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Flames win 3rd consecutive game, hold off Oilers

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames won a third straight game under new head coach Darryl Sutter with a 4-3 victory Monday over the visiting Edmonton Oilers.

Elias Lindholm, Dillon Dube and Andrew Mangiapane each had a goal and an assist and Noah Hanifin also scored for Calgary (14-12-3).

Mikael Backlund had a pair of assists and Jacob Markstrom stopped 28-of-31 shots for the win. Sutter replaced Geoff Ward, who was fired March 4.

Leon Draisaitl, Josh Archibald and defenceman Adam Larsson scored for Edmonton (18-13-0), which played its third game in four days.

Mike Smith had 23 saves in the loss.