Jarome Iginla scored with 22.8 seconds
remaining in regulation to lift the Calgary Flames to a 2-1 victory
over the Minnesota Wild on Friday night.
Calgary took advantage of a poor line change by the Wild, and
Oleg Saprykin moved into the Minnesota zone and unloaded a slap
shot from the dot. Manny Fernandez stopped the shot, but Iginla was
there to score on the rebound.
Shean Donovan also scored for Calgary, which has earned points
in nine straight games (6-0-1-2).
Pascal Dupuis scored for Minnesota, which lost for the first
time in 47 games (42-1-4) when leading after two periods, a streak
that dated to March 5, 2002.
Donovan scored his eight of the season and extended his
goal-scoring streak to five games. That run matches Detroit's Brett
Hull for the longest such streak in the league this season.
Miikka Kiprusoff made 22 saves for Calgary and improved to 5-1
in six starts. He has allowed just one goal in each of the five
victories.
On Donovan's tying goal 1:43 into the third period, Calgary
defenseman Andrew Ference carried the puck behind the Wild net
before eventually centering it. Donovan outmuscled a defender and
swept a backhand past falling Fernandez, whose shutout streak ended
at 128:08.
Dupuis opened the scoring 1:54 in, and Minnesota held the lead
for nearly 40 minutes, before Donovan scored the equalizer.
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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