Calgary Flames winger Blake Coleman returned Monday from his season-opening one-game suspension and quickly made amends for his previous absence.
The 29-year-old Plano, TX product scored his first goal with the Flames just 7:43 into the team’s home opener against the Anaheim Ducks.
After Ducks defenceman Hampus Lindholm whiffed on a scoring chance at one end of the ice, Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau sprung Coleman for a partial breakaway at the other end. Coleman successfully fended off a backchecking Ryan Getzlaf and beat Ducks goaltender John Gibson under his left arm with a quick wrister.
Coleman’s first Flames goal was also the first of Monday’s game for either team.