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Takeaways: How the Sharks youngsters made the Evander Kane trade happen

CALGARY, Alberta — The game-time decision proved to be the right decision.

Evander Kane recorded the first hat trick and four-goal game of his career Friday, propelling the Sharks to a 7-4 victory over the Calgary Flames in a Pacific Division battle loaded with playoff implications after he skipped the team’s morning practice with a lower-body injury.

Head coach Pete DeBoer labeled Kane, who missed two shifts in Edmonton Wednesday because of the injury, as a “game-time decision” Friday morning.

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