Iginla sparks Flames to win over Florida
Jarome Iginla scored with 10.2 seconds left to send the game to overtime and the Calgary Flames went on to beat host Florida, 2-1, in a shootout last night.
Jarome Iginla scored with 10.2 seconds left to send the game to overtime and the Calgary Flames went on to beat host Florida, 2-1, in a shootout last night.
Kristian Huselius, a former Panthers player, scored the only goal in the shootout.
Calgary goalie Mikka Kiprusoff stopped Nathan Horton, Olli Jokinen and Stephen Weiss, all of whom tried to beat him with a deke.
Jokinen scored the only goal for the Panthers.
The game marked the return of Mike Keenan to South Florida. Keenan coached the Panthers for two-plus seasons from 2001-02 until being fired in December 2003. He served as Florida's general manager in 2005-06.
In other games:
* At Montreal, Brad Richards scored in the shootout to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 3-2 win over the Canadiens. Richards drove in fast and put a wrist shot past Carey Price on Tampa Bay's second attempt.
* At St. Louis, Shawn Horcoff had a goal and an assist and scored the only goal in three rounds of a shootout to help Edmonton beat the Blues, 5-4.
* At San Jose, Evgeni Nabokov made 36 saves and Steve Bernier scored two goals as the Sharks defeated Minnesota, 4-1.
Noteworthy
* Sharks forwards Jonathan Cheechoo (groin) and Jeremy Roenick (knee) went on the injured-reserve list, keeping them out for at least 1 week.
* The new owners of the Nashville Predators wasted little time showing who's in charge, promoting current general manager David Poile to president of hockey operations. *