Nazem Kadri91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s 14th goal of the season snapped a 1-1 tie midway through the third period and the Calgary Flames beat the visiting Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Tuesday.

Connor Zary and Jonathan Huberdeau, into an empty net, also scored for Calgary (18-12-7). The Flames leapfrog the Canucks and move into the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. The Flames have lost just once in regulation in their last seven (4-1-2).

Brock Boeser scored the lone goal for Vancouver (17-11-8). The Canucks have just one win in their last six (1-2-3).

Boeser capitalizes on the power play! 🚨

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Rookie goaltender Dustin Wolf had 23 stops to improve to 12-5-2.

After sitting out five of the last six with Thatcher Demko91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s return, Kevin Lankinen had 26 stops in his return to the crease. He falls to 14-6-4.

The New Year91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Eve clash had its share of fireworks in the second period when there were three fights over a six-minute span 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ” two of them featuring Calgary91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Ryan Lomberg. In the middle of that was another melee that ensued when Noah Juulsen caught Mikael Backlund with a knee-on-knee trip that resulted in MacKenzie Weegar going after Juulsen.

TAKEAWAYS

Canucks: Playing their second game without leading scorers Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson, both sidelined with undisclosed injuries, the only offence came from the red-hot Boeser, who extended his goals streak to four games. The Canucks right-winger has six goals during that span and is up to 14 on the season.

Flames: Zary91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s goal comes in his 100th NHL game and it was a goal that the entire line was in on. The sequence began with Weegar91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s long pass that put Jakob Pelletier on a breakaway. While Pelletier was thwarted, the puck remained in front with Yegor Sharangovich knocking it over to Zary, who knocked in his ninth of the season.

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KEY MOMENT

Three minutes after the Canucks tied it on the power play, the Flames retook the lead on Kadri91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s goal at 9:18 of the third period. Continuing his resurgent season, Huberdeau set up Kadri by threading a perfect pass through the slot on a 3-on-2 rush that Kadri fired just inside the post.

KEY STAT

In an intriguing showdown between Wolf, one of the NHL91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s best goaltenders at home, and Lankinen, among the NHL91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s best on the road, Wolf improves to 10-1-1 at the Scotiabank Saddledome while Lankinen91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s sterling record away from Rogers Arena falls to 10-2-1.

UP NEXT

Canucks: Visit the Seattle Kraken on Thursday.

Flames: Host the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday.

Darren Haynes, The Canadian Press