Flames 3, Oilers 0

2011-12 Game No. 29; Home Game No. 15

Flames Record: 14-13-2

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CALGARYFLAMES.COM 3 STARS

1st STAR MIIKKA KIPRUSOFF GOALTENDER - CGY GOALS ALLOWED: 0 | SAVES: 21 SAVE %: 1.00 VIDEO ›

2nd STAR JAROME IGINLA RIGHT WIN - CGY GOALS: 2 | ASST: 0 | SHOTS: 3 | +/-: -2 TOI: 20:54 | PIM: 2:00 VIDEO ›

3rd STAR JAY BOUWMEESTER DEFENCE - CGY GOALS: 0 | ASST: 1 | SHOTS: 2 | +/-: +2 TOI: 29:32 | PIM: 0 VIDEO ›

What impressed you most in the Flames victory? Iginla's two goal outing Kiprusoff's shutout Scoring another power play goal at home Bouwmeester's solid performance Perfect penalty killing VOTE

CALGARY, AB -- The Calgary Flames closed out their three-game homestand in fine fashion as they handed the Edmonton Oilers a 3-0 loss on Saturday night.

Miikka Kiprusoff made 21 saves and Jarome Iginla scored two goals in the victory.

"Our whole game as a group is getting better," said Iginla.

"Our confidence is growing, we're moving the puck better, we've got more puck possession, and we're skating better. And our goaltending's been outstanding all season."

The first period was a scoreless affair with the shots sitting at 11-6 in Calgary's favour.

Kiprusoff made one his best saves this season with 2:21 remaining in the frame.

The netminder ended up kicking a dump-in right on to the stick of Ryan Jones and the left winger wasted no time in firing a shot on net. With Kiprusoff out of positon, it looked like Jones had an easy goal but the Finn scooped up the wrister with his glove.

The Flames broke the deadlock at 13:45 when Tom Kostopoulos scored with a second left in a Sam Gagner minor.

He knocked a Derek Smith shot from the blueline over Devan Dubnyk, potting his third goal of the year. Matt Stajan's faceoff win earned him the second assist on the tally.

"We knew they only had four men for five seconds so we wanted to set up a quick shot," Kostopoulos said. "The clean win off the faceoff was huge by Stajan and Smitty just having the presence of mind to put it at the net quick so maybe we could get a 2-on-1 in front and the puck was just lying there."

The Flames now have four power play goals in their last three games.

Iginla added the second goal of the night after a tic-tac-toe passing play between himself, Brendan Morrison and Jay Bouwmeester. The captain's one-timer flew over Dubnyk's shoulder at 19:44 of the second period, pushing the winger to 10 goals on the year.

The winger scored his second of night at 19:40 of the final frame. Olli Jokinen had the lone assist on the empty net goal.

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PHOTO OF THE GAME

BY THE NUMBERS

STAT OF THE NIGHT The Flames edged the Oilers out in the faceoff circle, winning 51% of the draws. Five Flames - Brendan Morrison (57%), Mikael Backlund (58%), Jarome Iginla (57%), Tim Jackman (100%) and Matt Stajan (57%) - were over the 50% mark. FLAMES LEADERS Icetime -- Bouwmeester (29:32) Shots -- Backlund (4) Hits -- Kostopoulos (3) Blocks -- Hannan (2) Takeaways -- Comeau, Glencross, Butler (2) Faceoff Wins -- Jackman (1, 100%)

TWEET OF THE NIGHT: @buhjay: Hey Ryan Jones, meet Kippers glove. That was pure robbery @NHLFlames #goflamesgo

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FLAMES LINEUP VS. EDMONTON
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Curtis Glencross	Olli Jokinen	Jarome Iginla
Rene Bourque	Brendan Morrison	Greg Nemisz
Blake Comeau	Mikael Backlund	Lee Stempniak
Tom Kostopoulos	Matt Stajan	Tim Jackman

DEFENCE PAIRINGS
Left Defence	Right Defence
Scott Hannan	Derek Smith
Jay Bouwmeester	Chris Butler
TJ Brodie	Joe Piskula
Goaltenders: Miikka Kiprusoff, Leland Irving Starting Lineup: Kiprusoff, Hannan, Smith, Comeau, Backlund, Stempniak

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

POINT MEN
Left Point	Right Point
Jay Bouwmeester	Derek Smith

PENALTY KILL UNITS
FORWARD UNITS
Forward	Forward
Olli Jokinen	Curtis Glencross
Blake Comeau	Rene Bourque

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