Flames Stay Hot in Calgary Cold Winning Heritage Classic 4-0 Over Canadiens

CALGARY, Alberta — Rene Bourque scored two goals, Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 39 shots and the Calgary Flames beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-0 Sunday in the Heritage Classic outdoors game at McMahon Stadium.

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.