Bruins Fall To Flames In 2-1 Loss

BOSTON -- Chad Johnson continued his hot goaltending, stopping 35 shots, 19 in the third period, to lead the Calgary Flames to a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Friday night.

Johnson, 4-1 with a 1.20 goals against average in his last five starts, was bidding for his second straight road shutout when David Pastrnak's 12th goal of the season with 14:05 left. But Sam Bennett, who scored Calgary's first goal, set up Alex Chiasson with the winner 1:10 later.

Johnson, raising his record to 7-3-1 on the season, took over from there.

The Flames, on the fourth leg of a six-game trip, improved to 7-5-1 on the road (just 3-7 at home) and are 3-1 on the trip.

The Bruins, losers of three straight, lost for the second time in as many nights, scoring two goals -- both by Pastrnak -- in the two games and fell to 4-5 at home, 11-10-0 overall.

Anton Khudobin made 27 saves in his return from injury but fell to 0-3 on the season.

Bennett scored the game's first goal 8:36 into the first period.

Boston tied it up in the third period -- scoring just after the end of a power play. John-Michael Liles and Tim Schaller had shots at Johnson before Pastrnak scored, giving him a goal in eight of the last 10 games. He has 12 goals in 16 games on the season.

It took just 1:10 for the Flames to get the goal back. Joe Morrow, one of the two defensemen split for Bennett's first-period goal, lost the puck to Bennett behind the net. Bennett then made a nifty drop pass to Chiasson alone in front -- and Chiasson scored his second goal since the opening game.

NOTES: Bruins D Zdeno Chara missed his second straight game with a lower body injury. ... G Anton Khudobin, recalled from Providence (G Zane McIntyre sent down to Atlanta of the ECHL), was 2-0-1 with a 3.49 goals against average and .874 save percentage during his three-game conditioning stint in the AHL. ... Calgary RW Chris Versteeg, who returned from a nine-game absence with a groin strain and set up the first goal a 2-0 win at Columbus, left Thursday's practice at Boston University and was out again Friday. ... Friday would have been a "homecoming" for former Boston College star Johnny Goudreau, but he is out with a broken finger. ... Flames G Chad Johnson was 17-4-3 with two shutouts as Tuukka Rask's backup in Boston in 2013-14. ... The Flames are at Philadelphia on Sunday night while the Bruins host the Tampa Bay Lightning in a Sunday matinee. ... Calgary recalled C Mark Jankowski from Stockton of the AHL but didn't dress after skating in the warmup.

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