Iginla, Flames cure ills against the Kings

Jarome Iginla scored his 21st goal of the season and had three assists to help the Calgary Flames end a three-game losing streak with a 6-4 victory over the Kings on Friday night.

Dion Phaneuf and Alex Tanguay also scored for Calgary, which moved into a tie for first with Minnesota in the Northwest Division.

Lubomir Visnovsky scored twice for the Kings, and Craig Conroy and Alexander Frolov also had goals.

Iginla, who hadn’t scored in six games, put one in at 5:39 of the first period. With the Flames on the power play, Iginla took a pass from Kristian Huselius and skated out of the corner and slid a shot under goalie Barry Brust.

With Calgary ahead 2-1 early in the second and on a two-minute two-man advantage, Iginla helped the Flames grab their first two-goal lead, setting up Daymond Langkow’s goal from the slot at 2:54.

Iginla then set up Huselius for two empty-net goals in the final 1:21. Goals 30 seconds apart by Conroy and Visnovsky in the final minute temporarily drew the Kings to within a goal at 5-4.

The Kings entered the game ranked second-lowest in penalty killing, and Calgary took advantage, going two for eight with the extra man. The Kings have yielded 19 power-play goals over their last 11 games.

Calgary took a 2-0 lead at 10:13 of the first. Dustin Boyd pressured Kings defenseman Oleg Tverdovsky into turning the puck over at the Flames’ blue line, where Phaneuf quickly fired a slap shot into the net.