Flames rally to beat Sharks, stay in playoff race


Matt Coronato also scored and Dustin Wolf had 29 saves for Calgary, which won for the seventh time in 11 games (7-2-2).

Will Smith scored twice and Macklin Celebrini had two assists for San Jose, which has lost six straight (0-5-1). Georgi Romanov finished with 29 saves.

Klapka tied the score 1-1 at 8:12 of the third as he knocked in the rebound of Nazem Kadri’s shot on a 2-on-1 rush.

Frost put the Flames ahead with a power-play goal with nine minutes remaining as he beat a screened Romanov with a shot from the left faceoff dot.

Coronato made it 3-1 with his 22nd of the season with 4 1/2 minutes to go, and Smith got his second of the night and 16th of the season with 2 minutes left.

Smith gave the Sharks a 1-0 lead as he got a pass from Nikolai Kovalenko from behind the goal line and quickly beat Wolf from in front with 25 seconds left in the first for his 15th.

Flames: Calgary trails Minnesota by four points for the second wild card in the Western Conference with five games remaining — one more than the Wild.

Sharks: The league-worst Sharks are just 6-21-4 over their last 31 games.

Wolf made two saves on two quick shots from Celebrini in the second period that kept the Sharks from adding to their 1-0 lead. The second save was with Wolf sprawled out on the ice.

The Sharks, averaging 27.0 shots per game, finished with 31 — including an 18-8 advantage in the first period.

Flames visit Anaheim on Wednesday, and Sharks play at Minnesota.



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