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Friday, May 8, 2015

{allcanada} Power-play goals help Ducks defeat Flames in Game 4

CALGARY -- The Anaheim Ducks are one win from the Western Conference Final.

Matt Beleskey scored the game-winning goal, and Frederik Andersen made 25 saves to lift the Ducks to a 4-2 win against the Calgary Flames on Friday in Game 4 of the Western Conference Second Round at Scotiabank Saddledome.

The Ducks lead the best-of-7-series 3-1. Game 5 is Sunday (10 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, TVA Sports) in Anaheim. Including the Stanley Cup Playoffs and regular season, the Ducks have won 21 straight games at Honda Center against the Flames dating to Game 3 of their first-round playoff series in 2006.

Anaheim hasn't advanced to the conference final since winning the Stanley Cup in 2007.

Beleskey helped make good on a four-minute power play to start the third period after Joe Colborne was assessed a double minor for high sticking at the end of the second. Karri Ramo stopped Jakob Silfverberg's initial shot but kicked the puck to Beleskey, who beat the Flames goaltender to make it 3-2 at 1:11 with his fourth goal of the playoffs.

Beleskey has one goal in each of the first four games of the series, joining Teemu Selanne as the only other Anaheim player to score in Games 1-4 of a playoff series; Selanne did so in the 2011 first round against the Nashville Predators.

Patrick Maroon scored an empty-net goal with 36.7 seconds remaining, and Andersen made saves on all eight shots he faced in the third period to earn his seventh win of the playoffs.

Silfverberg gave the Ducks a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal early in the first period, but the Flames responded 39 seconds later.

Stickhandling into the Ducks end, Johnny Gaudreau darted between two Anaheim defenders before stepping around Hampus Lindholm and breaking in on Andersen. The Ducks goalie got his pad down to stop Gaudreau from jamming the puck in, but Sean Monahan tapped the rebound into the back of the net to tie the game.

Micheal Ferland, playing in his first game since leaving the first period of Game 1 of the series with an undisclosed injury, stepped over the Anaheim blue line and beat Andersen to the blocker side with a slap shot from 40 feet out 67 seconds later to put Calgary up 2-1.

Andersen's glove save against Gaudreau on a rebound at 5:32 of the second and Ramo's point-blank pad save against Maroon at 11:00 held the score until a Gaudreau gaffe led to Andrew Cogliano's goal with 3:18 remaining in the period.

After picking up a loose puck, Gaudreau started to head up ice but was stripped by Cogliano, who took a quick return pass from Kyle Palmieri before beating Ramo between the legs to tie the game 2-2.