Sutter leads Flames past the Ducks

Brett Sutter, the son of Calgary General Manager Darryl Sutter, scored his first goal at 3:59 of the third period Tuesday night, helping rally the Flames to a 4-3 victory over the Ducks.

“Words can’t really describe it, it just feels good,” the 21-year-old Sutter said about his first NHL game.

He was recalled from Quad Cities of the AHL on Monday, becoming the eighth member of his family to make it to the NHL.

The tying goal came just 14 seconds after Ryan Getzlaf’s goal on a backhand had given the Ducks their first lead.

“It’s pretty special,” said Sutter, a sixth-round draft pick in the 2005 draft. “I was out there for that first one, I thought that was pretty exciting, but I didn’t really do a lot. Once that second one went in for me, I was real excited.”

Teammate Marc Giordano said you could feel the energy in the building after that goal.

“That was awesome. The fans were into it. It was one of those plays where it just bounced around and [Sutter] got rewarded for a hard night’s work,” Giordano said.

Brendan Morrison had two goals for the Ducks, who have lost five of six on the road.

“We beat ourselves tonight, I believe that,” Morrison said, pointing to Sutter’s goal as a key moment in the game. “You have to have a big shift after you get the lead like that and this is a veteran group in here, we should be able to go out and do that and preserve a lead in the third period.”

Jean-Sebastien Giguere, who had 28 saves, was back in goal for the Ducks for the first time since leaving the team after the death of his father.

It was his first loss in his last six starts after entering 4-0-0 with a 1.93 goals-against average in his previous five.