National Hockey League
Calgary 4, Boston 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Referees: Wes McCauley, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen: Kyle Flemington, Matt MacPherson
Attendance: 17850

Two goals in the first period and two more in the third propelled the visiting Calgary Flames to a 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night.

Jonathan Huberdeau (goal, two assists) and Nazem Kadri (three assists) paced the Flames, who have now won back-to-back games bridging the All-Star break. The victories followed a four-game skid.

Andrei Kuzmenko opened the scoring in his Calgary debut, while Noah Hanifin and Connor Zary also lit the lamp.

The Flames had a 29-22 shot advantage and went 2-for-4 on the power play. Jacob Markstrom posted 21 saves.

Pavel Zacha scored and Jeremy Swayman made 25 stops for Boston, which was 8-1-3 in its previous 12 games.

The Flames benefited from a quick early swing on the power play, scoring the opening goal just 4:20 into the first. After Markstrom stopped Charlie Coyle on a short-handed break, Kuzmenko rushed up ice and sniped home Huberdeau's pass. Kuzmenko was acquired from the Vancouver Canucks last week.

Zary doubled Calgary's lead at 13:01 when he rushed up the left wing and took a Kadri feed into the slot, where he tucked a backhand shot past Swayman at the end of a 3-on-2 rush.

After being held scoreless on three minutes of man-up time resulting from Martin Pospisil's cross-checking major early in the first, Boston was held to only five shots in the second period and had a near 12-minute stretch without one.

A MacKenzie Weegar double minor for high-sticking set the Bruins up with 1:09 of 5-on-3 time at the 3:40 mark, and Zacha needed only 34 seconds to one-time home a David Pastrnak pass from the right dot.

A too-many-men-on-the-ice penalty cut Boston's power play 1:45 short. Not 30 seconds later, at 6:23, Huberdeau took the puck away from defenseman Charlie McAvoy and fired an insurance goal upstairs to extend the Flames' lead to 3-1.

Hanifin slipped a backhand shot through Swayman for another power-play tally at 9:44, padding the lead to 4-1.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Calgary   Boston
Jonathan Huberdeau 3 Points Pavel Zacha 1
Jonathan Huberdeau 1 Goals Pavel Zacha 1
Nazem Kadri 3 Assists Charlie Coyle 1
Noah Hanifin 1 Power Play Goals Pavel Zacha 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Jacob Markstrom .955 Save Percentage Jeremy Swayman .862
Jacob Markstrom 21 Saves Jeremy Swayman 25
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Calgary 29 4 2-4 3-4 25 21
Boston 22 1 1-4 2-4 24 26
Upcoming Games
  • Boston will play their next game at home against Vancouver. The Bruins have a W/L % of .625 after a win and .611 after a loss.
  • Calgary will play their next game on the road against New Jersey. The Flames have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .429 after a loss.