![](anthers33-26-7ML: -106O/U 6.5ML: -111 CBS Sports Home Fantasy NFL MLB NCAA BB NBA NCAA FB NHL Golf MMA WWE Boxing Soccer NASCAR XFL WNBA Big3 Horse Racing Tennis High School WSOP Olympics Women's WC Shop PBR Rugby PRCA Stubhub Play Golf <main id="page-content" class="highlander-page-container game-tracker">RECGAMETRACKERBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYRECLIVEBOX SCOREPLAY-BY-PLAYTWEETSTalbot makes 38 saves, Flames beat Panthers 3-0SUNRISE, Fla. Cam Talbot made 38 saves, Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and an assist, and the Calgary Flames beat the Florida Panthers 3-0 Sunday.TJ Brodie and Milan Lucic also scored for the Flames, and Mark Giordano had three assists.“I felt pretty good from the get-go, got a good warm-up in this morning," Talbot said. "Guys let me see the shots, kept them to the outside for the first little bit. It gets the confidence up early and able to get into a groove.”The Flames finished 3-1-1 on the five-game road trip."We played a real, real good road period, maybe our best one of the whole trip in order to end it off," coach Geoff Ward said. "Good response by our guys and a well-earned win.”Sam Montembault stopped 25 shots for the Panthers, who have tied a franchise record with seven straight home losses. The Panthers are 5-11-2 since the All-Star break.Gaudreau gave the Flames a 1-0 lead on his power-play goal at 6:21 of the first. Gaudreau’s shot from the left circle beat Montembeault on the glove side.The Flames went ahead 2-0 when Derek Ryan passed from behind the net to Lucic in front, who banked it off the post and in at 3:10 of the second.Calgary stretched its lead to 3-0 on Brodie’s shot from just inside the blue line 1:09 into the third.“At the end, we didn’t have a push. That’s unacceptable,” Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov said. “We just have to regroup right now.”The home crowd began to boo in the closing minutes of the second period and also at the end of the game.“Obviously disappointed, we’ve put ourselves in a really tough spot," Panthers coach Joel Quenneville said. "Let’s find a way to bring some excitement in our team game and get the building going in our favor.”Gaudreau was awarded a penalty shot with 7:43 left in the first after being hooked by MacKenzie Weegar, but Montembeault blocked it.NOTES: Flames C Elias Lindholm recorded his 200th career assist on the goal by Gaudreau. ... Panthers G Sergei Bobrovsky tweaked something in his lower-body in warm-ups and was replaced by Montembeault. “I don't think it was serious, we'll see,” Quenneville said. ... The Panthers are 4 for 35 on the power play over their last 13 games.UP NEXT:Flames: Host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday night.Panthers: Host the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.---More NHL:and)
The Calgary Flames will conclude what could've been an exceptional five-game road trip on Sunday afternoon against the slumping Florida Panthers.Calgary started the trip with a 4-2 win at the Detroit Red Wings before knocking off a Stanley Cup contender, the Boston Bruins, 5-2.But, on Thursday, the Flames gave up a tying goal in heartbreaking fashion -- with just 0.1 seconds left -- and then lost 4-3 in overtime to the Nashville Predators. And, on Saturday, the Flames dropped another 4-3 affair, this one to the Tampa Bay Lightning.The tally for Calgary on this trip so far is 2-1-1, and -- despite the two consecutive disappointments -- the Flames are optimistic now that they are at virtually full health. Captain Mark Giordano, the reigning Norris Trophy winner as the NHL's top defenseman, returned from a hamstring injury on Thursday. Calgary's emotional engine, Giordano eats minutes and plays on both the power play and penalty kill.Calgary's other standouts include wingers Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk and centers Elias Lindholm, Sean Monahan and Mikael Backlund.Tkachuk, the sixth overall player drafted in 2016, leads Calgary in points (56). He's the youngest player in this group at age 22, and he plays a heavy game.Lindholm, who scored his 28th goal of the season on Saturday, has found the back of the net more often than any other Flames player.Gaudreau, the New Jersey-born star, set career highs last season in goals (36) and assists (63), but he has not been as prolific this season. He has 54 points in 66 games.Flames interim coach Geoff Ward said he has full confidence in Gaudreau and instead offered the following critique on Monahan:"When 'Monny' is a shoot-first guy -- instead of looking for that extra pass -- he's at his best." Indeed, Monahan scored again on Saturday -- his 22nd of the season. The sixth overall pick in the 2013 NHL Draft, Monahan, 25, has scored more than 20 goals in each of his seven seasons in the league.Meanwhile, the Panthers will enter Sunday's game coming off two straight defeats, including a 3-2 shootout home loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. It was Florida's fourth loss in its past five games.In addition, it was Florida's sixth straight home loss."It's been a tough post-All-Star break for us," Panthers coach Joel Quenneville said. "We've got to recapture that (winning) feeling. Winning is what it's all about, and there's still a lot of hockey left." The Panthers got goals from Mike Hoffman and Mike Matheson against Chicago. They also got 27 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky.Hoffman has a goal in five straight games and leads the Panthers with 27 this season. Matheson, a defenseman, has eight goals, tying his total from last season, when he was two short of his career high. And Bobrovsky has lost three of his past four games.Of his goals streak, Hoffman said: "I'm trying to do what I can to help the team win. Anytime you can get on the board is a bonus." Bobrovsky, who has allowed 12 goals in his past four games, will likely have to play better if the Panthers are to beat Calgary.Even so, the Panthers profess their confidence in their $70-million goalie, who signed a seven-year contract in July."(Bobrovsky) has been playing rock solid during this last stretch," Matheson said. "That's what we need. He's one of the best goalies in the league." --Field Level Media
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