(SportsNetwork. Air Force 1 Black Outlet .com) - The resilient Calgary Flames will wrap up a three-game road trip on Saturday night aiming for a second straight win as they visit the Arizona Coyotes. The surprising Flames have won five of their last seven games, beginning their trip with a 3-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday. But like Calgary has all season along, the club rebounded to shut out the San Jose Sharks 2-0 the following night, improving to 8-0-1 after a loss this season. Karri Ramo made 32 saves for his third career shutout, while Jiri Hudler scored both goals. His first came with 2:44 left in the second period on a wrister in the slot and the forward capped the game with an empty-net tally for his team-leading 10th goal of the season. We were pretty focused the whole game, said Ramo. We didnt make too many mistakes. We knew that we had to bear down in our own zone and battle it out. We didnt panic and stayed in the game. I think both teams played pretty well defensively. (Hudler) made a nice move and we got the win. Forward David Jones returned from a four-game absence on Wednesday night caused by an upper-body injury. Corban Knight was assigned to the minors to make room on the roster, but Knight returned to Calgary on Friday after forward Devin Setoguchi cleared waivers and was assigned to the American Hockey League. Calgary kicks off a three-game homestand on Tuesday with a rematch with Arizona, while the Coyotes will visit Edmonton the day before taking on the Flames again. Arizona hopes to rebound from a missed chance on Tuesday against the visiting Colorado Avalanche. Michael Stone, Antoine Vermette and Tobias Rieder scored first-period goals, but the Avs responded and ended up handing the Coyotes a 4-3 loss in overtime. We ended up playing too much in our zone. We gave up too many chances around our net, and those pucks went in, said Stone. Mike Smith made 30 saves as the Coyotes fell to 3-5-2 in their last 10 games. Theyre games that are winnable and we should be winning them, said Coyotes head coach Dave Tippett as his team dropped their fourth one-goal decision at home in the month of November. The Flames won the first of five meetings between these clubs on Nov. 13, picking up a 5-3 victory at home. Paul Byron scored twice, Sven Baertschi had two assists and Jonas Hiller made 20 saves for the victory. Shane Doan and Vermette scored for the Coyotes, who saw Smith allow all five goals on 25 shots. The Flames have won seven of the last 11 meetings overall, but the Coyotes have taken four straight and nine of the previous 10 as the host in this series. Air Force 1 Off-White Outlet .C. -- Steve Spurrier was much happier about South Carolinas improved performance than about his lastest career milestone. Air Force 1 Sale . However, it wasnt a problem on Monday night. Evgeni Nabokov made 23 saves for his 56th career shutout in the New York Islanders 3-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night.MILWAUKEE -- Mike Fiers finished eight brilliant innings with a strikeout, pumping his arms as he walked off the mound to a standing ovation. The right-handers first major league start in more than a year for the Milwaukee Brewers couldnt have gone any better than the gem he threw in a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night. Fiers (1-1) struck out five, while filling in for injured Matt Garza, and Khris Davis and Carlos Gomez homered to give Milwaukee a second straight win in the three-game series between NL divisional leaders. This outing might mean even more to Fiers, whose 2013 season ended in June in the minors when a line drive broke his right forearm. "Its unbelievable," Fiers said about coming off the mound in the eighth to rousing applause. "Its what you dream of as a kid, especially those situations -- close game, eighth inning trying to get to the best closer in the league." Francisco Rodriguez provided some ninth-inning drama after allowing the tying run to come to the plate with two outs, but he got Matt Kemp to ground out for his 35th save. The Dodgers mustered only a solo homer by Adrian Gonzalez, his 17th of the season, into the second deck in right field. "He had a rough year last year," manager Ron Roeneicke said about Fiers. "Its always nice when a guy goes through quite a bit of adversity but bounces back, gets up here and has a game like that." Fiers outdueled former Brewers pitcher Zack Greinke (12-8), who gave up Gomezs homer off the left-field foul pole that made it 3-1 leading off the sixth. The right-handed Fiers caught the Dodgers chasing 90-mph fastballs high and away early in the game for strikeouts. Besides Gonzalezs homer in the fourth, the only other hits allowed by Fiers were singles by Dee Gordon and Kemp. In his previous start for Milwaukee, Fiers gave up seven runs in 1 2/3 innings on June 2, 2013, against the Phillies. He broke his arm nearly two weeks later in Triple-A. Fiers made 22 starts in the maajors in 2012, including a victory over the Dodgers in Los Angeles in winning his first big league start. Air Force 1 Cheap. After a tough 2013, Fiers was 8-5 with a 2.55 ERA in 17 starts in Nashville, and made four relief appearances this June with the Brewers. "It wasnt like hes a total mystery," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "He didnt seem too afraid of us." Fiers induced 12 groundball outs Saturday and had the Dodgers walking back to the dugout in frustration. Los Angeles shortstop Miguel Rojas slammed his bat into the ground after a called third strike in the third. GETTING TO GREINKE The right-handed Greinke pitched for the Brewers in 2011 and part of 2012 before going to the Angels in a deal that sent shortstop Jean Segura to Milwaukee. Now with the Dodgers, Greinke took his second straight loss at Miller Park after winning his first 15 decisions there. Davis hit a two-run shot for his 19th homer of the season in the second off a 1-2 pitch that Greinke liked when it left his hand. "He just set a surprise on me" and catcher A.J. Ellis, Greinke said "There were plenty of mistakes throughout the game besides that one. That was upsetting because it was exactly what I wanted to do." TRAINERS ROOM DODGERS: Shortstop Hanley Ramirez had an MRI Saturday after leaving Friday nights game with soreness in his right rib cage muscle, though Mattingly didnt have the results before the game. Mattingly said he thought Ramirez might have an "oblique-type" injury. BREWERS: Garza, who went on the disabled list Tuesday with a strained left rib cage muscle, hasnt started throwing yet but is doing exercises. Roenicke said he thought Garza might need more than the minimum 15 days to recover. UP NEXT DODGERS: Ace Clayton Kershaw (13-2) will try to help the Dodgers avoid a three-game sweep. The left-hander hasnt lost since May 28, going 10-0 in his last 12 starts. BREWERS: Right-hander Jimmy Nelson (2-2) will try to extend his streak of three straight quality starts. ' ' '
(SportsNetwork. Air Force 1 Black Outlet .com) - The resilient Calgary Flames will wrap up a three-game road trip on Saturday night aiming for a second straight win as they visit the Arizona Coyotes. The surprising Flames have won five of their last seven games, beginning their trip with a 3-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday. But like Calgary has all season along, the club rebounded to shut out the San Jose Sharks 2-0 the following night, improving to 8-0-1 after a loss this season. Karri Ramo made 32 saves for his third career shutout, while Jiri Hudler scored both goals. His first came with 2:44 left in the second period on a wrister in the slot and the forward capped the game with an empty-net tally for his team-leading 10th goal of the season. We were pretty focused the whole game, said Ramo. We didnt make too many mistakes. We knew that we had to bear down in our own zone and battle it out. We didnt panic and stayed in the game. I think both teams played pretty well defensively. (Hudler) made a nice move and we got the win. Forward David Jones returned from a four-game absence on Wednesday night caused by an upper-body injury. Corban Knight was assigned to the minors to make room on the roster, but Knight returned to Calgary on Friday after forward Devin Setoguchi cleared waivers and was assigned to the American Hockey League. Calgary kicks off a three-game homestand on Tuesday with a rematch with Arizona, while the Coyotes will visit Edmonton the day before taking on the Flames again. Arizona hopes to rebound from a missed chance on Tuesday against the visiting Colorado Avalanche. Michael Stone, Antoine Vermette and Tobias Rieder scored first-period goals, but the Avs responded and ended up handing the Coyotes a 4-3 loss in overtime. We ended up playing too much in our zone. We gave up too many chances around our net, and those pucks went in, said Stone. Mike Smith made 30 saves as the Coyotes fell to 3-5-2 in their last 10 games. Theyre games that are winnable and we should be winning them, said Coyotes head coach Dave Tippett as his team dropped their fourth one-goal decision at home in the month of November. The Flames won the first of five meetings between these clubs on Nov. 13, picking up a 5-3 victory at home. Paul Byron scored twice, Sven Baertschi had two assists and Jonas Hiller made 20 saves for the victory. Shane Doan and Vermette scored for the Coyotes, who saw Smith allow all five goals on 25 shots. The Flames have won seven of the last 11 meetings overall, but the Coyotes have taken four straight and nine of the previous 10 as the host in this series. Air Force 1 Off-White Outlet .C. -- Steve Spurrier was much happier about South Carolinas improved performance than about his lastest career milestone. Air Force 1 Sale . However, it wasnt a problem on Monday night. Evgeni Nabokov made 23 saves for his 56th career shutout in the New York Islanders 3-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night.MILWAUKEE -- Mike Fiers finished eight brilliant innings with a strikeout, pumping his arms as he walked off the mound to a standing ovation. The right-handers first major league start in more than a year for the Milwaukee Brewers couldnt have gone any better than the gem he threw in a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night. Fiers (1-1) struck out five, while filling in for injured Matt Garza, and Khris Davis and Carlos Gomez homered to give Milwaukee a second straight win in the three-game series between NL divisional leaders. This outing might mean even more to Fiers, whose 2013 season ended in June in the minors when a line drive broke his right forearm. "Its unbelievable," Fiers said about coming off the mound in the eighth to rousing applause. "Its what you dream of as a kid, especially those situations -- close game, eighth inning trying to get to the best closer in the league." Francisco Rodriguez provided some ninth-inning drama after allowing the tying run to come to the plate with two outs, but he got Matt Kemp to ground out for his 35th save. The Dodgers mustered only a solo homer by Adrian Gonzalez, his 17th of the season, into the second deck in right field. "He had a rough year last year," manager Ron Roeneicke said about Fiers. "Its always nice when a guy goes through quite a bit of adversity but bounces back, gets up here and has a game like that." Fiers outdueled former Brewers pitcher Zack Greinke (12-8), who gave up Gomezs homer off the left-field foul pole that made it 3-1 leading off the sixth. The right-handed Fiers caught the Dodgers chasing 90-mph fastballs high and away early in the game for strikeouts. Besides Gonzalezs homer in the fourth, the only other hits allowed by Fiers were singles by Dee Gordon and Kemp. In his previous start for Milwaukee, Fiers gave up seven runs in 1 2/3 innings on June 2, 2013, against the Phillies. He broke his arm nearly two weeks later in Triple-A. Fiers made 22 starts in the maajors in 2012, including a victory over the Dodgers in Los Angeles in winning his first big league start. Air Force 1 Cheap. After a tough 2013, Fiers was 8-5 with a 2.55 ERA in 17 starts in Nashville, and made four relief appearances this June with the Brewers. "It wasnt like hes a total mystery," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "He didnt seem too afraid of us." Fiers induced 12 groundball outs Saturday and had the Dodgers walking back to the dugout in frustration. Los Angeles shortstop Miguel Rojas slammed his bat into the ground after a called third strike in the third. GETTING TO GREINKE The right-handed Greinke pitched for the Brewers in 2011 and part of 2012 before going to the Angels in a deal that sent shortstop Jean Segura to Milwaukee. Now with the Dodgers, Greinke took his second straight loss at Miller Park after winning his first 15 decisions there. Davis hit a two-run shot for his 19th homer of the season in the second off a 1-2 pitch that Greinke liked when it left his hand. "He just set a surprise on me" and catcher A.J. Ellis, Greinke said "There were plenty of mistakes throughout the game besides that one. That was upsetting because it was exactly what I wanted to do." TRAINERS ROOM DODGERS: Shortstop Hanley Ramirez had an MRI Saturday after leaving Friday nights game with soreness in his right rib cage muscle, though Mattingly didnt have the results before the game. Mattingly said he thought Ramirez might have an "oblique-type" injury. BREWERS: Garza, who went on the disabled list Tuesday with a strained left rib cage muscle, hasnt started throwing yet but is doing exercises. Roenicke said he thought Garza might need more than the minimum 15 days to recover. UP NEXT DODGERS: Ace Clayton Kershaw (13-2) will try to help the Dodgers avoid a three-game sweep. The left-hander hasnt lost since May 28, going 10-0 in his last 12 starts. BREWERS: Right-hander Jimmy Nelson (2-2) will try to extend his streak of three straight quality starts. ' ' '
