Nazem Kadri scored twice while the Calgary visiting flames dominated the Los Angeles Kings 5-1 Thursday in the last match of the NHL regular season.
Mikael Backlund added a goal and a decisive pass for Calgary (41-27-14, 96 points), which ended his season on a sequence of four consecutive victories and improved at 7-1-3 in her last 11.
Sam Morton and Zayne Parekh, making their NHL debut, also scored in victory. It was the first time in History Flames, two players marked their initial goals during their beginnings in the same match.
Dryden Hunt added two assists for the flames, which were eliminated on Tuesday of the STANLEY Cup qualifiers.
Dan Vladar made 30 stops while Calgary finished the scan of the three game series against Los Angeles.
Taylor Ward collected in his first NHL match and David Rittich arrested 24 shots while Los Angeles saw his four -game victories sequence.
The Kings (48-25-9, 105 points), the second seeded in the Pacific division heading towards the STANLEY Cup qualifying series, will have an advantage of ice at home against the Edmonton Oilers division rival in the first round.
Calgary scored three times in 2:19 of the third period to open a 4-0 cushion.
Morton put the flames 2-0 at 6:05 am from the third, buried a flow from Ryan Lomberg.
Kadri added his second of the night at 7:28 a.m., at a time of hunting after Rittich for his 35th career record of the season.
Parekh made a backlund pass at 8:24 am.
Calgary took an advance from 5-0 to 11:35 am, while Backlund broke a shooting glove beyond Rittich for his 15th of the season.
Ward obtained the kings on the set on a power game at 1:49 p.m., putting its own rebound at home.
Kadri opened the scoring at 2:15 in the second period, slamming a shooting glove beyond Rittich.
Aydar Suniev and Hunter Brzustewicz also played Thursday in their first NHL matches for Calgary.
– field level media