Flames Fall 5-3 to Ducks as Gauthier's Five-Game Goal Streak Sets Team Record

The Calgary Flames lost 5-3 at home to the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night, November 6, at Scotiabank Saddledome. Calgary led 3-1 before Anaheim scored four unanswered goals to rally, ending the Flames' five-game home winning streak.

Ducks score four straight; Gauthier wins it with 1:34 left

Leo Carlsson tied the game 3-3 just 55 seconds into the third period; Cutter Gauthier broke the tie with 1:34 remaining, finishing a pass from Mikael Granlund, and Nikita Nesterenko added an empty-net goal with 14 seconds left to make it 5-3. Jeff Malott and Tristan Luneau also scored for Anaheim, while Granlund and Beckett Sennecke each had two assists.

Gauthier scores in five straight; first Duck with 10 goals in five games

Gauthier has now scored in five consecutive games, with 10 goals in that span — the first player in Ducks history to score 10 goals over five games. He has 12 goals this season, 10 of them in the last five games. Anaheim has won four straight, improving to 9-7-1, and has scored at least five goals in seven consecutive games — the first team to do so since the 1991-92 Pittsburgh Penguins.

Three Flames score; Philadelphia visits Sunday

For Calgary, William Stromgren, Joel Hanley and Joel Farabee scored, Morgan Frost and Zayne Parekh each had two assists, and goaltender Dustin Wolf made 24 saves. The Flames fall to 7-9-1 and host the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday.

(Sources: NHL; Sportsnet; Associated Press.)