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Kuzmenko leads Canucks to shootout victory over Flames
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Vancouver record sixth straight road win

Russian winger Andrei Kuzmenko scored the only goal while Spencer Martin stopped all three shots he faced in the penalty shootout as the Vancouver Canucks beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 on Wednesday night for their sixth straight road win.

“Big point for us,” Flames coach Darryl Sutter said. “A little bad luck early. I thought we had a really good start and they scored a deflection goal and a lost-coverage goal quick. I thought we were pretty resilient and battled back.”

Bo Horvat, Conor Garland and Sheldon Dries scored in regulation for the Canucks who gave up an early two-goal lead and had to come back to tie the score.

Nils Hoglander had two assists and Martin stopped 35 shots to improve to 9-3-1.

“I was proud of the way we played tonight,” Horvat said. “It’s a tough building to come into, they got a good team over there. Obviously, I’d like to not give up a two-goal lead but at the same time we didn’t panic.

“In previous games or early in the year, we might have a little panic in our game, Dries scored a big goal and I thought we did a good job after that, kind of limiting their Grade-As. Overall, it was a great game and Marty was fantastic.”

Mikael Backlund, Andrew Mangiapane and Trevor Lewis scored for Calgary, which lost its fourth straight overall — third straight beyond regulation — and fell to 6-1-1 in its last eight at home.

Dillon Dube had two assists and Jacob Markstrom finished with 24 saves.

The Canucks host Winnipeg on Saturday night to open a three-game homestand while the Flames are at home against St. Louis on Friday night to wrap up a two-game homestand.