The Calgary Flames provided a huge boost to their slim playoff hopes with a 4-2 home-ice victory over the Minnesota Wild on Friday.

Mikael Backlund, Yegor Sharangovich and Ryan Lomberg also scored as Calgary built a 4-0 lead. Dustin Wolf made 16 saves, allowing only late goals to Yakov Trenin and Gustav Nyquist. Filip Gustavsson ...

Yakov Trenin and Gustav Nyquist scored for the Wild (43-30-7), who have lost five of seven (3-0-4). Filip Gustavsson allowed ...

With three games left and a game in hand on both clubs, the Flames odds are still long. But on Friday night they took care of the one thing they could and played one of their most complete games of ...

Calgary Flames' Ryan Lomberg (70) celebrates his goal with teammate Adam ... But as has often been the formula, rookie goaltender Dustin Wolf made some timely stops to keep the visitors off the ...

Yegor Sharangovich, Nazem Kadri and Ryan Lomberg also scored for Calgary ... Starting his season-high sixth game in a row, rookie goaltender Dustin Wolf made 16 saves to improve to 27-16-8.