Flames, Blue Jackets game a fun night for goal scorers, not so much for goalies
Calgary netminder says 'not the way you draw it up' as clubs combine for 15 goals
Johnny Gaudreau and the goal scorers on both sides had a fun, wild Tuesday night.
"Not the way you draw it up," Smith said.
Gaudreau had two goals and two assists, and the Flames scored five goals in the second period to rally past the Columbus Blue Jackets 9-6.
"It's just one of those games," said Smith, who combined with Dave Rittich to stop 24 shots. "The chances were there and the pucks were finding a way to get in."
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Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella said this game was unlike any of the more than 1,200 previous ones he's coached.
Cam Atkinson netted a hat trick for Columbus to extend his point streak to 11 games, but the Blue Jackets lost their second straight.
"We played a really good first period, then for whatever reason sat back and let them play," Atkinson said. "I don't think we checked hard. We made it a really easy game for them, and they just capitalized."
Big night for Monahan
Sean Monahan also had two goals and two assists for Calgary, which scored five straight goals for a 6-4 lead during the second period.
Monahan, Gaudreau and Austin Czarnik each scored in the third period for Calgary, which earned a point in its fifth straight game to stay atop the Pacific Division and improved to 17-9-2.
"The guys were resilient. They stuck with it," Calgary coach Bill Peters said. "Down 4-1, they could have rolled over and packed it in. They did a good job to get back in the game."
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 18 of 26 shots for the Blue Jackets before being replaced in the third period by Joonas Korpisalo.
Zach Werenski, Josh Anderson and Nick Foligno also scored for Columbus.