Elias Pettersson, celebrating his 26th birthday, tied the game on the power play early in the second period and assisted on Erik Brannstrom91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s goal in the third as the host Vancouver Canucks defeated the Calgary Flames 3-1 Tuesday night.
Pius Suter also scored for the Canucks (8-3-3). J.T. Miller had two assists.
Justin Kirkland scored for Calgary (8-6-3)
Vancouver goaltender Kevin Lankinen stopped 27 shots to improve his record to 8-1-2.
Flames goalie Dan Vladar made 29 saves.
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The goal was the first as a Canuck for Brannstrom who was obtained in an Oct. 6 deal with Colorado.
Swedish rookie Jonathan Lekkerimaki, the 15th pick in the 2022 draft, played his first game as a Canuck. He took Brock Boeser91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s spot on the first-unit power play.
The Canucks played their second game without Boeser, who is recovering from an upper-body injury after being hit in the head by Tanner Jeannot of the Los Angeles Kings last Thursday.
The Flames were coming off a 3-1 win over the Kings in Calgary on Monday night.
TAKEAWAYS
Canucks: Combined with his goal in the loss to Edmonton on Saturday night, it was the first time in 50 regular-season games that Pettersson has scored in back-to-back games. He last had consecutive goals in a three-game stretch from Jan. 15 to Jan. 20.
Flames: After winning five of their first six games the Flames have just three wins in their last 11 (3-6-2).
KEY MOMENT
Calgary led 1-0 after scoring at the 19-minute mark of the first period but defenceman Daniil Miromanov was called for high-sticking just before the period ended. Pettersson tapped in a Miller shot to tie the game on the power play just 23 seconds into the second, then Suter made it 2-1 2:15 later.
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KEY STAT
The Canucks gave up the opening goal for the eighth consecutive game but are 5-2-1 during that stretch.
UP NEXT
Flames: Host the Nashville Predators on Friday.
Canucks: Host the New York Islanders on Thursday.
Jim Morris, The Canadian Press
