OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Rookie Filip Gustavsson made 28 saves, Chris Tierney broke a third-period tie and the Ottawa Senators beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Wednesday to sweep the two-game set.
Gustavsson beat the Flames 2-1 on Monday night in his first NHL start. Last in the all-Canadan North Division at 12-20-3, the Senators have earned a least a point in five straight games (3-0-2), and are 5-2 against Calgary this season.
Rookie Josh Norris tied it with at 4:48 of the third with his third goal in four games, Tierney gave Ottawa the lead with 7:59 left, and Nikita Zaitsev added an empty-netter.
Mark Giordano scored for Calgary, and Jacob Markstrom made 28 saves. The Flames dropped to 15-16-3.
On the go-ahead goal, fatigued Flames defenseman Noah Hanafin — who played a 3:12 shift thanks to Ottawa’s pressure — failed to clear the puck out of Calgary’s zone, and Tierney fired a rebound off a Thomas Chabot shot past Markstrom.
Ottawa tied it when Evgenii Dadonov won the puck on the forecheck behind the Calgary net thanks to some strong forechecking. Dadonov put the puck in front for Norris to beat Markstrom for his eighth goal of the season.
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1of8Calgary Flames center Mikael Backlund steals the puck from Ottawa Senators right wing Evgenii Dadonov during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in Ottawa, Ontario. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)Adrian Wyld/APShow MoreShow Less2of8Calgary Flames left wing Milan Lucic screens Ottawa Senators goaltender Filip Gustavsson on a shot during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in Ottawa, Ontario. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)Adrian Wyld/APShow MoreShow Less
3of84of8Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom keeps an eye on the puck as defenseman Noah Hanifin chases Ottawa Senators right wing Evgenii Dadonov around the net during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in Ottawa, Ontario. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)Adrian Wyld/APShow MoreShow Less5of8Calgary Flames center Sean Monahan, right, congratulates defenseman Mark Giordano on his goal during the second period on an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 in Ottawa, Ontario. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)Adrian Wyld/APShow MoreShow Less
6of87of8Ottawa Senators defenseman Thomas Chabot fires the puck wide past Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom during the third period on an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 in Ottawa, Ontario. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)Adrian Wyld/APShow MoreShow Less
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