After giving up lead, Flames torch Sabres with 4-goal 3rd

Joel Farabee scored twice and Rasmus Andersson scored once in a three-point game to lead the visiting Calgary Flames to a 6-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday. Morgan Frost and Matt Coronato both collected one goal and one assist, while Mikael Backlund added a goal for Calgary, which still sits at the bottom of the NHL standings. Yegor Sharangovich, Jonathan Huberdeau and Nazem Kadri all netted two assists. Goaltender Devin Cooley made 28 saves to net his first win of the season and first in the NHL since April 11, 2024, with the San Jose Sharks. Mattias Samuelsson had a goal and an assist and Tage Thompson also scored for the Sabres, who had a two-game winning streak snapped. Goalie Colten Ellis stopped 29 shots. After blowing a 2-0 lead, the Flames recovered with four unanswered goals in the final frame. Frost broke the 2-2 deadlock at 2:02 of the third period with a tap-in tally set up by Huberdeau's slick cross-ice pass off the rush. Backlund extended Calgary's lead at 7:34, banging home a rebound from the slot for his first goal in eight games. It's the first time this season the Flames have scored four goals in a road game. Farabee continued the onslaught with his second of the game two minutes later. He was sprung on a breakaway and converted a blocker-side shot. Coronato closed out the scoring with his third goal in as many games with 2:11 remaining. His shot went wide and off the glass but bounced to the front of the net and bounced off Ellis' leg into the cage. The Flames, who went into the clash with only one win in six games, staked a two-goal lead in the first period. Andersson scored in his second consecutive game to open the scoring, pouncing on a rebound at the 5:58 mark. Farabee doubled the lead by redirecting from the doorstep Kadri's pass from deep in the zone at 12:04 of the opening frame. The Sabres cued up their comeback with Samuelsson's second goal in three games. He intercepted a poor clearing attempt and unloaded a wrist shot from the right circle at 10:21 of the second period. Thompson tied the clash five minutes later, smashing off the post and in a one-timer from the right point to give him a four-game goal-scoring streak and a fifth goal in six outings.