Calgary holds off Sharks

Hamilton and rookie Matthew Tkachuk each finished with a goal and an assist for the Flames, and Michael Frolik also scored.

Couture opened the scoring at 9:40 of the first period when he redirected a point shot fired by Burns through Johnson’s legs for a power-play goal.

Burns put the Sharks back up by one at 16:06 when his wrist shot from the point found the back of the net behind Johnson, who was screened on the play.

The Flames were rewarded for their hard work during a man advantage when Tkachuk deflected a shot taken by Backlund past Dell with 31.7 seconds left in the second period.

Johnson then stopped another breakaway attempt by Boedker in the game’s final minute to preserve the victory for the Flames.