Flames rally to beat Oilers in shootout
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Alex Tanguay scored in the first round of a shootout to give the Calgary Flames a 5-4 comeback victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night.
Calgary, down 4-1 early in the third period, is ninth in the Western Conference, a point behind eighth-place Chicago for the final playoff spot. Calgary has five games left, while Chicago has eight to play.
The victory was only the Flames' second in their last eight games.
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Steve Staios forced overtime, beating Devan Dubnyk with a slap shot with 1:55 left in the third.
Jarome Iginla started the comeback with a power-play goal, his second of the game, at 5:55 of the third.
Curtis Glencross made it 4-3 with 7:51 left off an assist from Iginla.
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Magnus Paajarvi, Teemu Hartikainen, Colin Fraser and Ryan Jones scored for Edmonton. The Oilers, last overall in the NHL, have lost nine in a row.
NOTES: Iginla has 36 goals this season. ... Miikka Kiprusoff made 17 saves for the Flames. ... Calgary forward Niklas Hagman missed his second consecutive game because of concussion-like symptoms.