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10/13 23:46 CDT Pospisil's tiebreaking third-period goal pushes Flames to first win of the season, 4-2 over Ducks Pospisil's tiebreaking third-period goal pushes Flames to first win of the season, 4-2 over Ducks By MIKE DiGIOVANNA Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) --- 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. 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. Beckett Sennecke and Leo Carlsson scored goals, and Lukas Dostal had 32 saves for the Ducks (4-2). 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. 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. 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. 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. But the Ducks tallied twice within a 1:56 span of the first for a 2-1 lead. 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. The 20-year-old center did not find the score sheet in 11 minutes of ice time. McQueen replaced center Ryan Poehling, who suffered a medial collateral ligament sprain that will sideline him for six to eight weeks. Ducks forward Cutter Gauthier missed the game because of a lower-body injury and is day-to-day.

Up Next Ducks: Host Boston on Friday. Flames: At Vegas on Thursday. ___ See AP's full NHL coverage here