CALGARY -- Ryan Smyth didnt need a stick to score the goal that mattered to Edmonton.
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Oilers used a 27-save save shutout by Devan Dubnyk and a pair of goals by Smyth
to beat the Calgary Flames 2-0 on Friday. Smyth, who also scored into an empty
net with six seconds left, had a fortunate bounce to open the scoring in the
first period. With Smyth stationed at the top of the goal crease, Ales Hemsky
fired puck from the corner that hit Smyth in the chest and bounced past Calgarys
Reto Berra. There was a lengthy video review but the goal was upheld. "When you
get a goal like that, light the light and keep them at zero," said Dubnyk. "We
did a good job, especially toward the end of game when they were pushing to get
one, we didnt give them much." It was Smyths first goals in 14 games. "Smitty
battled throughout the game tonight, I thought he was really working," said
Edmonton coach Dallas Eakins. Less than three minutes before Smyths goal, it
appeared Calgary had taken the first lead when Mark Giordano fired a shot
through the pads of Dubnyk. However, as the Flames celebrated the goal, the
cheers from the sell-out crowd of 19,289 quickly turned to boos when the goal
was being waved off for incident contact with the goalie by Flames six-foot-five
centre Joe Colborne. "Its a great call," said Dubnyk. "I know, obviously being
here, nobody likes it, but it would have been an easy one for him to let go
because it wasnt too noticeable, but he comes through the crease and spins me
sideways on the original play. "If he hadnt of done that, then I wouldnt have
been sprawling and stretching, and it wouldnt have gone under my arm." Colborne
didnt see the play unfold in quite the same way. "To tell you the truth, I didnt
even notice touching the goalie. I thought Gio made a really nice fake and
because Dubynk was screened, he bit on it then needed to reset himself so he was
kind of scrambling and Gio got off a good shot," Colborne said. "To get that
first goal of the game was pretty big and were coming back to celebrate with the
rest of our team and then you see them waving it off. Its frustrating but
regardless, you have to score more than one goal usually anyway so even if that
one counted, we still have to go out and play the rest of the game." Dubnyk
recorded his second shutout of the season and eighth of his career. "Its always
fun to play here," said Dubnyk, who played his minor hockey in Calgary. "Ive
lived a lot of years here and its always fun to win. This is the first shutout
here, so its extra special." Edmonton (13-24-3), which won consecutive games for
the first time in over a month, will go for three victories in a row Saturday
night when they host the Philadelphia Flyers. Calgary (14-18-6) has split the
first two games in its five-game home stand. Next up is the Vancouver Canucks on
Sunday. "The bottom line is we didnt play a very good game. We didnt give
ourselves a chance to win. Heres one game that I didnt think we had our usual
jump," Flames coach Bob Hartley said. Edmonton moves to within five points of
the Flames in the Western Conference standings. "You have to give them credit,
they are a hard-working team, but by no means are we going to lay down and be
pushed over," Smyth said. "Were a team thats going to fight and claw and try and
get ourselves bumping up in the standings, one game at a time and we did it
tonight." It was the third meeting between the two provincial rivals and the
third straight goaltending duel between Dubnyk and Berra. They had split the
first two. Six minutes into the third period, Giordano nearly tied the game but
had his shot from the point go off Dubnyks glove and then hit the crossbar. "We
didnt get the bounces tonight but we werent good enough. We have to generate
more and find ways to score," said Giordano. "For too long of periods of time,
we were standing around and not moving our feet enough." Berra had 26 saves to
fall to 5-9-2. All five of his wins have come in overtime or a shootout. Notes:
Flames RW Lee Stempniak has no goals in nine games and two in 21 games since
returning from a foot injury. He had four goals in 10 games when he got hurt ...
Edmonton D Andrew Ference played in NHL game No. 800 ... Neither C Roman Horak
or D Martin Marincin, recalled from Oklahoma City on Thursday, were in Edmontons
lineup.
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round of the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday, avoiding the upsets that knocked out
two other top-10 players. Djokovic didnt face a break point on his serve after
the first set in the baseline slugfest that ended after midnight PDT. He
advanced to the quarter-finals against Julien Benneteau, a 6-3, 7-6 (4) winner
over Feliciano Lopez. "It was very tough. Marin was a far better player in the
first 45 minutes. He was striking the ball incredibly well," said Djokovic, who
improved to 8-0 against Cilic. "I tried to stay calm and composed and believe
that I could come back." Kevin Anderson upset Australian Open champion Stan
Wawrinka 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-1, and sixth-ranked Andy Murray joined Wawrinka on the
sidelines, losing to big-serving Milos Raonic, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. Anderson ended
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broken in his first service game against the 6-foot-8 Anderson, who had 11 aces
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his back worked on. He returned and broke Anderson twice in taking the second
set to even the match. "Its just tightness," he said, insisting he wasnt
injured. "I was a little bit nervous and tight and tired." Anderson earned all
four breaks in the third in completing his 150th career match win on the ATP
Tour. "Game plan is just to get as many first serves back as possible just to
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to close out the win after breaking Murray three times in the final set. "The
third set was just a bad, bad set of tennis," said Murray, who broke Raonic to
lead 2-1 before losing five of the final six games. Murray, ranked sixth in the
world, struggled in all three of his matches at Indian Wells. He rallied from a
set down to beat Lukas Rosol and Jiri Vesely, but couldnt overcome Raonics
power. "He obviously wins a lot of free points with his serve," Murray said. "So
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shots, then with the amount of free points he gets on his serve, thats going to
add up to a negative result." Raonic blew his first match point when he returned
Murrays serve long. Murray held to trail 5-3, but Raonic held at love to close
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since injuring his left ankle at the Australian Open in January, Raonic hadnt
beaten someone in the top 10 since defeating then-No. 6 Tomas Berdych in the
Bangkok final last fall. "I focused a lot more this event on my attitude and
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sort of being very hard on myself on that aspect," Raonic said. Raonic, a
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against Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine, who beat Fabio Fognini of Italy, 6-2,
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