Thursday, March 15, 2012

Colorado Beats Calgary 5-4 in Shootout

DENVER - Ryan Smyth had a goal and an assist, then scored the decisive goal in the shootout as the Colorado Avalanche rallied from a four-goal deficit to beat the Calgary Flames 5-4 on Tuesday night.

Jarome Iginla, who had two goals and an assist, had Calgary's only goal in the shootout.

The Flames took a 4-0 lead on Iginla's second goal of the game 2:50 into the second period. Iginla took a pass from Alex Tanguay, blew by defenseman Brett Clark and beat Peter Budaj with a high shot. That ended Budaj's night, who was pulled in favor of Jose Theodore.

That's when the Avalanche started their comeback, and it came with plenty of help from the Flames. Three of …

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