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Calgary Ices Edmonton 6-4 - Recap
Calgary skated to a 6-4 victory over Edmonton on Saturday in NHL action at Scotiabank Saddledome.
Calgary was favored by -128 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Milan Lucic, Mikael Backlund, Johnny Gaudreau, Elias Lindholm, Sam Bennett, and Dillon Dube each scored for the Flames in the victory. Lindholm opened the scoring for Calgary.
Jacob Markstrom stopped 28 of 32 Edmonton shots in the victory.
Edmonton got goals from Connor McDavid, Jesse Puljujarvi, Jujhar Khaira, and Darnell Nurse in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Mikko Koskinen stopped 22 of 28 shots for the Oilers, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Calgary went 1-for-3, while the Oilers were 1-for-5 with the man advantage.
Edmonton outshot Calgary 32-28 in the game.
Calgary heads into a battle against the Jets. Edmonton, meanwhile, will have their next action against Ottawa.