Avalanche 4, Flames 1

2011-12 Game No. 79; Home Game No. 39

Flames Record: 35-29-15

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CALGARYFLAMES.COM 3 STARS

1st STAR SEYMON VARLAMOV GOALTENDER - COL SHOTS FACED: 39 | SAVES MADE: 38 SAVE PERCENTAGE: .974 VIDEO ›

2nd STAR GABRIEL LANDESKOG LEFT WING - COL GOALS: 0 | ASST: 2 | SHOTS: 2 | +/-: +3 TOI: 16:14 | BLOCKED SHOTS: 3 VIDEO ›

3rd STAR TIM JACKMAN RIGHT WING - CGY GOALS: 0 | ASST: 0 | SHOTS: 2 | +/-: -1 TOI: 11:45 | HITS: 3 VIDEO ›

CALGARY, AB --  Semyon Varlamov made 38 saves and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Friday night to keep their slim playoff hopes alive.

Colorado matched San Jose with 88 points, one behind Dallas and Phoenix for the last two playoff spots in the Western Conference. The Avalanche have home games left against Columbus and Nashville. Phoenix, Dallas and San Jose each have four games left.

Mark Olver, David Jones, Milan Hejduk and Peter Mueller scored to help Colorado snap a four-game winless streak. The Avalanche began their three-game trip with losses in San Jose and Vancouver.

Jarome Iginla had a power-play goal for Calgary with 38 seconds left.

The Flames, who have three games remaining, fell three points behind Colorado and could be eliminated Saturday night when they play in Vancouver.

Gabriel Landeskog had two assists for Colorado to taking the lead in the NHL rookie scoring race with 51 points. The 19-year-old Swede also lead rookies in plus-minus at plus-23 after being a plus-3 against Calgary.

The best stops for Varlamov, making his seventh consecutive start, came in the first period, just before Colorado scored its first two goals.

Seconds before Olver opened the scoring, the 23-year-old goalie stopped Curtis Glencross' one-timer from the side of the net. And before Colorado's second goal, Varlamov denied Mike Cammalleri from the slot.

Notes: Calgary is 1-4-3 in its last eight games. The Flames will likely miss the playoffs for the third straight season and 10th time in 15 years. ... Iginla's last-minute goal snapped Calgary's shutout stretch on home ice at 139:50. ... Colorado didn't have a power play, the seventh time that's happened this season.

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PHOTO OF THE GAME

BY THE NUMBERS

STAT OF THE NIGHT The Flames tried desperately to put as many pucks as possible on Seymon Varlamov and by the end of the night, only two players failed to land shots on the netminder. Alex Tanguay and Scott Hannan were held shotless on Friday night. FLAMES LEADERS Icetime -- Giordano (22:49) Shots -- Babchuk (5) Hits -- Jackman, Butler (3) Blocks -- Moss (3) Takeaways -- Jokinen, Glencross (2) Faceoff Wins -- Jokinen (10, 56%)

TWEET OF THE NIGHT: @VetteL89: Me and my bud Pat are guests of Dave Moss @djmoss25 at the @NHLFlames game. THANKS MOSSER! :D #FlamesT2S

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FLAMES LINEUP VS. COLORADO
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	Cory Sarich
Goaltenders: Miikka Kiprusoff, Henrik Karlsson Starting Lineup: Kiprusoff, Giordano, Sarich, 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