Flames get even in series with win over Stars in Game 4

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Rasmus Andersson, Johnny Gaudreau and the Calgary Flames felt much more like themselves, and got even in their first-round playoff series with an onslaught of shots.

It helped that they also got to play a lot of 5-on-5 hockey, though Andersson did score Calgary's first power-play goal since early in the playoff opener, as the Flames beat the Dallas Stars 4-1 in Game 4 on Monday night.

"We had a lot of long shifts in their zone and overall a good game, a good 60 minutes," said Andersson, who had only two of Calgary's 54 shots. "We didn’t take too many penalties tonight too, so we get to play 5 on 5, and that’s that’s what we were, a really good team."

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Dallas Stars center Radek Faksa (12) slides into Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom, left, following a shot in the first period of Game 4 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series, Monday, May 9, 2022, in Dallas. Flames Nikita Zadorov is at center.  (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Gaudreau converted a penalty shot with 12:13 left in the game to make it 2-0 Calgary, and later assisted on Elias Lindholm's third goal of the series as the Pacific Division champions regained home-ice advantage over the wild-card Stars. Mikael Backlund added an empty-netter in the final minute.

It was the first goal of the series for Gaudreau, who in Game 3 was rejected by Jake Oettinger on a late breakaway that would have tied that game.

The Flames forward, a 100-point scorer, was on another breakaway Monday night when John Klingberg was penalized for hooking. Gaudreau made a nifty move on the penalty shot to push the puck through the legs of Jake