Gridin scores twice as Flames win fourth straight
Matvei Gridin scored twice as the surging Calgary Flames made it four straight wins and a perfect homestand with a 5-2 NHL victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday.
Calgary Flames' Matvei Gridin scored twice, leading the team to a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs, securing their fourth consecutive win and a perfect homestand. Mikael Backlund contributed a goal for Calgary, while Joel Farabee and Martin Pospisil added empty-netters for the Flames, extending their point streaks to five games.
Easton Cowan and William Nylander scored for Toronto, who halted their four-game win streak. Flames' goalie Devin Cooley made 26 saves, improving his record to 4-2-0, while Toronto's Sergei Bobrovsky had 30 saves, falling to a 3-4-2 record. The Flames took an early lead with a pair of goals from Gridin and Backlund within two minutes of each other, with each goal coming on a top corner snipe past Toronto's Bobrovsky.
Backlund's fourth goal, a top corner snipe, proved to be the game-winner. The Maple Leafs, facing injuries and struggles, saw Kirill Marchenko leave early due to a lower body injury and eventually dropped their league-leading four-game winning streak.
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