Anton Babchuk had a short-handed goal and Alex Tanguay also scored for the Flames. Kiprusoff got his fourth shutout of the season. The win moved Calgary past four teams into a tie with Nashville for fifth place in the Western Conference, as 10 points separate third place and 12th.
The temperature was about 16 degrees at the start of the game, with the wind making it feel like less than 2 degrees. It had more hockey-like weather than the Winter Classic in Pittsburgh on Jan. 1, when 50 temperatures and rain forced the NHL to delay the start of the game from afternoon to evening.