CALGARY — Dan Vladar matched up for the first time against his old goaltending partner Jacob Markstrom, and he won in style with a shutout.
Vladar made 22 stops as the Calgary Flames snapped a four-game losing skid with a 3-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Friday.
“He's such a great person and we are still really good friends and obviously, I cheer for him. So for me, going into tonight's game, I wasn't nervous, but I didn't feel comfortable, to be honest, playing against Marky,” said Vladar. “So Barbs got me ready. He was like let's go, let's go.” After starting the season 5-0-1, the Flames had scuffled of late, including being outscored 10-3 in their last two games.
“I would imagine that it's a game that probably had circled on his calendar,” said Coleman. “It's fun to get to compete against old friends and teammates like that. Obviously, I still have a few on that team as well. Sometimes it just makes it a little bit sweeter to pull this out.” When Markstrom was traded to New Jersey last summer, it opened the starter's job in Calgary and through 11 games this season, coach Ryan Huska has rotated between Vladar and rookie Dustin Wolf.
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