Slumping Kings Lose In Shootout To Flames

CALGARY, Canada — Yegor Sharangovich scored successful nan 4th information of nan shootout to lead nan Calgary Flames to a 3-2 victory complete the Kings connected Tuesday night.

Olli Maatta and Zayne Parekh, each pinch their first goals of nan season, scored successful regularisation clip for nan Flames, who person won 4 games successful a statement for nan first clip this season. Dustin Wolf stopped 23 shots.

Quinton Byfield scored some goals and Darcy Kuemper made 21 saves for nan Kings, who person points successful 7 of their past 9 but conscionable 3 victories. They have dropped 4 straight.

With nan nonaccomplishment nan Kings autumn 3 points down nan Nashville Predators for nan last wild-card berth successful nan Western Conference.

Calgary tied nan crippled 1-1 astatine 14:50 of nan 2nd play erstwhile Ryan Strome and Victor Olofsson mixed to group up Maatta arsenic nan 3 veterans nan Flames added astatine nan trade deadline mixed to get Calgary connected nan scoreboard.

Olofsson was portion of nan Nazem Kadri woody pinch Colorado. Maatta came complete from Utah successful nan MacKenzie Weegar trade. Strome was picked up from Anaheim for a seventh-round prime to switch Kadri astatine center.

Maatta has 1 extremity and 5 assists successful 10 games pinch Calgary aft signaling conscionable a azygous assistance successful 22 games pinch nan Mammoth.

Byfield’s 2nd of nan nighttime 17 seconds into nan 3rd play restored nan Kings’ lead, but Parekh tied it pinch a power-play extremity astatine 13:02.

After Morgan Frost and Artemi Panarin exchanged goals successful nan first 3 rounds of nan shootout, Sharangovich’s victor came erstwhile he mishandled nan puck but it slipped done Kuemper’s pads.