Flames 3, Red Wings 2

2011-12 Game No. 35; Home Game No. 17

Flames Record: 16-15-4

FULL HIGHLIGHTS ›GLENCROSS' GAME WINNING GOAL › GAME GALLERY ›THE FIVE TAKEAWAYS ›

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CALGARYFLAMES.COM 3 STARS

1st STAR CURTIS GLENCROSS LEFT WING - CGY GOALS: 2 | ASST: 0 | SHOTS: 2 | +/-: +1 TOI: 18:52 | HITS: 1 VIDEO ›

2nd STAR TIM JACKMAN RIGHT WING - CGY GOALS: 0 | ASST: 1 | SHOTS: 5 | +/-: 0 TOI: 11:44 | HITS: 3 VIDEO ›

3rd STAR JAROME IGINLA RIGHT WING - CGY GOALS: 0 | ASST: 0 | SHOTS: 5 | +/-: 0 TOI: 20:22 | HITS: 3 VIDEO ›

Who was the hardest working Flame against the Red Wings? Tim Jackman Jarome Iginla Curtis Glencross Jay Bouwmeester Derek Smith Miikka Kiprusoff Other VOTE

CALGARY, AB -- All eyes were on Jarome Iginla, who is just three goals shy of his 500th, to start the game but by the end of the night, it was Curtis Glencross who had all the attention on him.

The winger potted two goals in the Calgary Flames 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.

Olli Jokinen registered an assist, pushing his points streak to five games. He has eight points in that span.

Netminder Miikka Kiprusoff made 29 saves and was particularly clutch in the last few minutes of regulation when the Red Wings made a late push.

After an absolutely lackluster power play early in the first period, the Flames kicked things up a notch with the man advantage late in the frame.

With former Flame Todd Bertuzzi in the sin bin for hooking, Glencross knocked in his second goal in as many games - his 12th of the season - when he scooped up a rebound at the side of the net.

Jokinen and TJ Brodie assisted on play.

The Flames second goal of the night was all Tim Jackman. The gritty winger was leveled by Niklas Kronwall in the neutral zone but still managed to get the puck to Brendan Morrison.

The veteran and Blake Comeau went in on a two-on-one and Comeau made no mistake when he received the puck at the side of the net. He roofed it on Conklin, earning his second goal of the season.

Calgary kept pouring it on and Glencross notched his second goal of the evening at 5:47. Streaking down the boards, the forward snapped a shot off the post and into the back of the net. Defenceman Jay Bouwmeester has the lone helper on the third Flames tally of the evening.

Detroit got the board at 4:55 of the final frame when Jiri Hudler took a slap pass from blueliner Jonathan Ericsson and slid a backhander past Kiprusoff.

Ian White added the Red Wings second goal of the night at 15:48 but despite incredible pressure in the dying minutes of the game, Detroit wasn't able to score the equalizer.

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PHOTO OF THE GAME

BY THE NUMBERS

STAT OF THE NIGHT Tim Jackman made the most of his limited ice time (11:44) rifling 5 shots on net, landing 3 hits and setting up the Flames second goal of the evening thanks to his selfless play in the neutral zone. FLAMES LEADERS Icetime -- Bouwmeester (27:55) Shots -- Iginla, Jackman (5) Hits -- Sarich, Iginla, Jackman (3) Blocks -- Hannan, Smith (3) Takeaways -- Backlund (3) Faceoff Wins -- Iginla (3, 60%)

TWEET OF THE NIGHT: @djtombooth: @NHLFlames Glencross yes! BMo's 400th assist on his goal was a beauty, but so was Jackman's 2nd helper. #takeahitmakeaplay

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FLAMES LINEUP VS. MINNESOTA
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Curtis Glencross	Olli Jokinen	Jarome Iginla
Blake Comeau	Mikael Backlund	Lee Stempniak
Greg Nemisz	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, Kostopoulos, Morrison, Jackman

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

POINT MEN
Left Point	Right Point
Derek Smith	TJ Brodie

PENALTY KILL UNITS
FORWARD UNITS
Forward	Forward
Curtis Glencross	Mikael Backlund
Blake Comeau	Lee Stempniak

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