Dallas beats Calgary 2-1; Bishop exits with apparent injury

Alexander Radulov and Miro Heiskanen scored to lead Dallas to a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday, in a game in which Stars goaltender Ben Bishop left with an apparent injury.

Play was stopped with Bishop on his knees in obvious discomfort at 13:22 of the second period. He skated off under his own power and went straight to the dressing room. There was no immediate word on his condition.

Bishop appeared to wince earlier in the period after dropping into the butterfly and shuffling across his crease to track a shot.

Dallas Stars' Jason Spezza, left, celebrates his team's goal as Calgary Flames goalie David Rittich reacts during the third period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in Calgary, Alberta. (Jeff McIntoshThe Canadian Press via AP)

Dallas, which holds down the first wild card spot in the Western Conference, swept the season series against Calgary and moved within four points of St. Louis for third in the Central Division. The Blues hold a game in hand.

TJ Brodie scored for Calgary. The Flames' lead over idle San Jose atop both the Pacific Division and Western Conference remained at six points.

The Sharks, who hold a game in hand, have six games remaining.

Dallas Stars goalie Ben Bishop, right, blocks the net on Calgary Flames' Matthew Tkachuk during the first period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in Calgary, Alberta. (Jeff McIntoshThe Canadian Press via AP)

Anton Khudobin made 15 saves in relief of Bishop and was credited with the win. He improved to 14-16-4. Bishop had 20 stops before leaving.

David Rittich made 21 saves for the Flames. The loss drops his record to 26-8-5.

The only goal of the opening two periods came at 17:26 of the first on a power play.

Dallas Stars' Ben Lovejoy, right, checks Calgary Flames' James Neal during the first period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in Calgary, Alberta. (Jeff McIntoshThe Canadian Press via AP)

Picking up the puck behind his own net, Radulov slowly carried the puck up ice uncontested. As he approached the Flames' blue line, he stickhandled right through the closely bunched Calgary trio of Mark Jankowski, Elias Lindholm and Brodie and broke in alone on Rittich, beating him through the pads with a move to his backhand.

The Stars made it 2-0 on a second power-play goal at 12:24 of the third, with Heiskanen scoring from a scramble. Dallas converted on both its man-advantage chances.

Brodie got Calgary on the scoreboard at 18:28 of the third, converting a rebound of a shot by Johnny Gaudreau.

Dallas Stars goalie Ben Bishop, right, shoves Calgary Flames' Derek Ryan away from the net during the first period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in Calgary, Alberta. (Jeff McIntoshThe Canadian Press via AP)

The NHL's highest scoring team at home, Calgary has mustered just one goal in the first two games of this three-game homestand. The Flames lost 3-0 to Los Angeles on Monday night.

The Flames scored 29 times at the Saddledome during their five-game winning streak that preceded this stretch.

NOTES: Dallas improves to 29-1-2 when leading after two periods. ... The Stars have won six straight games against Calgary. ... Sam Bennett (upper body) missed his fifth game in the last six. He could play on Friday.

Dallas Stars' Radek Faksa, left, tries to get the puck past Calgary Flames' Rasmus Andersson, center, and goalie David Rittich during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in Calgary, Alberta. (Jeff McIntoshThe Canadian Press via AP)

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Dallas Stars' Justin Dowling, left, checks Calgary Flames' Elias Lindholm during the first period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in Calgary, Alberta. (Jeff McIntoshThe Canadian Press via AP)

Dallas Stars goalie Ben Bishop, right, and Calgary Flames' Garnet Hathaway follow the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in Calgary, Alberta. (Jeff McIntoshThe Canadian Press via AP)

Dallas Stars' Mattias Janmark, left, is checked to the ice by Calgary Flames' Mikael Backlund during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in Calgary, Alberta. (Jeff McIntoshThe Canadian Press via AP)

Dallas Stars' Roope Hintz, right, is checked by Calgary Flames' Garnet Hathaway during the third period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in Calgary, Alberta. (Jeff McIntoshThe Canadian Press via AP)

Matthew Tkachuk scored his 40th goal, Christopher Tanev scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, and the Calgary Flames beat the Dallas Stars 4-2 on Thursday night to win the Pacific Division title.

The Flames won their division for the eighth time in franchise history but just the third in the last 27 years.

Noah Hanifin and Andrew Mangiapane also scored for Calgary, which is 8-1-1 in its past 10 games.

Calgary Flames center Dillon Dube (29) carries the puck as Dallas Stars left wing Marian Studenic (43) defends during the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Calgary, Alberta. (Larry MacDougalThe Canadian Press via AP)

Jason Robertson and Luke Glendening scored for the Stars, who lost all three games on their Western Canada trip as they fight for a wild-card playoff berth.

The Flames will host the top Western Conference wild card in the first playoff round. Dallas has a precarious hold on the second wild-card spot, two points ahead of Vegas. The Stars play their last four games at home.

Jacob Markstrom had 21 saves for the Flames and Jake Oettinger stopped 33 shots for Dallas.

Calgary Flames left wing Matthew Tkachuk (19) celebrates his 40th goal and his 100th point of the season with teammate left wing Andrew Mangiapane (88) during second-period NHL hockey game action against the Dallas Stars in Calgary, Alberta, Thursday April 21, 2022. (Larry MacDougalThe Canadian Press via AP)

Calgary went ahead 2-1 20 seconds into the third period when Hanifin's point shot eluded Oettinger, who was screened by Mikael Backlund.

The Stars answered five minutes later. Fredrik Karlstrom was stopped on a partial breakaway, but in making the save, Markstrom’s momentum carried him to out of the crease. Glendening was right there to deposit the rebound into the vacant net.

The assist by Karlstrom was his first NHL point in his first career game.

Dallas Stars center Joe Pavelski (16) battles for the puck with Calgary Flames right wing Brett Ritchie (24) during first-period NHL hockey game action in Calgary, Alberta, Thursday, April 21, 2022. (Larry MacDougalThe Canadian Press via AP)

Tanev made it 3-2 at 13:05 on a point shot that deflected in off the leg of Glendening, who was battling with Backlund in front. Mangiapane's goal was an empty-netter

Calgary scored first for the NHL-leading 50th time. With the Flames on the power play, Tkachuk stuffed the puck in from the side of the net at 10:06 of the second and thrust his arms in the air in celebration as his linemates mobbed him.

The goal also put the 24-year-old winger at 100 points. His previous career highs were 34 goals and 77 points in 2018-19. Johnny Gaudreau reached 100 points last week, giving Calgary two players over the century mark for the first time since 1990-91 when Theo Fleury and Al MacInnis did it.

Dallas Stars centre Joe Pavelski (16) and Calgary Flames center Dillon Dube (29) battle along the boards for control of the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Calgary, Alberta. (Larry MacDougalThe Canadian Press via AP)

Robertson tied the game on the power play less than two minutes after Tkachuk's goal.

NOTES: Tkachuk is Calgary’s first 40-goal scorer since Jarome Iginla had 43 in 2010-11. ... The Stars’ five-game winning streak against the Flames was snapped. Dallas had been 9-1-1 in its previous 11 games at the Saddledome. ... Tyler Toffoli recorded his 200th career assist.

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Dallas Stars defenseman Thomas Harley (55) takes a hit from Calgary Flames center Trevor Lewis (22) during first-period NHL hockey game action in Calgary, Alberta, Thursday, April 21, 2022. (Larry MacDougalThe Canadian Press via AP)

Stars: Host Seattle on Saturday night.

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