Lawson Crouse scored twice to end a 14-game goalless streak and help the Utah Grizzlies overcome a 3-2 deficit for a 5-3 victory over the Calgary Flames.
CALGARY — Thanks to a big night for big man Lawson Crouse , a pair of droughts ended on Thursday. Crouse snapped a 14-game goalless skid with two tallies and Utah ended a five-game winless streak with a 5-3 comeback victory over the Calgary Flames . “It felt good, obviously,” said Crouse, who played his junior hockey for the Ontario Hockey League's Kingston Frontenacs and twice represented Canada at the world junior hockey championship. “Feels better to get a win.
That's a big win, we needed that.” After three straight 20-goal campaigns, Crouse entered Thursday's game with just four goals in 37 appearances this season. He'd scored just once in his last 29 games. The 27-year-old from Mt. Brydges, Ont., ended that skid when he opened the scoring 8:51 into the first period, taking a cross-ice pass from Ian Cole and tucking a shot inside the near goalpost on Dan Vladar. Crouse made it two on the night with the go-ahead goal early in the third as Utah (17-15-6) struck less than two minutes apart to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 lead. After Clayton Keller tied the game 47 seconds into the frame, Crouse put the visitors ahead for good at 2:35 when he took a pass from Nick Bjugstad and sniped his second of the game. “Big man came up with two big goals. Happy for him,” said Utah coach Andre Tourigny. “For the last five, six games, he's played solid, but he didn't get a reward.” The 6-foot-4 right-winger brings many qualities to the table every night to make himself a valuable player, Tourigny said, even when the puck isn't going in. “He's physical, he brings speed. He's good defensively. He kills penalties. He does a lot of good stuff other than shooting,” he said. “But obviously, when you have a guy who can produce and have all those tools, it's pretty cool.” Tourigny liked the play of Crouse's entire line, which also includes Bjugstad and Liam O'Brie
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