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Calgary Flames beat Los Angeles Kings 4-3

Calgary Flames' Troy Brouwer celebrates his goal during the second period of their NHL hockey game against the Los Angeles Kings in Calgary, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol.

Sean Monahan and Micheal Ferland had a goal and an assist each as the Calgary Flames scored four times in a second period Thursday night for a thrilling 4-3 comeback victory over the Los Angeles Kings.

Down 2-0 after 20 minutes, Ferland ignited the rally at 2:34 when he got behind the Kings defence and had his shot squeeze under the pads of Jonathan Quick for his 16th goal.

By the time Monahan capped the explosive period on a wrist shot at 19:15, Calgary was ahead 4-2 and had completely taken over the game outshooting the Kings 17-5 in the second period.

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Troy Brouwer and Mark Jankowski also scored for Calgary (19-17-4), which has won back-to-back games at the Saddledome to get back to the .500 mark on home ice at 11-11-0. The Flames host Anaheim on Saturday.

Scoring for Los Angeles (24-12-5) was Tanner Pearson with a pair, including one with 1:31 left in the third to make it close, and Derek Forbort.

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The Kings return home having picked up four out of six points on their road trip through Western Canada.

Calgary tied it 2-2 at 7:30 of the second when Mark Giordano’s shot was stopped but Brouwer banged in the rebound.

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