Kadri seals Flames' 4-3 shootout win over Oilers in eighth round

Calgary rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat rival Edmonton 4-3 in a shootout on Wednesday night at Rogers Place, with Nazem Kadri scoring the decisive attempt in the eighth round to give the Flames two points in the season opener. The game featured Leon Draisaitl’s 400th career goal for the Oilers and a first-NHL goal by Calgary rookie Matvei Gridin.

Edmonton built a 3-0 lead by the middle of the second period. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins opened the scoring on a power play late in the first, and Andrew Mangiapane added a second-period marker before Draisaitl converted a David Tomasek feed at 8:32 of the second to reach the milestone. Gridin cut the deficit to 3-1 12:40 into the second when a centering pass deflected off an Oilers defender and past goalie Stuart Skinner. Connor Zary pulled Calgary within one on a power play later in the period, and Blake Coleman tied the game 40 seconds into the third after Skinner failed to clear a bouncing puck.

Dustin Wolf made 32 saves for the Flames and stopped six shootout attempts, while Skinner finished with 19 saves and stopped six shooters in the skills competition before Kadri slipped a backhand past him to end it. Gridin, the Flames’...