Home-loving Flames singe Kings in Calgary
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Calgary Flames maintained their strong home form with a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday, Rene Bourque leading the way for the winners with a brace of goals.
The Flames won for the third time in four games and improved their record at the Pengrowth Saddledome to 8-3-1 with a routine triumph over a Kings team that were playing on the road for just the sixth time this season.
Kings coach Terry Murray admitted the Flames (12-9-1) were well deserving of their victory.
"Calgary is a better team than we are, that's all there was to it," Murray told reporters.
"They beat us to every area and controlled the boards, made all kinds of plays whenever they wanted to make plays and are a much better team than we are.
"We need to improve in a lot of areas if we're going to compete with them."
Los Angeles (8-9-3) had played 14 of its first 19 games at home and could not recover from a poor start in losing at Calgary for the 11th time in their last 12 visits.
The Flames out-shot the Kings 35-25 and scored two goals in each period on their way to the easy win.
Curtis Glencross added a goal and two assists for the Flames, and Michael Cammalleri, Jarome Iginla and David Moss also scored. Craig Conroy had three assists for the winners.
Both Glencross and Bourque were picked up in the off-season to produce offence and that is exactly what they are doing after taking time to adjust to their new surroundings.
"I'm starting to feel more comfortable now," Glencross said.
"It takes a while to settle in and get to know all the guys.
"We've been together for a few months now. I'm finding that chemistry no matter who I'm playing with and I think this team is on the verge of really getting on a roll, especially with the way we play at home."
Alexander Frolov and Anze Kopitar scored for the Kings, both goals coming in the third period.
(Writing by Roger Lajoie in Toronto; Editing by John O'Brien)
