Jonathan Huberdeau scored two times and the Calgary Flames beat San Jose

Jonathan Huberdeau scored   two times  and the Calgary Flames beat San Jose   three -1 on Saturday night, handing the Sharks their   7th  immediately  loss.
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Mikael Backlund   additionally  scored and Nazem Kadri had     assists for the Flames, and Dustin Wolf had 21 saves.



Macklin Celebrini   were given  his   twelfth  purpose  of the season for San Jose, and Yaroslav Askarov stopped 30 shots. The Sharks are 0-6-1   at some stage in  their skid, and 1-9-1 over their   closing  eleven  video games .

Calgary took a 2-1 lead at 6:50 of   the second one  duration  on Backlund's power-play   purpose . Backlund has   5  points (  3  desires ,     assists) in his   closing  5  video games .


Celebrini, who had the tying   purpose  early   withinside the  second, leads all   learners  in   desires  and is tied for the lead in points (27).

Takeaways
Flames: Calgary has   gained  consecutive   video games  for   the primary  time in   greater  than a month   seeing that  triumphing  fourth   immediately  on Nov. 23.

Sharks: Forward Carl Grundstrom left Saturday's   recreation  withinside the  first   duration  with an unspecified   harm  and did   now no longer  go back  after taking a   tough  hit from Flames defenceman Brayden Pachal.

Key moment
Huberdeau's early   purpose  set the tone for Calgary. His   crew -  main  14th   purpose  at   four :  forty  of   the primary  duration  got here  on a deflection. It   prolonged  his   purpose  streak   to 3  video games .

Key stat
Calgary had six off days going into Saturday   seeing that  a Dec. 21 6-  four  win   towards  Chicago, and the   greater  relaxation  regarded  to   repay  towards  a fatigued Sharks   crew  that   changed into  coming off a 6-  three  loss to Vegas on Friday.

Up Next
Flames play at Vegas on Sunday, and Sharks host Philadelphia on Tuesday.

Vegas has   long past  24-8-  three  general  with a 12-2-1   report  towards  the Pacific Division. The Golden Knights have a +27 scoring differential, with   one hundred twenty five  general  desires  scored and   ninety eight  conceded.

Calgary has a 17-  eleven -7   report  general  and a   four -  three -1   report  in Pacific Division   video games . The Flames have a 10-1-  three  report  in   video games  they have got  fewer   consequences  than their opponent.

The   groups  rectangular  off Sunday for   the second one  time this season. The Golden Knights   gained  the   closing  assembly  five -0. Keegan Kolesar scored     desires  withinside the  win.

Top Performers
Jack Eichel has scored 10   desires  with 37 assists for the Golden Knights. Mark Stone has     desires  and 7  assists   during the last  10   video games .


Nazem Kadri has 12   desires  and   thirteen  assists for the Flames. Huberdeau has seven   desires  and 6  assists   during the last  10   video games .

Last 10
 Golden Knights: 9-1-0, averaging   three .  five  desires ,   five .  four  assists, 2.2   consequences  and   four .7 penalty   mins  even as  giving up     desires  in step with  recreation .

Flames:   five -2-  three , averaging   three .2   desires ,   five .1 assists,   three .  three  consequences  and   9  penalty   mins  even as  giving up   three .  three  desires  in step with  recreation .

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