Lindholm leads Flames past Ducks for 8th straight win

Elias Lindholm scored twice and added an assist on Wednesday to extend his goal streak to six games and lead the red-hot Calgary Flames to a 6-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks for their eighth straight win.

For the Pacific Division-leading Flames, it's their longest winning streak since rattling off 10 straight victories in 2016-17, which is tied for the franchise record. They've outscored teams 37-13 during this stretch.

Dillon Dube, Andrew Mangiapane, Johnny Gaudreau into an empty net, and Matthew Tkachuk also scored for Calgary (28-13-6) while defenceman Rasmus Andersson had a career-best three-point night with three assists.

The Flames also continue their roll on home ice where they've also won eight games in a row. Calgary's season-long seven-game homestand continues Saturday when they play host to Seattle in Mark Giordano's return.

Sonny Milano and Isac Lundestrom scored for Anaheim (23-18-9), which opened up a three-game road trip through Western Canada. It's been a quiet February so far for the Ducks with Wednesday being just their second game of the month. But they're right back in action in Edmonton on Thursday.

In net, Jacob Markstrom made 26 stops in his 13th start in the last 14 games as he improved to 21-10-5.

Anaheim starter John Gibson was replaced by Anthony Stolarz halfway through the second period, after giving up four goals on 20 shots. He takes the loss to fall to 15-11-8.

The night began with some early adversity for the Flames as Lindholm was handed a double-minor for high-sticking 34 seconds into the game putting Anaheim's sixth-best power play on the ice.

Meanwhile, Calgary was opportunistic with their chances with an extra man.

Up 1-0 after Dube opened deflected Andersson's slapshot past Gibson