Mangiapane's magnificent season continues with pair of goals in Flames' rout of Sabres

Jacob Markstrom made 27 saves for his fifth shutout, Andrew Mangiapane had two goals, and the Calgary Flames beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-0 on Thursday night.

"He's one of our leaders," Flames coach Darryl Sutter said. "He's one of our core guys. It's not always easy to do that from that position, because guys are sort of on their island a little bit. But he brings a lot to the locker room."

The Flames got a sixth shutout with backup Dan Vladar in net and are the first team with that many through the first 17 games since the Boston Bruins at the start of the 1938-39 season.

"That speaks to great goaltending we are getting," said Matthew Tkachuk, who had a goal and two assists. "Even if they are letting in one or two, they are keeping us in games and getting us points. Especially recently. Both of our goalies have been unbelievable this year."

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Gaudreau, Tkachuk combine for magnificent goal as Flames blank Sabres

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Calgary defeats Buffalo 5-0, Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk record 3 points apiece.

Johnny Gaudreau recorded two goal and an assist and Christopher Tanev also added two assists as the Flames (9-3-5) improved to 2-1-2 on their seven-game road trip, with points in four straight.

This was the first shutout loss of the season for the Sabres (7-7-2), who have dropped seven of nine.

"An embarrassing effort at home and it's not up to our standard," Sabres forward Vinnie Hinostroza said. "You look around the room tonight, everyone is pretty rattled. I don't think anyone played up to their potential."

Dustin Tokarski stopped 18 of 23 shots before getting replaced for the third period by Aaron Dell, who made 10 saves. Tokarski was coming off a career-best 45 saves in Buffalo's 2-1 win at Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.

"Dustin was not the issue," Sabres coach Don Granato said. "In front of him was the issue."

The Sabres drew boos from the home crowd after the Flames scored four goals in the second period — the last three coming on consecutive shots on net from Tkachuk, Mangiapane and Gaudreau in a 1:37 span.

Gaudreau set up Tkachuk for his eighth of the season with just over six minutes left in the period.

"We didn't react competitively from that point," Granato said. "And that tells me it was the whole mood of the night. The guys just didn't feel themselves."

Mangiapane followed up with his team-leading 12th goal, and Gaudreau scored on a power play 46 seconds later to make it 5-0.

Tanev fed Mangiapane for a backhand from the slot that bounced off Tokarski's glove and gave Calgary a 2-0 lead less than two minutes into the second.

Gaudreau's breakaway goal put the Flames in front midway through the first period. Skating past Buffalo defenceman Colin Miller to receive a stretch pass from Tkachuk across the blue line, Gaudreau lifted a shot into the top of the net for his fifth.

"We got off to an early lead, and didn't really look back," Tkachuk said.