VANCOUVER - The Calgary Flames have delivered their best results of the year after team president Don Maloney pushed back against the idea of giving up on the 2025-26 season earlier in the week.

The Flames (8-13-3) beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday, then kicked off a five-game coast-to-coast road odyssey with a 5-2 win over the rested Vancouver Canucks (9-12-2) at Rogers Arena on Sunday.

“It's been a tough grind for us,” said Connor Zary, who converted a rebound to give the Flames a 2-1 lead at 8:08 of the first period. “The schedule hasn't been in our favour, but I'm proud of the guys and how we handled that and how we came out tonight and got the job done.”

Calgary’s other scorers were Morgan Frost, Kevin Bahl, Yegor Sharangovich and Blake Coleman, whose third-period

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