Cooley’s brilliance propels Flames to 3-2 shootout win over Stars – The Hockey Writers Calgary Flames Latest news, analysis and more

The Dallas Stars (13-5-4) came back from a 2-0 deficit in the third period, but were unable to finish the job as the Calgary Flames (7-13-3) held their ground throughout the game. 3-2 win in the shootout on Saturday evening.

Jason Robertson and Roope Hintz scored for the Stars in regulation, with Robertson scoring in the shootout. Casey DeSmith made 31 saves.

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Matt Coronato and Joel Farabee scored for the Flames in regulation. Morgan Frost and Nazem Kadri scored in the shootout. Devin Cooley made 28 saves.

Summary of the game

It took just over 31 minutes to break the scoreless tie on Saturday as both netminders were brilliant all evening. Coronato finally broke through at the 11:41 mark on the power play for his eighth goal of the season. Kadri fed Coronato below the goal line, and Coronato made his way to the front of the crease and slid the puck past DeSmith to give the Flames a 1-0 lead.

Near the end of the second period, shortly after serving a two-minute penalty for chopping, Mikko Rantanen was given a five-minute major for boarding for a hit on Coronato and was given a game misconduct. It was Rantanen’s second exclusion in his last three games.

Farabee extended the Calgary lead at 1:50 of the second period on a power-play goal that was deflected off a Rasmus Andersson point shot.

At 6:44, Robertson’s hot streak continued with a snap from the slot that beat Cooley for his 13th goal of the season and his sixth straight game with a goal.

Hintz tied the game for the Stars at 16:53 with a wrist shot from the right circle for his fifth of the season.

The Flames ended a 5-on-3 power play in the final minutes and held on for the win in a shootout.

The Flames outscored the Stars 33-30 and went 2-for-6 on the power play. The Stars went 0-for-4 with the man advantage.

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The Flames are in action in Vancouver Sunday night to take on the Canucksas the Stars continue their road trip against the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday.