The Aporia · Pospisil's third-period goal pushes Flames to first win of the season, 4-2 over Ducks

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Martin Pospisil scored the decisive goal with 4:22 left in the third period, helping the Calgary Flames secure their first win of the season, a 4-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night. The game was tied at two until Pospisil's breakaway score and Yegor Sharangovich added an empty-net goal to seal it for the Flames. Dustin Wolf made 22 saves for Calgary (1-5), while Lukas Dostal stopped 32 shots for Anaheim (4-2). The Ducks’ Beckett Sennecke and Leo Carlsson had earlier goals, but could not hold off Calgary's comeback.

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On October 14, 2026, Martin Pospisil scored the decisive goal with 4:22 left in the third period, helping the Calgary Flames defeat the Anaheim Ducks by a score of 4-2. The win was Calgary's first of the season as they improved to a record of 1-5. Pospisil’s game-winning goal came after he deked around two Anaheim defenders and snapped the puck past Dostal for a 3-2 lead. Beckett Sennecke also scored a crucial breakaway goal earlier in the third period, and Yegor Sharangovich added an empty-netter with 1:22 left to secure the victory. The Ducks' record dropped to 4-2 after this loss. Additionally, Roger McQueen, Anaheim's first pick from the 2025 draft, made his NHL debut that night following a recall from the AHL San Diego Gulls due to an injury to Ryan Poehling.

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🔮 McQueen replaced center Ryan Poehling, who suffered a medial collateral ligament sprain that will sideline him for six to eight weeks.

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Sennecke stole the puck at his own blue line and beat Wolf glove-side for a breakaway goal with 7:51 left, and Carlsson’s shot from the right circle went over Wolf’s left shoulder for a power-play goal with 5:55 left. Roger McQueen, Anaheim’s first pick in the 2025 draft, made his NHL debut after being recalled from the AHL San Diego Gulls.

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🔮 McQueen replaced center Ryan Poehling, who suffered a medial collateral ligament sprain that will sideline him for six to eight weeks.

2026-10-14 · Toronto Star

Pospisil's third-period goal pushes Flames to first win of the season, 4-2 over Ducks · assertive framing

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Martin Pospisil scored the tiebreaking goal with 4:22 left, Yegor Sharangovich added an empty-netter with 1:22 remaining and the Calgary Flames beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Tuesday night. asserted

Flames → score → night

Adam Klapka and Aydar Suniev added goals, and Dustin Wolf stopped 22 of 24 shots as the Flames (1-5) won for the first time this season. asserted

Flames → add → time

Beckett Sennecke and Leo Carlsson scored goals, and Lukas Dostal had 32 saves for the Ducks (4-2). asserted

Dostal → score → Ducks

Pospisil’s decisive goal came after he took a pass from Suniev at the center circle, skated down the left side, deked Anaheim defenders Tyson Hinds and Tristan Luneau by faking a shot and snapped the puck past Dostal’s short side for a 3-2 lead. asserted

he → come → lead

Anaheim gave up the game-tying goal just eight seconds after killing Calgary’s 5-on-3 advantage — with the help of Dostal’s four saves — for two minutes of the second. asserted

Anaheim → give → second

As Sennecke (tripping) and Alex Killorn skated out of the penalty box, Flames winger Ryan Strome snuck a cross-ice pass from the outside the left circle to Suniev, who snapped a shot from the inside edge of the right circle past Dostal’s blocker for a 2-all tie at the 8:02 mark. asserted

who → trip → mark

The Flames took a 1-0 lead 8:32 into the first when Maksim Tsyplakov intercepted a pass in the Anaheim slot and touched a pass back to Klapka, who beat Dostal. asserted

who → take → Dostal

But the Ducks tallied twice within a 1:56 span of the first for a 2-1 lead. asserted

Ducks → tally → lead

McQueen → steal → Gulls

The 20-year-old center did not find the score sheet in 11 1/2 minutes of ice time. asserted

center → find → time

McQueen replaced center Ryan Poehling, who suffered a medial collateral ligament sprain that will sideline him for six to eight weeks. asserted

that → replace → weeks

Ducks forward Cutter Gauthier missed the game because of a lower-body injury and is day-to-day. asserted

Gauthier → miss → day