Kings 4, Flames 1

2011-12 Game No. 46; Home Game No. 21

Flames Record: 21-20-5

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CALGARY, AB -- Michael Cammalleri scored in his highly-anticipated debut but the Calgary Flames fell 4-1 to the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.

The defeat snapped the Flames winning streak at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Prior to Saturday's contest, Calgary had won eight straight at home.

The Flames are now 10-1-1 in their last 12 games at the Saddledome.

Jonathan Quick made 29 saves in the outing while Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 21 shots.

The first period saw the Flames generate several good scoring opportunities but between Quick and the goalpost, none of their 11 shots found the back of the net.

Mikael Backlund and Lance Bouma both had shots fly past Quick but hit the iron.

Mike Richards broke the deadlock just 27 seconds into the middle frame.

Mark Giordano was unable to snag the puck at the Flames blueline and Richards and Dustin Penner went flying into the zone. Richards slipped his over a diving Kiprusoff's pads to notch his 14th goal of the season.

The Kings pushed their lead to two goals shortly after when Matt Greene wired a shot from the blueline that eluded Kiprusoff.

Anze Kopitar added Los Angeles' third goal of the evening at 14:48 when he was able to smack a bouncing puck into the back of the net while falling.

The Flames were finally able to beat Quick late in the frame while on a power play. With Rob Scuderi watching helplessly from the box, Cammalleri deflected a Anton Babchuk bomb from the point.

Jay Bouwmeester also assisted on Cammalleri's 10th goal of the campaign.

Despite a hard push in the third stanza, the Flames were unable to produce any offence and the Kings received an empty-net goal from Dustin Brown.

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PHOTO OF THE GAME

BY THE NUMBERS

STAT OF THE NIGHT The always-gritty Tim Jackman was a hitting machine early on during the game. He had four of the Flames five hits in the first period. Jackman ended up with five hits, one shot and one takeaway in his 9:57 of ice time. FLAMES LEADERS Icetime -- Bouwmeester (26:54) Shots -- Jokinen (5) Hits -- Jackman (5) Blocks -- Butler (4) Takeaways -- Iginla (3) Faceoff Wins -- Jokinen (7, 50%)

TWEET OF THE NIGHT: @jdot2423: Just seeing @MCammalleri13 warmup gives me the gitters @NHLFlames #FlamesT2S

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FLAMES LINEUP VS. LOS ANGELES
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Curtis Glencross	Olli Jokinen	Jarome Iginla
Mike Cammalleri	Mikael Backlund	Lee Stempniak
Lance Bouma	Blair Jones	Blake Comeau
Tom Kostopoulos	Roman Horak	Tim Jackman

DEFENCE PAIRINGS
Left Defence	Right Defence
Jay Bouwmeester	Chris Butler
Mark Giordano	Anton Babchuk
TJ Brodie	Cory Sarich
Goaltenders: Miikka Kiprusoff, Leland Irving Starting Lineup: Kiprusoff, Sarich, Giordano, Cammalleri, Backlund, Stempniak

POWERPLAY UNITS
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Mike Cammalleri	Blair Jones	Jarome Iginla
Curtis Glencross	Olli Jokinen	Lee Stempniak

POINT MEN
Left Point	Right Point
TJ Brodie	Jay Bouwmeester

PENALTY KILL UNITS
FORWARD UNITS
Forward	Forward
Tom Kostopoulos	Blair Jones
Blake Comeau	Lee Stempniak

DEFENCE PAIRINGS
Left Defence	Right Defence
Jay Bouwmeester	Chris Butler
Mark Giordano	Cory Sarich