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Pospisil scores late as Flames beat Ducks for first win

Calgary rallied from a first-period deficit to win 4-2 in Anaheim, with Aydar Suniev adding a goal and an assist.

Martin Pospisil shoots for the Calgary Flames against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center.
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Martin Pospisil put Calgary ahead with 4:22 remaining on Tuesday, Oct. 13, and the Flames defeated the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 at Honda Center for their first win of the season. Yegor Sharangovich added an empty-net goal at 18:38 of the third period.

The Flames improved to 1-5-0. Dustin Wolf made 23 saves on 25 shots, while Lukas Dostal stopped 32 of 35 shots for Anaheim, which fell to 4-2-0.

Adam Klapka opened the scoring at 8:32 of the first period. Beckett Sennecke answered on a breakaway at 12:09, and Leo Carlsson's power-play goal at 14:05 sent the Ducks into the intermission ahead 2-1.

Aydar Suniev made it 2-2 at 8:02 of the second period, finishing a pass from Ryan Strome shortly after Calgary's two-man advantage ended. Suniev also assisted on Pospisil's deciding goal at 15:38 of the third.

Roger McQueen made his NHL debut for Anaheim, recording one shot in 11:26 of ice time.

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