CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Led by Noah Hanifin’s goal and assist, the Calgary Flames scored four times in the second period Thursday night for a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs that extended their winning streak to five games.
Andrew Mangiapane, Oliver Kylington, Elias Lindholm and Rasmus Andersson also scored for the Flames (25-13-6), who are also heating up on home ice. They've won five consecutive games at the Scotiabank Saddledome, outscoring the opposition 24-4.
Calgary, which has played the fewest home games in the NHL, has five remaining on a seven-game homestand.
Rasmus Sandin and Michael Bunting scored for Toronto (30-11-3), which had won six straight. The Maple Leafs opened a three-game road trip.
Mitch Marner had his eight-game goal and point streaks snapped. He had piled up 19 points during that span (10 goals, nine assists).
Jacob Markstrom made his 11th straight start in net for Calgary. Coming off a 6-0 shutout of Vegas on Wednesday, he was excellent once again in making 46 stops to improve to 19-10-5.
One of Markstrom’s 18 saves in a scoreless first period was a superb pad stop on Marner after he was set up neatly at the top of the crease on a centering pass from Morgan Rielly.
All-Star Jack Campbell, making his first start since Feb. 1, was credited with 21 stops for the Maple Leafs. His record fell to 21-7-3.
Three defensemen scored for Calgary, which broke the game open with three goals in less than three minutes during the second period.
Auston Matthews had an assist for Toronto, extending his point streak to six games (six goals, seven assists).
NOTES: The Maple Leafs dressed only 11 forwards because Wayne Simmonds was back in Toronto for personal reasons. Toronto then went down to 10 forwards when Ondrej Kase was leveled by a heavy, open-ice hit from 6-foot-6 defenseman Nikita Zadorov, who caught him with a shoulder and sent Kase and his helmet flying. Kase remained down briefly before leaving the ice on his own, but he went straight to the dressing room and did not return.
UP NEXT
Maple Leafs: Play at Vancouver on Saturday.
Flames: Host the New York Islanders on Saturday.
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