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CALGARY 0 1 1 --2
EDMONTON 0 0 0 --0
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FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Penalties: J Iginla, Cgy (holding), 5:24; J Wright,
Cgy (roughing), 18:47; M Comrie, Edm (roughing), 18:47.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Calgary, Chris Clark 10 (power play) (Derek
Morris, Dean Mcammond), 14:51. Penalties: D Morris, Cgy
(interference), 1:47; E Moreau, Edm (hooking), 4:25; P Buzek, Cgy
(high sticking), 10:37; J Niinimaa, Edm (cross checking), 14:44.
THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 2, Calgary, Jarome Iginla 52 (empty net) (Toni
Lydman), 19:38. Penalties: S Staios, Edm (high sticking), 12:01; R
Niedermayer, Cgy (roughing), 13:33; E Brewer, Edm (roughing), 13:33.
Shots on goal:
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CALGARY 8 9 8 --25
EDMONTON 9 15 12 --36
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Power-play Conversions: CGY - 1 of 3, EDM - 0 of 3. Goalies : Calgary,
Roman Turek (36 shots, 36 saves; record: 30-28-11). Edmonton, Tommy
Salo (24 shots, 23 saves; record: 39-24-3). A: 16,839. Referees: Brad
Meier, Mike Mcgeough. Linesmen: Mark Wheler, Scott Driscoll.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATISTICS
CALGARY EDMONTON
G A +/- Shots G A +/- Shots
J Iginla 1 0 +1 6 J Green 0 0 even 1
B Betts 0 0 even 1 M Reasoner 0 0 even 3
C Berube 0 0 even 1 M York 0 0 -1 6
C Clark 1 0 even 2 E Moreau 0 0 even 3
J Wright 0 0 +1 1 S Butenschon 0 0 even 2
C Conroy 0 0 +1 0 E Brewer 0 0 -1 4
I Kravchuk 0 0 even 3 J Hecht 0 0 even 2
R Regehr 0 0 +1 0 J Smith 0 0 even 1
T Lydman 0 1 +1 2 A Carter 0 0 -1 1
R Petrovicky 0 0 even 0 S Staios 0 0 even 2
D Mcammond 0 1 even 1 M Grier 0 0 even 1
S Nichol 0 0 even 0 T Marchant 0 0 even 1
R Niedermayer 0 0 even 0 G Laraque 0 0 even 1
D Morris 0 1 even 4 S Ferguson 0 0 even 0
S Montador 0 0 even 1 J Niinimaa 0 0 -1 1
B Boughner 0 0 even 2 D Cleary 0 0 even 1
P Buzek 0 0 even 0 M Comrie 0 0 -1 4
M Dupont 0 0 even 1 R Smyth 0 0 -1 2
B Sloan NECK INJURY D Pittis CONCUSSION
M Savard CONCUSSION S Horcoff HEALTHY
J Shantz PERSONAL REASONS B Swanson HEALTHY
D Gauthier SHOULDER A Pisa HEALTHY
C Wilm ANKLE INJURY
S Begin SHOULDER
D Lowry SHOULDER
EDMONTON, ALBERTA (TICKER) -- Another bitter season will have a sweet ending for the Calgary Flames.The Flames eliminated the archrival Edmonton Oilers from playoff contention with a 2-0 victory as Roman Turek stopped 36 shots and Chris Clark scored a power-play goal in the second period.
Calgary will miss the postseason for the sixth straight year but ensured its bitter provincial rivals will join it on the sidelines. The Oilers' loss clinched playoff spots for Los Angeles, Phoenix and Vancouver, setting the eight Western Conference representatives.
"I've got to be honest, it feels pretty good," said Flames right wing Jarome Iginla, who sealed the win with an empty-net goal. "We've been out of the playoffs for a few years and a lot of times, it was the Oilers who kept us out. So this is a little payback, and it feels good."
"As hard as we worked the last 15 games, it comes down to this," Oilers left wing Ryan Smyth said. "And it's hard to swallow. The coaches and management put everything into place for us and we didn't execute for them. Having it end the way it did at the hands of our provincial rivals makes it even worse."
Turek wound down the season the way he started it -- with a stellar effort against Edmonton. He turned aside nine shots in the first period, 15 in the second and 12 in the third for his fifth shutout of the season. In the opener on October 3, he made 23 saves as the Flames recorded a 1-0 blanking of the Oilers.
"It was a huge win," Turek said. "Every game against them is pretty physical. I had a feeling before this game that I wanted to beat these guys because last time I played here, it wasn't a very good night for me -- three goals in 15 minutes. I'm so glad we beat them here in Edmonton and ended their playoff chances."
Tommy Salo dueled Turek into the second period, when a cross-checking penalty on defenseman Janne Niinimaa put Calgary on the power play. Steve Staios blocked fellow defenseman Derek Morris' slap shot from the right point, but the rebound came right to Clark, who pushed the puck past Salo from the slot at 14:51 for his 10th goal.
"That was a big goal for us," Iginla said. "This was a Game Seven situation for them. And we knew if we could score first, we could make it tough for them."
Iginla's empty-netter with 22 seconds left was his league-leading 52nd goal.
"Roman Turek was outstanding, and so was Tommy Salo for that matter," Iginla said. "It was a great game, very intense. The crowd was electric. And I'm so proud of the way we played and how we did what we had to do to get the win."
Edmonton had its chances. In the first period, Daniel Cleary put a shot off the crossbar from the bottom of the right faceoff circle. Anson Carter did the same off a rebound with 85 seconds to go in the second and Turek stacked his pads to deny Josh Green from the top of the crease with just under 12 minutes to go in the third.
"They did get a lot of shots, but I saw them all and had a lot of easy saves," Turek said.
"We just didn't play well enough to win," Oilers center Mike Comrie said. "They played a good game, but for us, if you don't score, you don't win."
As for Edmonton's failure to reach the playoffs for the first time since 1996, Comrie said, "You can't blame it on this game or any one game. We accomplished some things that people didn't expect us to do. But that's a pretty hollow victory for us. None of that matters right now. It's hard to believe, but all of our efforts didn't get us in."
Salo made 23 saves but lost three of his last four games following a personal eight-game unbeaten streak.