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started in net for Calgary, but was pulled 3:18 into the second period after allowing four goals on 17 shots. Talbot then made 21 saves in a relief appearance before being ejected from the game for the secondary fight with Smith. Rittich then went back in net and made nine more saves.
The Flames had a great chance to score a short time later when Smith ventured behind his net to play the puck, but had to scramble to get back into position before he extended out his stick to stopRobinson pulled Calgary within a goal at 12:42 of the first when he took a pass from Gaudreau before chipping the puck up and over Smith’s right pad and into the net. It was his first goal as a Flame and first since scoring against the Florida Panthers as a member of the Ottawa Senators on Apr.
McDavid added his second of the game 3:18 into the second. Rittich got a piece of the shot with his right arm, but the puck still got past him.at 4:35 of the second, before Lindholm banked the puck off the Oilers netminder’s leg and into the net from behind the goal line at 10:14. Jones then put Edmonton up 6-3 at 15:58 of the second when his slap shot from the point through traffic found its way into the net.
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