The Calgary Flames were happy with their overall game despite winning just two of their last seven outings prior to Sunday.

That faith in the system paid off with a big victory over a depleted opponent.

Mark Giordano scored twice, Sam Bennett had a goal and three assists, and the Flames snapped a three-game losing streak with a 6-1 victory over the injury-riddled Vancouver Canucks.

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Mark Jankowski added a goal and two assists for Calgary (17-13-3), while Matthew Tkachuk and Micheal Ferland also scored for the Flames, who entered just 2-4-1 since a 7-5 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Dec. 2.

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Backup goalie David Rittich made 16 saves to pick up his third win and Dougie Hamilton chipped in with two assists for a team that head coach Glen Gulutzan said is playing its best two-way game since he was hired before the 2016-17 campaign.

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Markus Granlund replied for Vancouver (15-15-4), which lost rookie phenom Brock Boeser to a foot injury early in the second period.

Jacob Markstrom allowed five goals on 19 shots B次元官网网址� with four beating him to the stick side B次元官网网址� before getting replaced by Anders Nilsson to start the third period. Nilsson made 18 saves in relief as the Canucks lost in regulation for the fifth time in six games while getting outscored 29-9.

B次元官网网址淭here were probably a couple tonight Marky would like to have back,B次元官网网址� said Vancouver head coach Travis Green. B次元官网网址淲e also gave up some chances we shouldnB次元官网网址檛 have.B次元官网网址�

Coming off that loss to the Predators that saw them drop to 0-2-1 over their last three, the Flames opened the scoring at 5:45 of the first when Bennett fed a pass in front to Jankowski, who beat Markstrom for his sixth of the season.

Thomas Vanek had an opportunity with seven minutes left in the period for Vancouver, but he couldnB次元官网网址檛 control a bouncing puck at the side of the net on a play that resulted in Rittich, who got the nod ahead of No. 1 goalie Mike Smith, getting penalized for throwing his stick.

It was one of the few sequences where Rittich had to sweat in what was a relatively easy night for Czech netminder.

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The Canucks snapped a four-game losing streak B次元官网网址� which included a complete no-show in a 7-1 home loss to Nashville on Wednesday B次元官网网址� with FridayB次元官网网址檚 spirited 4-3 overtime victory over the San Jose Sharks, but were never really in this one.

Things went from bad to worse early in the second when Boeser, who leads the Canucks in both goals (17) and points (30), took a Giordano shot off the skate and did not return.

The NHLB次元官网网址檚 rookie scoring leader crawled in agony to the bench, and didnB次元官网网址檛 put any weight on his left leg as he exited to the locker-room at a hushed Rogers Arena.

Boeser was seen on crutches after the game, but the team didnB次元官网网址檛 provide an update.

Vancouver is already without two of its top forwards in Bo Horvat (fractured foot) and Sven Baertschi (broken jaw), defencemen Christopher Tanev (groin strain) and Erik Gudbranson (upper body), as well as checking centre Brandon Sutter (upper body).

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Giordano scored his first of the night, and fifth of the year, at 3:56 of the second with the teams playing 4-on-4 when he walked around Ben Hutton and beat Markstrom shortside.

The Flames, who improved to 9-4-3 on the road, then put the game out of reach during a four-minute span.

Tkachuk made it 3-0 with his seventh at 15:47, Giordano got his second of the night at 18:47 before Bennett ripped his fifth exactly a minute later to make it 5-0 through 40 minutes.

Granlund broke RittichB次元官网网址檚 bid for his first career shutout in just his fourth start at 6:48 of the third on the power play, but Ferland made it 6-1 on a Calgary man advantage at 11:09 to snap an 0-for-23 drought.

B次元官网网址淭his is a stick-with-it league,B次元官网网址� said Gulutzan. B次元官网网址漌e had some guys step up.

B次元官网网址淲e had lots of guys going, and we need to continue with that.B次元官网网址�

Notes: The Flames won the season series 3-1-0. B次元官网网址� Vancouver wraps up a four-game homestand Tuesday against the Montreal Canadiens. B次元官网网址� Calgary hosts the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday.

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Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press

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