Poehling powers Ducks past winless Flames on Saturday night
CALGARY (Interstat) — Ryan Poehling scored the go-ahead short-handed goal at 5:35 of the third period and had an assist as the Anaheim Ducks beat the winless Calgary Flames 4-2 on Saturday night at Scotiabank Saddledome. Ville Husso made 27 saves for Anaheim, which improved to 4-1. Calgary fell to 0-5. Jackson LaCombe opened the scoring in the first period, Morgan Frost answered for Calgary, and Frank Vatrano put Anaheim ahead before Aydar Suniev tied it in the second. Poehling restored the lead but was injured on the play, then Nikita Nesterenko added insurance. Mikael Granlund contributed two assists, and Alex Killorn also had an assist. Matt Coronato had two assists for Calgary, and Simon Nemec added one. Poehling finished with a goal, an assist, two shots on goal and one hit. Nesterenko had a goal and three shots. Granlund added four shots, while Killorn had four shots. Vatrano had a goal and two hits. Frost scored once, and Suniev had a goal and two shots. Attendance was 16,894. The teams meet next in Anaheim.