Gibson sets Ducks all-time saves record in win against Flames

CALGARY --John Gibson became the all-time saves leader for the Anaheim Ducks in a 3-1 win against the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome on Friday.

Gibson made 36 saves and has 11,837 with Anaheim. He entered the game needing 13 to pass Guy Hebert (11,813) for most on its all-time list.
"I just found out after the game," said Gibson, who leads the NHL this season with 1,518 saves and has won four of his past six starts. "It's cool to be in the same category as those guys, some of the greats that have been here. It's an honor, and hopefully [I] just keep going with it."
Max Comtois had a goal and an assist, and Brett Leason scored for the Ducks (22-35-9).
"It's been such a tough year for our group that I think we just want to win," Comtois said. "We don't like the fact that we're at the bottom of the standings. We don't like the fact that it's been like that for the last three, four years. We have a really proud group and a lot of character on this team. We just want to win and whoever's in front of us, we want to beat them."

Mikael Backlund scored, and Jacob Markstrom made 15 saves for the Flames (29-24-13), who have lost six of eight (2-4-2) and remained four points behind the Winnipeg Jets for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference.
Calgary, which entered having won back-to-back games, hasn't won three straight since December and is 0-4-1 in its past five at home.
"It's not acceptable," Flames defenseman MacKenzie Weegar said. "It's happened quite a few times this year. It doesn't matter who our opponent is, we have to play better than the opponent every night and focus on ourselves. We've been talking about it.
"I mean, Dallas and Minnesota are two great teams and we come up with two wins on the road. Then we come here and we kind of [stumble] against a team I feel like's not at our standard. We need to find ways to win these games and get these two points."
Backlund gave Calgary a 1-0 lead on a power play at 6:43 of the second period when Elias Lindholm's shot bounced off his shin pad.
Comtois tied it 1-1 just 1:04 later at 7:47 on a similar redirection of Frank Vatrano's wrist shot from the high slot.
"Frank found a good shooting lane and it just kind of hit me in the shin pad," Comtois said. "Kind of exchanged shin-pad goals. It's always good. Frank's got a good shot, and my job is just to go to the net, and I was fortunate that it hit me."

Leason, who is from Calgary, put Anaheim up 2-1 at 11:33 on a rebound after Markstrom made the initial save on Comtois' shot from below the right face-off circle.
Gibson made 15 saves in the third period, including a windmill glove stop on Tyler Toffoli at 13:37 to preserve the lead.
"To me, he's probably a top-five, top-three goalie in the League," Comtois said. "He's always coming up with those big saves and keeping us in it. Even when we play really good teams and teams like today fighting for their lives in a playoff spot, they throw everything at him, and he just comes up with the saves. It's so easy for him."
Derek Grant scored an empty-net goal with two seconds left for the 3-1 final.
"I'm so frustrated," Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson said. "We didn't score. Honestly, that's the easy way to say it. We just didn't score today. We had a lot of looks, especially in the third. We're dominating the game in the third. We just can't get that tying goal or the leading goal. It's frustrating. I don't know. It [stinks]."
NOTES: Calgary had an eight-game point streak against Anaheim (7-0-1) dating to Oct. 20, 2019, its longest against one opponent. … The Ducks are 8-0-1 when leading after the second period; the Flames are 0-16-3 when trailing after two. ... Anaheim forward Trevor Zegras had a four-game point streak end (two goals, three assists). … Ducks defenseman Simon Benoit was plus-3 and had an assist in 23:07 of ice time. … Backlund's goal was Calgary's first on the power play in six games (0-for-12). … Vatrano's goal ended Markstom's shutout streak at 98:35.