Flames 2, Wild 1

2011-12 Game No. 34; Home Game No. 16

Flames Record: 15-15-4

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CALGARYFLAMES.COM 3 STARS

1st STAR JAROME IGINLA RIGHT WING - CGY GOALS: 1 | ASST: 1 | SHOTS: 8 | +/-: +1 TOI: 19:27 | HITS: 2 VIDEO ›

2nd STAR OLLI JOKINEN CENTER - CGY GOALS: 0 | ASST: 1 | SHOTS: 2 | +/-: +1 TOI: 18:02 | HITS: 0 VIDEO ›

3rd STAR DEREK SMITH DEFENCE - CGY GOALS: 0 | ASST: 1 | SHOTS: 1 | +/-: +1 TOI: 18:57 | HITS: 0 VIDEO ›

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CALGARY, AB -- The Calgary Flames losing skid came to a screeching halt on Tuesday night as they defeated the Minnesota Wild by a score of 2-1.

Captain Jarome Iginla led his team with two points, eight shots on net and won all five of his draws.

Iginla now has points in four straight games and is leading the team in scoring with 13 goals to his name.

His linemate Olli Jokinen also added to his scoring straight, notching his seventh point in his last four games.

Curtis Glencross opened the scoring at 2:47 when took a beautiful pass from Iginla, deked around Harding and sent a slick backhand into the back of the net.

Defenceman Chris Butler also assisted on the marker.

It didn't take long for the Wild to respond. Matt Cullen won a draw deep in the Flames zone, Jared Spurgeon put a shot on net and Pierre-Marc Bouchard finished off the play by shoveling the puck past Kiprusoff.

The Flames pushed ahead at 6:02 of the second stanza thanks to an incredible individual effort by Iginla in front of Harding.

The captain muscled his way through Spurgeon and Marco Scandella and hammered the puck into the back of the net.

He is now just three goals shy of 500.

Derek Smith and Jokinen earned the helpers on the go-ahead tally.

The Wild had an excellent opportunity to draw even late in the game when Jokinen was nabbed for interference at 17:28 and slashing at 19:47 but the Flames penalty killers were air-tight, holding Minnesota off the scoresheet and carrying Calgary to victory.

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PHOTO OF THE GAME	BY THE NUMBERS
	STAT OF THE NIGHT The line of Curtis Glencross, Olli Jokinen and Jarome Iginla combined for 12 shots on net on Tuesday night. Iginla led the charge with eight. FLAMES LEADERS Icetime -- Bouwmeester (25:10) Shots -- Iginla (8) Hits -- Byron, Comeau (3) Blocks -- Brodie (2) Takeaways -- Backlund (2) Faceoff Wins -- Iginla (5, 100%)

TWEET OF THE NIGHT: @JKittlez: @NHLFlames let's go BOYS! Top cheds all night long #beauty

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FLAMES LINEUP VS. MINNESOTA
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Curtis Glencross	Olli Jokinen	Jarome Iginla
Alex Tanguay	Mikael Backlund	Lee Stempniak
Blake Comeau	Roman Horak	Paul Byron
Tom Kostopoulos	Brendan Morrison	Tim Jackman

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

POWERPLAY UNITS
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Alex Tanguay	Mikael Backlund	Lee Stempniak
Curtis Glencross	Olli Jokinen	Jarome Iginla

POINT MEN
Left Point	Right Point
Derek Smith	TJ Brodie

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

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