Flames 5, Stars 4

2011-12 Game No. 77; Home Game No. 37

Flames Record: 35-27-15

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CALGARYFLAMES.COM 3 STARS

1st STAR MIKE CAMMALLERI CENTER - CGY GOALS: 1 | ASST: 2 | SHOTS: 4 | +/-: 0 TOI: 18:22 | TAKEAWAYS: 1 VIDEO ›

2nd STAR MARK GIORDANO DEFENCE - CGY GOALS: 1 | ASST: 1 | SHOTS: 5 | +/-: -1 TOI: 24:48 | HITS: 2 VIDEO ›

3rd STAR JAMIE BENN LEFT WING - DAL GOALS: 2 | ASST: 0 | SHOTS: 6 | +/-: +2 TOI: 21:39 | HITS: 2 VIDEO ›

CALGARY, AB --  Mike Cammalleri had a goal and two assists and the Calgary Flames used a four-goal second period for a 5-4 win over the Dallas Stars on Monday night.

The Flames came into the game struggling offensively with six goals in their previous five games, but broke out with four goals over the final 11 minutes of the second period to overcome a 2-1 deficit.

Tied 3-3, Calgary took its second lead of the second period when Mark Giordano's low slap shot eluded Dallas goaltender Kari Lehtonen for a power-play goal at 16:58.

Steve Ott's tripping penalty at 18:33 gave the Flames their fourth man advantage of the period. Cammalleri's attempted dump-in caromed into the slot off the skate of Stars defenseman Trevor Daley. Alex Tanguay's quick shot was partially stopped by Lehtonen, but still went over him and landed in the net at 19:32.

Olli Jokinen and Blake Comeau also scored for Calgary.

Jamie Benn scored two goals, Mike Ribeiro and Philip Larsen also scored for Dallas. The Stars, starting a four-game road trip, have lost five of their past six away from home.

Dallas had a 2-1 lead on a pair of Benn goals. His first goal came 26 seconds into the game and his second was at 44 seconds of the second period.

However, that 2-1 lead quickly turned into a 3-2 disadvantage.

With Jarome Iginla about to check Ribeiro into the Dallas end boards, the Stars center passed the puck up into the slot to a wide-open Comeau. The Flames' forward slapped his first goal in 16 games past Lehtonen at 9:16.

Forty-five seconds later, Ribeiro lost a faceoff to Iginla in the defensive end and Cammalleri was fortunate to have the puck slide right to him when Anton Babchuk's shot from the blue line hit a player in front.

Ribeiro overcame that and tied the score at 3-3 with a goal from a scramble at 14:29.

Dallas cut its deficit to 5-4 at 5:24 on Larsen's power-play goal.

Later in the third, Loui Eriksson stripped the puck from Cammalleri and went in on a breakaway, but was denied by Miikka Kiprusoff.

Kiprusoff finished with 35 saves. Lehtonen stopped 30 shots.

Calgary went 3 for 6 on the power play.

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PHOTO OF THE GAME

BY THE NUMBERS

STAT OF THE NIGHT Not only did the Flames put 35 shots on Kari Lehtonen, they attempted 31 shots. Dallas blocked 18 shots and the Flames missed the net 13 times. Anton Babchuk led the Flames in attempts. He had 3 of his shots blocked by the Stars and 2 of his howitzers went wide. FLAMES LEADERS Icetime -- Bouwmeester (27:10 Shots -- Giordano (5) Hits -- Giordano, Jones, Moss (2) Blocks -- Butler (6) Takeaways -- Five players had 1 takeaway Faceoff Wins -- Jokinen (10, 67%)

TWEET OF THE NIGHT: @KarieSchneck: @NHLFlames Ollie must of had a Big Mac for dinner. #bigmacattack

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FLAMES LINEUP VS. DALLAS
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Alex Tanguay	Mike Cammalleri	Jarome Iginla
Curtis Glencross	Olli Jokinen	David Moss
Blake Comeau	Matt Stajan	Lee Stempniak
Tom Kostopoulos	Blair Jones	Tim Jackaman

DEFENCE PAIRINGS
Left Defence	Right Defence
Jay Bouwmeester	Chris Butler
Mark Giordano	Scott Hannan
Anton Babchuk	Clay Wilson
Goaltenders: Miikka Kiprusoff, Henrik Karlsson Starting Lineup: Kiprusoff, Giordano, Hannan, Glencross, Jokinen, Moss

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

POINT MEN
Left Point	Right Point
Anton Babchuk	Mark Giordano

PENALTY KILL UNITS
FORWARD UNITS
Forward	Forward
Tom Kostopoulos	Alex Tanguay
Blake Comeau	David Moss

DEFENCE PAIRINGS
Left Defence	Right Defence
Jay Bouwmeester	Chris Butler
Mark Giordano	Scott Hannan