Flames 4, Stars 3 (SO)
CALGARY, Alberta -- Left winger Johnny Gaudreau scored the game-deciding goal in a shootout, leading the Calgary Flames to a 4-3 win over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night.
Trailing 3-0 heading into the third period, the Flames waged a furious comeback just to force overtime.
Center Joe Colborne, Gaudreau and center Sean Monahan all scored on Stars goaltender Antti Niemi in the shootout, while left winger Patrick Sharp was the lone Dallas player to score on Flames goalie Karri Ramo.
Center Mikael Backlund swatted his own rebound past Niemi at 1:51 of the final frame, and Gaudreau scored his sixth goal of the season 70 seconds later to pull the Flames within a goal.
Defenseman Dougie Hamilton then tied the game when he fired a shot from the high slot over Niemi's outstretched glove hand and into the top corner at 17:42.
Monahan finished the game with two assists for the Flames (9-14-2), who returned home from a three-game road trip during which they went 0-2-1. They won their fifth consecutive home game.
Ramo finished with 26 saves to improve his record to improve his record to 7-8-1.
Centers Jason Spezza, Cody Eakin and Mattias Janmark scored for the Stars (19-5-1), while Niemi made 29 saves.
The Flames were able to keep Dallas left winger Jamie Benn and center Tyler Seguin off the scoresheet. Both Benn and Seguin saw their point-scoring streaks end at eight games.
Ramo had to be sharp in the game's first minute to stop a pair of shots directed his way by Sharp.
Dallas kept pouring on the pressure and was rewarded when Spezza took a long pass from defenseman Jordie Benn before skating into the Calgary zone and snapping a perfect shot to the short side past Ramo at 1:48 of the opening period.
The Flames had a pair of great chances to draw even, but Niemi was able to stand his ground to stop breakaway attempts by center Sam Bennett and left winger Mason Raymond.
The Stars extended their lead at 16:28 of the first when Hamilton accidently kicked the puck past Ramo while attempting to check Eakin in front of the Calgary net. Eakin was credited with the goal that put Dallas up 2-0.
Monahan had a good chance early in the second period to get the Flames on the board. On a two-on-one with Gaudreau, Monahan's return pass to his linemate bounced off Jordie Benn and the post behind Ramo before deflecting wide.
Janmark counted the lone goal of the second period at 11:16 when he finished off an end-to-end rush by speeding past Flames defenseman Ladislav Smid before scoring a wraparound goal.
NOTES: Coming into the game, the Stars' power play ranked second in the NHL at 27.0 percent, while the Flames' penalty kill was dead last in the league at 70.8 percent. ... Dallas also led the NHL in scoring at 3.50 goals per game, while Calgary ranked last in goals against at 3.58 per game. ... D Ladislav Smid drew back into Calgary's lineup to replace D Deryk Engelland, while LW Mason Raymond made his return to action for the Flames in place of C Josh Jooris. LW Brandon Bollig was Calgary's other scratch. ... Dallas scratched D Jamie Oleksiak, D Patrik Nemeth and LW Travis Moen. ... While the Flames kicked off a five-game homestand against Dallas, the Stars will finish off their four-game road trip with games against the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers on Thursday and Friday.