Flames 2, Flyers 1 (OT)
CALGARY, Alberta -- Mikael Backlund scored 35 seconds into overtime Thursday to give the Calgary Flames a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in a game involving two struggling teams.
Flyers goaltender Michal Neuvirth made an initial save on left winger Johnny Gaudreau but the puck bounced in off Backlund.
Right winger Josh Jooris also scored for the Flames (4-9-1), winners for just the third time in eight home starts.
Left winger Michael Raffl scored for the Flyers (4-7-2), who have lost five straight.
Flames goaltender Karri Ramo made 26 saves while Neuvirth made 28.
Jooris' goal came at 4:40 of the first. He was stopped on a breakaway after stepping out of the penalty box, but swept in the rebound.
Raffl took a pass from behind the next from center Claude Giroux and squeezed a shot under Ramo's arm with 36 seconds left in the second period to make it 1-1.
Ramo struggled to start the season and was placed on waivers on Oct. 21 and spent seven days with the AHL's Stockton Flames before being recalled. He was 1-4 with a 4.43 goals-against average coming into the game; his only other win came Halloween night in a 5-4 decision against Edmonton.
The three goalies used by the Flames this year -- injured Jonas Hiller (3.67 GAA in seven games) and Joni Ortio (4.26 GAA in four) -- have combined to surrender a league-high 56 goals through 14 games.
NOTES: C Sean Couturier returned to the Flyers lineup after missing six games due to a concussion. ... Absent for Philadelphia because of injury were LW Pierre-Edouard Bellemere (lower body) and D Evgeny Medvedev (lower body). Scratches were C Sam Gagner and D Davis Drewiske, who was a recall from the AHL's Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Wednesday. ... The Flames injured list included C Lance Bouma (broken leg), LW Micheal Ferland (lower body) and G Jonas Hiller (lower body). Scratches were LW Mason Raymond and D Ladislav Smid. ... The Flames gave their junior team a boost Thursday, reassigning 6-foot-7, 250-pound D Keegan Kanzig, 20, to the Western Hockey League's Calgary Hitmen from their AHL affiliate in Stockton, Calif. ... The Flyers used Hitmen G Brendan Burke, who is the son of former NHL G Sean Burke, for the morning skate on Thursday. G Steve Mason was reportedly ill but was able to serve as G Michal Neuvirth's backup in the game. Burke was a sixth round choice of the Arizona Coyotes in 2013. ... The Flames now get ready to host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday before heading out on a four-game road trip. ... The road-weary Flyers close out a five-game road trip against the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday, which wraps up a stretch of seven games in 12 days.