Rittich makes 26 saves for Flames in win against Canucks

David Rittich made 26 saves over the first two periods, including a penalty shot, to help the Calgary Flames to a 4-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena.

Rittich, who is battling for the Flames backup goalie job behind Mike Smith, denied Canucks forward Brandon Sutter at 2:57 of the second period.
Spencer Foo, Matthew Phillips, Andrew Mangiapane and Juuso Valimaki scored for Calgary. Tyler Parsons made the save on 12 of 13 shots in the third.
Brendan Leipsic scored for Vancouver. Thatcher Demko allowed three goals on 21 shots in 39:46, and Michael DiPietro made 10 saves.