Flames 3, Stars 1
DALLAS -- Calgary Flames goaltender Karri Ramo stopped 35 of 36 shots, spurring the Flames to a 3-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday at American Airlines Center.
Center Sean Monahan, defenseman Dougie Hamilton and left winger Mason Raymond scored goals for Calgary (15-14-2), who won its seventh consecutive game.
Dallas (23-7-2) got its lone goal from defenseman Johnny Oduya, a short-handed tally in the first period.
Ramo made several huge saves, most of which came in the third period. His most impressive stop of the evening came 5:35 into the third when he denied a wrist shot by Stars defenseman Alex Goligoski from the slot. Ramo previously denied a shot from Stars left winger Jamie Benn, and Goligoski was looking to score off the ensuing rebound.
Ramo also denied Benn at close range on an attempted tap-in at 10:03 of the third with the Stars on the power play.
Dallas struck first when Oduya scored with 7:26 remaining in the first period. Oduya colleted his fourth goal of the season by tapping in a rebound after a wrist shot by left winger Vernon Fiddler was turned away by Ramo.
It was Oduya's second goal in as many games. Dallas had been short-handed for nine seconds after center Cody Eakin was whistled for tripping.
Calgary scored the next two to lead 2-1 at the first intermission.
Monahan beat Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen top shelf to the short side with a wrist shot from the left circle. Left winger Johnny Gaudreau fed Monahan with a backhand pass near the Calgary blue line. Monahan rushed up the left side of the ice untouched before finishing for his 11th goal of the season.
The Flames took their first lead when Hamilton scored on a wrist shot from the right circle that deflected off the right post before beating Lehtonen to his short side with 28 seconds remaining in the first period.
With 2:30 remaining in the second, Calgary doubled its lead to 3-1 when Raymond beat Lehtonen high to the far post with a wrist shot from the high slot. Lehtonen was screened by both center Mikael Backlund, who set up the goal with a pass to Raymond just inside the Dallas blue line, and right winger David Jones, and did not see the puck until right before it went in.
Lehtonen stopped 24 of 27 shots in his second consecutive start.
NOTES: Flames LW Brandon Bollig, RW Michael Frolik (upper body) and D Ladislav Smid were scratched. Coach Bob Hartley said after a morning skate that there was no further update on Frolik, who was injured Tuesday in Nashville and is back in Calgary. ... Stars D Jyrki Jokipakka, LW Travis Moen and D Jamie Oleksiak were scratched. ... Thursday's game was the second of three regular-season meetings between the teams. The Flames won 3-2 in a shootout on Dec. 1 in Calgary. ... Stars G Kari Lehtonen started consecutive home games for just the second time this season. Lehtonen previously started back-to-back games in Dallas on Nov. 12 against Winnipeg and Nov. 14 against Minnesota, stopping 57 of 62 shots to earn wins in both games. ... Calgary plays the Blues on Saturday at St. Louis. ... Dallas concludes a three-game homestand Saturday against the Montreal Canadiens.