EDMONTON, Alberta – Jarome Iginla scored twice and Miikka Kiprusoff made 30 saves as the Calgary Flames beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-1.
Kristian Huselius also scored and added an assist for Calgary (29-14-5), which has won four straight games to start a five-game road trip. The Flames moved two points ahead of Vancouver for first place in the Northwest Division.
Ales Hemsky scored for Edmonton (25-18-6), which lost a fourth straight home game and fell seven points behind the Flames.
Kiprusoff made several spectacular saves, including a charging Jarret Stoll in the third period, after making his 11th straight start.
Hemsky scored off a goal-mouth scramble in the second period for Edmonton.
The sellout Rexall Place crowd of 16,839 was loud early, but that died down after Huselius and Iginla, with his second, scored goals to make it 3-1.
Iginla nearly had a third goal in the third period but it was called off after video review determined it was gloved into the net.
Oilers forward Michael Peca had a clearing attempt go off his helmet early in the first period before getting off the first shot at Kiprusoff, who made that save and a pair of glove stops off Steve Staois and Ryan Smyth.
Mike Morrison allowed three goals on 13 shots after making his second start for the Oilers since returning from a seven-game stint in the East Coast Hockey League.
Following a turnover in the Oilers end, Matthew Lombardi spotted Iginla alone at the side of the net for a tip-in goal at 7:04 of the first period.
Huselius then scored 16 seconds after Hemsky in the second period for a 2-1 Flames advantage, and Iginla added a power-play goal for his team-leading 23rd of the season a short time later.
Calgary is in Colorado on Tuesday while the Oilers begin a three-game road trip Wednesday in Anaheim.
Notes: The Flames improved to 14-3-2 against Northwest Division opponents … Oilers defenceman Igor Ulanov returned after missing six games with a sore knee … Edmonton sat forward Jani Rita for a third straight game.
AP-ES-01-23-06 2352EST
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