CALGARY, Alberta — — Connor Zary scored about halfway through the third period to give the Calgary Flames a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday night.

Matt Coronato and Yegor Sharangovich each had a goal and an assist and MacKenzie Weegar had three assists for the Flames. Calgary’s Jonathan Huberdeau collected his 500th career assist.

Dustin Wolf made 27 saves for his third straight win.

Alexis Lafreniere and Will Cuylle scored 16 seconds apart in the second period for the Rangers, who lost only their second road game this season. Igor Shesterkin stopped 46 shots.

Zary battled Kaapo Kakko and leaned on him to lift the puck over Shesterkin at 10:34 of the third period.

Takeaways

Flames: Played their best first period of the season, beating the visitors 20-5, but led by just one goal heading into the second. What was a bloodless power play in November produced an important goal for the second game in a row.

Rangers: leaned hard on their goalkeeper to keep them in their third road game in as many nights. Four penalties within the first 29 minutes hampered the momentum.

Key moment

Zary, who was near the puck all night, battled the heavier Kakko and leaned on him to knock the puck over Shesterkin for the winner.

Key stat

The Flames had more than 20 shots in a first period for the first time since Oct. 25, 2022, when they registered 20 against Pittsburgh.

Next

Flames: Saturday at home against the Minnesota Wild.

Rangers: Conclude a four-game road trip against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night.

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