Demko makes 38 saves and Canucks top Flames 4-2

<p>VANCOUVER, British Columbia &mdash; Thatcher Demko had 38 saves and the Vancouver Canucks withstood a late barrage Tuesday and held on for a 4-2 victory over the Calgary Flames. </p>
<p>Tyler Myers, Travis Hamonic and Brock Boeser each had a goal and an assist for the Canucks. Rookie Nils Hoglander rounded out the scoring for Vancouver with a goal in the closing minute of the first period. </p>
<p>The Canucks seemed poised for a shutout until Andrew Mangiapane scored for the Flames late in the third. Matthew Tkachuk added Calgary’s second goal with a minute left in the third period. </p>
<p>Louis Domingue played his first game for the Flames and stopped 20 of 23 shots. </p>
<p>The Flames and Canucks will wrap up their seasons Wednesday with a matinee in Calgary.</p>
<p>Calgary holds a 6-3 lead in the 10-game season series between the two teams. </p>
<p>Boeser scored his team-leading 23rd goal of the year, sending a puck bouncing through the neutral zone and into the Flames net after Domingue was pulled in the game’s closing minutes. </p>
<p>Tkachuk brought Calgary within 3-2 with a minute remaining in the third, scoring his 14th goal of the season. </p>
<p>The Flames spoiled Demko’s shutout attempt with less than four minutes left on the clock. </p>
<p>Adam Ruzicka went into the end boards, but stayed with the puck, getting it to a waiting Milan Lucic. Lucic then passed it to Mangiapane at the top of the crease and the Flames forward snapped it in for his 17th goal of the season. </p>
<p>The tally extended Mangiapane’s scoring streak to four games. He has four goals and an assist across the stretch. </p>
<p>Myers rifled a shot past Domingue from the bottom of the slot 9:28 into the third to give the Canucks a 3-0 lead. </p>
<p>Boeser earned an assist on the play, extending his point streak to four games. He has two goals and three assists since May 13. </p>
<p>A questionable hit midway through the second period prompted a skirmish in the Flames end. </p>
<p>Flames defenseman Connor Mackey tried to lay out Tanner Pearson along the boards, sending the Vancouver forward rolling on the ice. </p>
<p>Canucks captain Bo Horvat took issue with the play and dropped the gloves with Mackey. Both were handed five-minute penalties for fighting. </p>
<p>It was the second game in a row where Mackey has fought a Canucks player. He tussled with Jonah Gadjovich in Calgary’s 6-5 overtime win on Sunday. </p>
<p>Vancouver briefly appeared to pad its lead 8:49 into the second when a long blast from Myers snuck under Domingue’s glove. </p>
<p>The Flames challenged the play and video review determined Canucks forward Travis Boyd had been offside when he entered Calgary’s zone. </p>
<p>The Canucks went up 2-0 ahead of the first intermission after Hoglander scored with 48.6 seconds left in the opening period. </p>
<p>Matthew Highmore tried to jam a shot in from the top of the crease and Hoglander picked up the rebound and put a shot over Domingue’s glove for his 13th goal of the season. </p>
<p>Hamonic put Vancouver on the board 9:43 into the first with a shot that sailed over Domingue’s blocker, clanking off the post and in. </p>
<p>It was the third goal of the season for the former Flames defenseman.</p>
<p>NOTES: Domingue’s previous game action was on March 1, 2020, when he played for Vancouver. The 29-year-old goaltender signed with Calgary as a free agent in October. … Canucks forward Will Lockwood made his NHL debut. Vancouver selected the 22-year-old 64th overall in the 2016 draft. Lockwood had four goals and seven assists in 24 American Hockey League games this season.</p>
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<p>The teams will end the regular season on Wednesday afternoon in Calgary, Alberta.</p>
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