Jackman scores 2 goals in Flames' win
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Tim Jackman scored twice and Anton Babchuk had a goal and two assists in the Calgary Flames' 5-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night.
Olli Jokinen and Curtis Glencross each had a goal and an assist for Calgary, which has won eight of nine. Since losing 6-0 at home to Minnesota on Jan. 19, the Flames have gone 8-0-1 to climb back into contention in the Western Conference playoff race.
Playing in his 800th NHL game, Robyn Regehr chipped in with two assists.
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Chris Kelly and Chris Campoli scored for Ottawa (17-30-8), which led 2-1 after the first period. The Senators have lost five straight in regulation and 11 overall (0-9-2). Ottawa is 1-13-4 in its past 18 games.
Miikka Kiprusoff made his eighth straight start for the Flames and stopped 24 shots to improve to 24-18-3. Ottawa rookie Robin Lehner made 30 saves in the loss.
The Flames went 3 for 5 with the man advantage and killing all three Ottawa power plays.
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Thanks to an early power play, the Flames put on some great pressure but were kept off the score sheet due to several nice saves by Lehner. Shortly after stopping a shot through traffic by Jarome Iginla, Lehner stacked his pads to thwart Brendan Morrison.
Jackman opened the scoring at 8:40 of the first when the puck deflected off him and into the net after Lehner made a blocker save to stop Niklas Hagman's shot.
Just 37 seconds later, Kelly tied it when he took a pass from Jarkko Ruutu and snapped a shot to the short side past Kiprusoff.
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The Senators went ahead 2-1 two minutes later when Campoli took a point shot that hit Kiprusoff before bouncing up and over the Calgary goalie.
The Flames tied it again during a second-period power play when Jokinen redirected a pass from Glencross past Lehner.
Jokinen returned the favor a short time later when he sprung Glencross on a breakaway. Glencross wired a perfect shot into the top corner over Lehner's outstretched glove.
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The Flames took a 4-2 lead at 8:36 of the third when Babchuk fired a point shot past Lehner, who was screened by David Moss.
Jackman rounded out the scoring on the power play when he tapped in a loose puck behind Lehner, who stopped Iginla's original shot before it trickled past him.
Notes: Hagman returned to Calgary's lineup after missing three games with a lower body injury. ... Alex Tanguay, who three goals and six assists in Calgary's previous eight games, sat out because of a neck strain. ... With D Adam Pardy out of Calgary's lineup due to an upper body injury, Brendan Mikkelson played for the first time since Jan. 15 — a span of 10 games.