Backlund leads Calgary Flames to 5-1 home win over Colorado Avalanche

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Calgary took an early lead 18 seconds into the game when Frolik took a pass from Backlund in the slot and fired a shot past Varlamov.

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Just past the five-minute mark of the first period Gillies stopped a shot by MacKinnon then slid across his net to get his left pad on Tyson Barrie’s rebound attempt.

Giordano put Calgary ahead 2-0 at 7:24 when took a Backlund pass and fired a one-timer past Varlamov.

The Avalanche pulled to within one thanks to a flukey goal by MacKinnon with 3:36 remaining in the first. MacKinnon dumped the puck in from centre and it bounced off the post then Gillies before trickling in.

In the second, Gillies made a nice glove save off J.T. Compher during a Colorado power play.

Monahan then deflected a Michael Stone point shot past Varlamov on the power play at 10:50. Calgary has scored at least one power-play goal in six straight games and in eight of its last nine.

Troy Brouwer snapped a shot to the blocker side past Varlamov for his fourth goal of the season at 2:39 of the third. Backlund scored Calgary’s second power-play goal of the game at 14:46 to round out the scoring.

NOTES: The Flames ended a stretch of eight straight games where they allowed the first goal. … Before the game, Calgary placed goaltender Mike Smith on injured reserve. Smith has missed the last six contests with a lower-body injury. … The Flames also recalled forwards Tanner Glass and Andrew Mangiapane from the AHL’s Stockton Heat while sending forward Ryan Lomberg back to the Heat.

Laurence Heinen, The Canadian Press