CALGARY -- The Calgary Flames' third-period dominance overwhelmed the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.
Lance Bouma scored twice as part of Calgary's four-goal third period and the Flames rallied to beat the Oilers 4-2 at Scotiabank Saddledome.
Paul Byron and Sean Monahan also scored and Jonas Hiller made 17 saves for Calgary (27-20-3), which has an NHL-leading nine wins when trailing after two periods. The Flames also have an NHL-leading 63 third-period goals while allowing the fewest in the League (32).
Jordan Eberle and Benoit Pouliot scored in the first period for Edmonton (13-28-9), which concludes a two-game road trip Monday against the San Jose Sharks.
The Flames trailed 2-0 after 40 minutes but needed less than half the third period to turn the deficit into a lead.
Byron finally solved Oilers goaltender Ben Scrivens at 2:56. Mason Raymond circled the Oilers' net, popped out the other side and sent a shot through a screen that Byron tipped past Scrivens to cut the Oilers' lead to 2-1. It snapped a 28-game goal-scoring drought for Byron and a span of 105:28 without a goal for Calgary.
The Flames needed less than 3 1/2 minutes to pull even.
After failing to bunt a puck out of midair into an open net behind Scrivens earlier in the shift, Bouma collected a pass from Mikael Backlund that missed David Jones and beat the Oilers goaltender at 6:16 to tie the game at 2-2.
Monahan put the Flames ahead at 8:39, skipping a centering pass off Oilers defenseman Keith Aulie and past Scrivens with Edmonton forward Derek Roy in the penalty box for hooking.
Bouma added his second of the night with 3:33 remaining. Backlund forced a neutral-zone turnover, broke into the Edmonton zone and fed Bouma, who lifted his eighth of the season over Scrivens' glove to give Calgary a two-goal lead and cap the comeback.
Bouma had a chance to complete the hat trick in the final seconds with the Edmonton net empty but couldn't find the handle.
It took the Oilers 2:43 from the start of the game to jump ahead.
Off the ensuing faceoff following an icing, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins won the draw back to Eberle in the slot; he corralled the puck and fired his 13th of the season past Hiller's blocker to give Edmonton a 1-0 lead.
The Oilers made it 2-0 at 11:41 when Eberle picked up the puck to the left of Hiller and circled behind the net before spotting Pouliot on the other side. He caught Hiller out of position and scored his 11th of the season.
The Flames held a 6-5 advantage in shots in a scoreless second period, but their best chance came without a Scrivens save.
David Wolf, a late addition for his first NHL game in place of the ill Jiri Hudler, came close to pulling the Flames back within one near the midway point of the second period but hit the crossbar behind the Oilers goaltender.
Wolf left the game early in the third period and did not return after sustaining a lower-body injury.
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