Recap
Canucks rally past Flames with four-goal third period
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Saturday night at Rogers Arena, erasing a 1-0 deficit with four goals in the third period. Vancouver outshot Calgary 26-24 in the first of four meetings between the teams this season. Matt Coronato put the Flames ahead with a power-play goal at 14:51 of the first, his first of the season, with assists from Zayne Parekh and Joel Farabee.
The Canucks took over in the third after a scoreless second. Liam Ohgren tied it at 1:28, and Elias Pettersson scored the winner at 9:04. Drew O'Connor added insurance at 16:33 before Aatu Räty iced it with an empty-netter at 17:16. Ohgren, Linus Karlsson and Tom Willander each finished with two points.
Leevi Meriläinen made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win and was named the second star, behind first star Ohgren and ahead of third star Willander. Devin Cooley stopped 22 of 25 for Calgary, which fell to 0-2-0, while Vancouver improved to 2-1-0.
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