Johnny Gaudreau has a goal and an assist to lead Flames past Rangers 4-3

CALGARY (CP) – Johnny Gaudreau opened the scoring and then set up the winner midway through the second as the Calgary Flames snapped a five-game losing skid at home with a 4-3 victory over the New York Rangers.

Less than three minutes after New York had tied it 3-3, Sean Monahan gave the Flames their third lead of the night at 8:22 of the second when he neatly finished off a pretty tic-tac-toe passing sequence.

Gaudreau fed a pass back to Hanifin at the blue line, who immediately zipped a pass to Monahan in front, who used his quick hands to score his 14th of the season.

Mikael Backlund and Derek Ryan also scored for Calgary (21-17-5).

The Flames fly out on Saturday for a two-game road trip that kicks off in Minnesota on Sunday.

Jacob Trouba, Filip Chytil and rookie Kaapo Kaako, with his seventh goal, scored for New York (19-17-4).

Former Flames draft pick Adam Fox had three assists.

The Rangers fall to 1-2-0 on a four-game road trip that wraps up Saturday night in Vancouver.

After getting off to shaky starts, former Ranger Cam Talbot and Henrik Lundqvist, who he backed up in New York’s net for two seasons when he broke into the NHL, were both perfect over the final half of the game.