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Three takeaways as Flames stay in playoff hunt with vital win over Wild

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The Calgary Flames beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 in a do-or-die game on Friday night .

Mikael Backlund , Nazem Kadri , Yegor Sharangovich and Ryan Lomberg all scored for the Flames .

The Wild and St. Louis Blues remain three points behind the Flames in the standings.

The Belarussian winger scored for a second straight game on Friday and now has four points in his last five .

The Saddledome faithful lost its collective mind when he buried his breakaway to make it 4 -0.

It was one of those moments that make big games like Friday ’s so memorable.

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