Pospisil’s late goal lifts Flames past Ducks 4-2

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Martin Pospisil scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period, and the Calgary Flames earned their first win of the season with a 4-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.

Pospisil scored from the left face-off circle off a rush at 15:38 of the third to make it 3-2. Yegor Sharangovich sealed it with an empty-net goal with 1:22 left.

The win ended the longest losing streak to start a season in Flames franchise history. Calgary improved to 1-5-0.

Adam Klapka opened the scoring at 8:32 of the first period from above the hash marks, set up by Maxim Tsyplakov. Beckett Sennecke tied it 1-1 at 12:09 with a shorthanded breakaway after stealing the puck from Simon Nemec at his own blue line during four-on-four play. Leo Carlsson put Anaheim ahead 2-1 on the power play at 14:05.

Aydar Suniev tied it 2-2 at 8:02 of the second period with a one-timer from the inside edge of the right circle. Suniev finished with a goal and an assist.

Dustin Wolf made 23 saves for Calgary. Lukas Dostal stopped 32 shots for Anaheim.

The Ducks (4-2-0) lost for the first time after two straight wins. Anaheim defenceman Roger McQueen, the No. 10 pick in the 2025 draft, made his NHL debut and had one shot in 11:26 of ice time.

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Via NHL.com and The Hockey News.