Flames drop 6th in a row, hand 7th consecutive victory to Devils
Kadri, Toffoli score power-play goals for Calgary in 3-2 loss
The New Jersey Devils are not only winning, they are doing it even when they don't play well.
"I mean it wasn't pretty for sure. It wasn't our best game," Hischier said. "I think we didn't have our legs in the first period, to be honest, was embarrassing. But we found a way and came back and in the end, if you're going to win those games, it's huge."
Dougie Hamilton and Ryan Graves also scored as the Devils (10-3) matched their longest winning streak since February 2011. Vitek Vanececk made 33 saves in helping New Jersey overcome a sub-par performance in returning from a three-game trip western Canada.
"I thought the energy in our building was great. Even the fact that we came out on our heels and I just got to say, they parked us on our heels," Devils coach Lindy Ruff said. "But again, a great sign that we're able to overcome that. I thought their goalie made some really big saves too or we could have probably scored three or four."
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Nazem Kadri and Tyler Toffoli scored power-play goals for the Flames, who have lost six straight (0-4-2). Jacob Markstrom made 17 saves.
Kadri said the Flames have a right to feel a little frustrated after losing two straight in overtime and then being beaten in a game they played well.
""It's OK to let it out sometimes," Kadri said of the frustration. "But at the end of the day, frustration isn't going to get you nowhere. It's just going to dig you a deeper hole. So at the end of the day, I believe in the guys in here. We're just going to have to dig in."
"I have to be honest. I first couldn't believe it, because I had this pump-fake, five hole move in my head but I thought I'm way too far out, but somehow I didn't see it going in and it still got in so it was pretty cool," Hischier said. "Got me fired up."
Toffoli's had tied the game at 2-all at 5:13 of the third period with a power-play shot from the left circle that beat Vanecek to the top corner of the net. It came 20 seconds after Miles Wood was called for holding.
Kadri had give Calgary a 1-0 lead at 11:58 of the first period, a session in which the Flames held a 14-5 shot advantage. The tally was the seventh of the season for Kadri and it came on a wicked shot from the right circle on a power play.
The Devils had a goal by defenceman Jonas Siegenthaler overturned in the first period and another by Yegor Sharangovich taken off the board early in the second. The Devils entered the offensive zone too early on Siegenthaler's goal and Sharangovich used a kicking motion to put kicked the puck into the net on his.
