MacKenzie Weegar lastly scored his first purpose as a Flame on Saturday night time and it was an necessary one.
In sport no. 37 Weegar scored the game-winner and added an help for his first multi-point sport since opening night time. He led Calgary to a 3-2 victory over the division rival Vancouver Canucks.
“It feels nice. Even higher with the 2 factors, clearly,” mentioned Weegar, who scored a career-high eight objectives final season with Florida.
However you would not have recognized the purpose on a punt at 14:17 of the second that made it 3-0 was of any significance together with his subdued celebration.
“It was a wierd play. I actually thought it was going to be off. (Chris Tanev) held an excellent puck and I did not wish to jinx it by taking part in an excessive amount of,” mentioned the Flame defenseman, who got here to Calgary together with Jonathan Huberdeau in an offseason deal that despatched Matthew Tkachuk to the Panthers has.
His teammates have been comfortable to see him lastly break that goose egg.
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“Weighs are the perfect, man. He is an excellent man, good teammate. We have been joking about it this morning, we thought he was going to get one and he did,” Blake Coleman mentioned
Weegar additionally helped orchestrate Coleman’s short-handed purpose 5 minutes earlier, organising a diving Rasmus Andersson that put Coleman on a two-on-one.
“It was a turnover on the blue line. I knew that they have been sort of drained. I heard the coaches yelling at them to alter, so I hung onto the puck somewhat bit,” Weegar mentioned. “I used to be truly in search of (Coleman) to go for a breakaway. However Ras shouted at me and I bought it only for him.”
Elias Lindholm additionally scored for Calgary (18-13-7), which has factors in 12 of its final 15 (8-3-4) video games.
Sheldon Dries and Elias Pettersson answered for Vancouver (16-17-3).
“I do not suppose our first two durations have been good. Particularly me. I made too many turnovers, too many easy errors,” Pettersson mentioned. “At all times attempt to make the exhausting play, so I undoubtedly need to be higher.”
Earlier than shedding in Winnipeg on Thursday, the Canucks had gained seven in a row in opposition courts.
“We performed effectively on the street, so it is disappointing that we did not come house with any factors on this journey,” Canucks goaltender Spencer Martin mentioned. “We’ll need to bounce again and make it actually troublesome to play in Vancouver.”
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Martin had 27 saves. His report slips to 11-6-1.
Jacob Markstrom made 22 stops for Calgary to enhance to 12-9-4.
The lack to generate any momentum with the person benefit haunted Vancouver within the second interval as they’d three energy performs however failed to attain and have been outshot 3-2 by the Flames penalty shootouts and 1 -0 outwitted.
“Generally your greatest gamers need to be your greatest gamers, and I did not suppose our greatest gamers in that second interval have been our greatest gamers,” Vancouver coach Bruce Boudreau mentioned. “In consequence, when that occurs, you get behind the 8-ball.”
Dries bought one again for Vancouver at 15:28 of the second.
The resilient Canucks bought inside one at 4:06 of the third, when Pettersson buried a putback, however Vancouver could not discover the tying purpose regardless of pushing exhausting.
Canucks open a two-game homestand towards the New York Islanders on Tuesday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed on December 31, 2022.
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