VANCOUVER — Elias Pettersson, celebrating his 26th birthday, tied the game on the power play early in the second period and assisted on Erik Brannstrom’s goal in the third as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Calgary Flames 3-1 Tuesday night.
Justin Kirkland scored for Calgary Flames goalie Dan Vladar made 29 saves.Swedish rookie Jonathan Lekkerimaki, the 15th pick in the 2022 draft, played his first game as a Canuck. He took Brock Boeser’s spot on the first-unit power play.
The Canucks played their second game without Boeser, who is recovering from an upper-body injury after being hit in the head by Tanner Jeannot of the Los Angeles Kings last Thursday.Canucks: Combined with his goal in the loss to Edmonton on Saturday night, it was the first time in 50 regular-season games that Pettersson has scored in back-to-back games. He last had consecutive goals in a three-game stretch from Jan. 15 to Jan. 20.
Flames: After winning five of their first six games the Flames have just three wins in their last 11 .Calgary led 1-0 after scoring at the 19-minute mark of the first period but defenceman Daniil Miromanov was called for high-sticking just before the period ended. Pettersson tapped in a Miller shot to tie the game on the power play just 23 seconds into the second, then Suter made it 2-1 2:15 later.
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