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The Oilers had an early power play but it was Calgary that had the best scoring chance. Jarome Iginla created a turnover and broke in alone on Morrison. A great defensive play by Chris Pronger skating back into the play resulted in Iginla not getting as much on the shot as he would have liked.Several minutes later Iginla got his revenge, redirecting a Matt Lombardi pass behind Morrison from the football game top of the crease to give Calgary an early 1-0 lead.Midway through the period Miikka Kiprusoff came up with a pair of big saves off Michael Peca, stopping the close rebound while sprawled out on the ice.The Flames goaltender came up big again as the Oilers generated a great scoring chance by Steve Staios off the rush but Kiprusoff made a nice glove save off the Edmonton defenceman. Edmonton had a football game shorthanded chance of their own late in the period as Ryan Smyth broke down the wing on a two-on-one. Smyth elected to shoot from the left faceoff circle and Kiprusoff had to stretch out to make a glove save.After one period, shots on goal were 12-7 in favour of Edmonton but Calgary had a 1-0 lead.Mike Morrison had to be sharp early in the second after Stephane Yelle intercepted an Oilers clearing football game attempt to break in alone. He shot high but Morrison stood his ground in making the shoulder save.Midway through the period, Ales Hemsky Igor Ulanov drew back into the lineup for Edmonton, returning from a knee injury. Cory Cross was a healthy scratch... Calgary's Miikka Kiprusoff increased his league-leading wins total to 26... Calgary improved to 4-1-1 this season against Edmonton, clinching th football game e season series with two games left between the clubs. football game
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