Dustin Boyd made the most of an oppourtunity on the first line, helping the Flames beat the Leafs 4-3. Boydfilled in for a flu-strucken Mike Camallari and played along side Jarome Iginla and Curtis Glencross scoring two goals.
Boyd gave Calgary a 4-1 lead at 11:13 in the third and it looked like the Flames had it all wrapped up. He potted in a loose puck from a Marc Giordano point shot for his first career two goal game. Before Calgary could call it a game thoughthe team thats becoming known for its comebacks tried to do just that.
Third period goals by Nik Antropov and Matt Stajan brought the Leafs close but they were unable to complete the comeback. Alexei Ponikarovsky scored Toronto's other goal.
Jarome Iginla and Dion Phaneuf also scored for the Flames, who had lost four of their last five.
The Toronto Maple Leafs got off to an early start but rookie Luke Schenn muffled a puck and Todd Bertuzzi was able topick it up and set up Boyd, at 11:20, for his first of the game making it, 1-1.
Iginla scored his 10th of the year which put the Flames in front at 12:46 in the first. Vesa Toskala struggled with reboundcontrol for most of the night. Iginla's goal was a rebound from a Phaneuf point shot during a Leaf's penalty kill.
Phaneuf blasted his third goal of the year with 32 seconds left in the second, making it 3-1. Iginla set up the goal with across-ice pass that Phaneuf blasted past Toskala.
Nearing the end of the game, a pivotal faceoff deep in the Flames zone looked to be crutial in Toronto's comeback. Craig Conroy clearly won the draw, pulling it back past all of his teammates right into his own net.
Countrymen, Mikka Kipprusoff made 29 saves in the win and Vesa Toskala made 28 in the loss.
The Leaf's continue their western road trip in Edmonton on Thursday.
Notes:
Mike Camallari missed tonight's game with the flu...the flu has run rampant through the Flames team...Cammalleri’s absence gaveRW Andre Roy the chance to get back in the lineup after sitting out the past 12 games... Flames rookie D Adam Pardy took the spotof D Jim Vandermeer, who broke a bone in his ankle Sunday and will be sidelined for six to eight weeks...Calgary RW Rene Bourque played in his 200th game. … Toronto LW Jason Blake was a healthy scratch with LW Ryan Hollweg inserted in his spot.
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