Blackhawks beat slumping Flames
The Associated PressBen Eager scored the go-ahead goal at 5:52 of the third period, and Antti Niemi made 19 saves in the Chicago Blackhawks' 3-1 victory over the reeling Calgary Flames on Thursday night.
After failing on a penalty shot in the first period, Patrick Kane opened the scoring for Chicago on a power play at 9:14 of the second. Jamie Lundmark tied it for Calgary with a power-play goal with 1:29 left in the second.
Duncan Keith added an empty-net goal for Chicago, 3-1 on its eight-game trip.
Calgary, coming off a 9-1 loss in San Jose on Monday night, has lost six straight.
On the winning goal, Tomas Kopecky's shot deflected off Eager's foot and past Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff.
NOTES: The Flames are 0-4-1 in their last five home games. ... Lundmark has three goals in eight games since being called up from the minors two weeks ago. ... Niemi improved to 13-3-1. ... Calgary's Fredrik Sjostrom finally played his 400th NHL game after being a healthy scratch the previous six games.