next:

The Flames head to California for a three-game road trip, beginning Saturday at 9 p.m. MT against the Los Angeles Kings.