Jones, Ramo lead Flames to 3-1 win over Lightning
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) Matt Stajan and David Jones gave Calgary the lead, and Karri Ramo stopped 30 shots to lead the Flames to a 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night.
Lance Bouma added an empty-netter with just under a minute left and Mark Giordano had two assists to help the Flames move past Anaheim and into third place in the Pacific Division.
Ramo, coming off a 26-save shutout against Colorado on Saturday night, extended his scoreless streak to a personal-best 152 minutes, 55 seconds before Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos found the back of the net with 1:39 left in the third period.
Anton Stralman missed the net with a slap shot from the blue line and Stamkos scored into the open side as the puck caromed off the end boards and out.
Ben Bishop made 21 saves for the Lightning.
Ramo, who had an .868 save percentage at the end of October, has improved it to .912. He has started 10 games in a row for Calgary and 25 of the last 28.
Ramo got within 12 minutes of the Flames' record for longest shutout streak of 164:40 set by Mike Vernon in December 1992.
Calgary opened the scoring 3:56 into the first period on a nicely executed 3-on-2. Brodie carried the puck into the Lightning zone, zipped a pass over to Giordano and the Flames captain sent a backhand saucer pass across the goal crease that was knocked in from the side of the net by Stajan.
Late in the second period, Giordano intercepted the puck along the sideboards, shook off a check from Ryan Callahan and sent the puck in front for Jones to deflect into the top corner with 4 1/2 minutes remaining.
It was a slow start to the season offensively for Giordano, who missed the final two months of last year after suffering a torn biceps tendon. He had just six points (four goals, two assists) in his first 22 games. Since then, he has 17 points (six goals, 11 assists) in 17 games.
Callahan left the game with a lower-body injury and did not return after his hit to Giordano.
NOTES: Linesman Mike Cvik, 53, worked his 1,868th and final NHL game. The Calgarian's first game was Oct. 8, 1987. ... Tampa Bay D Matthew Carle was a healthy scratch. ... Not in Calgary's lineup was RW Jiri Hudler (lower body), who is undergoing medical tests. The severity of his injury was not known. ... Flames leading scorer Johnny Gaudreau has no points in his last four games.
