Streak ends at 11 with 1-0 loss to Ducks
With a tight defensive effort, the Anaheim Ducks Jack Eichel Youth Jerseybecame the first visiting team in two months to win in Calgary. Shawn Horcoff scored in the second period and John Gibson made 14 saves for his third shutout this season as Anaheim beat Calgary 1-0 Tuesday night, stopping the Flames' home winning streak at a franchise-record 11 games. Tested only seven times http://www.officialsabresteamshop.com/Womens_Youth_Jack_Eichel_Jersey over the first 40 minutes, Gibson was busiest in the third as the Flames finally were able to generate some pressure. However, Calgary could not solve the 22-year-old goalie and Sam Bennett, the Flames' best player on the night, put a shot off the crossbar. ''We had a game plan to try to clog up the neutral zone, try to slow them down. We did a pretty good job of it,'' Gibson said. The loss was the first at the Scotiabank Saddledome since Oct. 30 for Calgary (17-17-2). During the record streak, http://www.officialsabresteamshop.com/Womens_Youth_Jack_Eichel_Jersey the Flames scored 42 goals. ''They played a great game for a road game,'' Calgary captain Mark Giordano said. ''We have to do a better job of coming back as a five-man unit and breaking in. I thought we were a little bit guilty of stretching, and too much separation between our forwards and our D.'' Anaheim (14-15-6) was Connor McDavid Elite Jerseyopening up a three-game Western Canada road swing that continues Thursday in Edmonton. ''It's big for us. All these games. We know the stakes coming in here. They're really essentially four-point games for us,'' Horcoff said. The Ducks scored at 12:36 of the second on http://www.officialoilersteamshop.com/Womens_Youth_Connor_Mcdavid_Jerseyan excellent shift by winger Rickard Rakell. First, Rakell was stopped from in close on a sharp pad save by Karri Ramo after he was set up by Ryan Getzlaf. After the rest of his line changed, Rakell remained on the ice. With the puck behind the net, he set up Horcoff at the faceoff dot and he one-timed a high shot past Ramo, who finished with 20 saves and fell to 13-11-1. Ramo was starting his seventh game in a row and 22nd in the last 25.
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