The Calgary Flames blew a 3-2 lead in the third period to fall to the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday, the visitor's first trip to the Saddledome.

CALGARY -- Lawson Crouse scored twice, and the Utah Hockey Club rallied for a 5-3 win against the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome on Thursday. Clayton Keller had a goal and an assist, and Logan Cooley scored for Utah (17-15-6), who had lost five straight (0-4-1). Karel Vejmelka made 23 saves.

The Calgary Flames hosted the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday evening for the very first time. What unfolded was three pretty even periods of hockey, but the Flames’ attention to detail with the puck waned as the game wore on and their mistakes caught up with them.

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Utah is back in the win column. A gutsy third-period effort against the Calgary Flames on Thursday earned them a 5-3 win, ending their five-game losing streak.

Thanks to a big night for big man Lawson Crouse, a pair of droughts ended on Thursday. Crouse snapped a 14-game goalless skid with two tallies and Utah ended a five-game winless streak with a 5-3 comeback victory over the Calgary Flames.

Calgary ended 2024 with a bang - figuratively and literally - Tuesday night, and this evening, they'll look to start 2025 the same way, hosting a brand-new opponent in the Utah Hockey Club at the Scotiabank Saddledome.