Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markström picked up his second shutout in three games in a 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday.
Markström, 31, helped cap off a perfect 5-0-0 road trip for the Flames with a 45-save performance against the Penguins. Seven of Markström’s saves came during a four-minute period in the first place where the Flames played shorthanded, including an extended Penguins 5-on-3 advantage.
Pittsburgh recorded 15 shots in each period of Thursday’s game. According to Natural Stat Trick, the Penguins won the 5-on-5 expected goals battle 2.90 to 1.91 and hovered around the 60% expected goals mark in all three periods.