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2011-12 Game No. 24; Home Game No. 12

Flames Record: 10-12-2

FULL HIGHLIGHTS ›BOURQUE'S ROCKET › GAME GALLERY ›THE FIVE TAKEAWAYS ›

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CALGARYFLAMES.COM 3 STARS

1st STAR BLAKE COMEAU LEFT WING - CGY GOALS: 1 | ASST: 1 | SHOTS: 1 | +/-: +1 TOI: 17:40 | PIM: 2 VIDEO ›

2nd STAR NIKITA NIKITIN DEFENCE - CBJ GOALS: 1 | ASST: 2 | SHOTS: 5 | +/-: +1 TOI: 27:21 | PIM: 0 VIDEO ›

3rd STAR RENE BOURQUE RIGHT WING - CGY GOALS: 1 | ASST: 0 | SHOTS: 4 | +/-: +1 TOI: 18:34 | HITS: 4 VIDEO ›

CALGARY, AB -- Two late goals from the Columbus Blue Jackets quashed the Flames hopes of winning their third straight game as Calgary fell 4-3 in a shootout.

Nikita Nikitin and Rick Nash scored in the final five minutes of the third period, tying the game at three.

Rick Nash had the lone goal in the shootout, sneaking his shot past through Miikka Kiprusoff's pads.

Blue Jackets netminder Curtis Sanford made 30 saves on the Flames and denied Alex Tanguay, Lee Stempniak and Rene Bourque in the shootout.

The first period featured 15 shots on net by Columbus and just five from Calgary but after twenty minutes of play, the game was knotted up at one.

Columbus opened the scoring when Antoine Vermette was able to sweep a Nikita Nikitin rebound past Kiprusoff. Samuel Pahlsson also assisted on the tally.

Lee Stempniak answered for Calgary at 13:02 when he was able to sneak a shot past Curtis Sanford from just outside the hash marks.

Jay Bouwmeester and Blake Comeau assisted on the tying goal, giving Comeau his first point as a Flame.

The ice shifted in the Flames favour in the second period, with the home team outshooting the Blue Jackets by a 15-3 margin and gaining a one-goal lead.

Rene Bourque netted his seventh of the season when his slap shot from the top of the faceoff circle went top shelf on Sanford at 19:41. Tanguay and Chris Butler had the helpers on the late goal.

Comeau added the Flames third goal of the evening at 5:48 of the third period when he danced around a couple of Blue Jackets and beat Sanford with shot that went low glove side.

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PHOTO OF THE GAME	BY THE NUMBERS
	STAT OF THE NIGHT Jarome Iginla led all players in shots on net with seven but the Flames captain was held pointless on Thursday night. The captain also had two shots blocked by the Blue Jackets and one shot miss the net. FLAMES LEADERS Icetime -- Bouwmeester (28:46) Shots -- Iginla (7) Hits -- Bourque (4) Blocks -- Bouwmeester (2) Takeaways -- Stempniak (3) Faceoff Wins -- Iginla (4, 100%)

TWEET OF THE NIGHT: @Jack0fAllSports: @NHLFlames Huge effort at end of second. Bourque gets Flames the lead an his 7th with seconds left on clock! #GoFlamesGo

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FLAMES LINEUP VS. COLUMBUS
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Curtis Glencross	Olli Jokinen	Jarome Iginla
Alex Tanguay	Roman Horak	Rene Bourque
Blake Comeau	Mikael Backlund	Lee Stempniak
Tom Kostopoulos	Matt Stajan	Tim Jackman

DEFENCE PAIRINGS
Left Defence	Right Defence
Scott Hannan	TJ Brodie
Jay Bouwmeester	Chris Butler
Derek Smith	Cory Sarich
Goaltenders: Miikka Kiprusoff, Henrik Karlsson Starting Lineup: Kiprusoff, Brodie, Hannan, Comeau, Backlund, Stempniak

POWERPLAY UNITS
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Rene Bourque	Jarome Iginla	Lee Stempniak
Alex Tanguay	Olli Jokinen	Blake Comeau

POINT MEN
Left Point	Right Point
Lee Stempniak	TJ Brodie

PENALTY KILL UNITS
FORWARD UNITS
Forward	Forward
Alex Tanguay	Curtis Glencross
Blake Comeau	Lee Stempniak

DEFENCE PAIRINGS
Left Defence	Right Defence
Scott Hannan	Derek Smith
Jay Bouwmeester	Chris Butler