Flames 2, Oilers 1

Jay Bouwmeester and Alex Tanguay scored late in the third period, and the Calgary Flames rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. For the game's first 54 minutes, it appeared that Tom Gilbert's first-period goal would stand up as the winner. Calgary pulled even after a spirited rush into the Oilers end by Lee Stempniak eventually resulted in the puck landing on the stick of Bouwmeester, who beat screened goalie Devan Dubnyk with a wrist shot at 14:03. The Flames then grabbed the lead 89 seconds later. Cory Sarich's shot from the blue line into a crowd bounced to the side of the net where Tanguay knocked in his first goal of the season. Miikka Kiprusoff finished with 24 saves to improve to 2-2. He made a huge stop at the end of the game, sprawling to deny Anton Lander with his arm at the side of the net. Kiprusoff also came up huge at the end of the second period to keep the Flames within a goal. After firing just two shots in the period's first 18 minutes, the Oilers peppered Kiprusoff with four shots on a late power play. Dubnyk made 26 saves for Edmonton (2-2-1). The Oilers have lost 16 of 17 against the Flames, including nine in a row in Calgary. Edmonton played with seven defenseman because second-year forward Taylor Hall sat out with the flu. Calgary (2-3) got its season-high, six-game homestand off to an excellent start. Edmonton scored the only goal of the first period by capitalizing on a power play, the result of an undisciplined penalty by Calgary's Tim Jackman, who cross-checked Cam Barker in a skirmish after the play. It took only 27 seconds for the Oilers to connect, with Gilbert ripping a hard slap shot past Kiprusoff on the glove side from just inside the blue line. Edmonton coach Tom Renney continued his early-season pattern of alternating goalies, going with the 25-year-old Dubnyk, who played his minor hockey in Calgary. Dubnyk started the season opener and looked great turning aside 33 of 34 shots in a 2-1 shootout win over Pittsburgh in their season opener. But in his second game, he surrendered four goals on 26 shots in a loss to Vancouver. He bounced back with a good outing against Calgary. NOTES: Linus Omark took Hall's spot on a line with rookie Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jordan Eberle. ... RW Pierre-Luc Latourneau-Leblond made his Flames debut. Also returning was C Brendan Morrison, out since tearing a knee ligament in March. That bumped rookie C Roman Horak and LW Tom Kostopoulos out of the lineup. ... Calgary captain Jarome Iginla played in his 1,111th NHL game, moving him into a tie for 145th on the career list with Flames coach Brent Sutter and longtime Calgary player Lanny McDonald. ... Edmonton D Ryan Whitney (ankle) made his season debut.