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Kiprusoff shines but Backstrom wins News Sports Entertainment Radio TV My Region Member Centre Login Sign UpHalifax (Shearwater) Change City8c Tomorrow0c Snow and blowing snow Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool FIFA World Cup Vancouver Now Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Auto Racing LICENSE EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Kiprusoff shines but Backstrom winsWild stage comeback win to beat Flames in OTLast Updated Saturday December 12 2009 159 AM ET By Jesse Campigotto CBC Sports Look out for Finland at the Vancouver OlympicsThats what many fans at the Saddledome may have been thinking as they witnessed a brilliant display of goaltending Friday night by the two men expected to contend for the Finns No 1 job at the Winter GamesThe Flames Miikka Kiprusoff shined the brightest making 44 saves but the Wilds Niklas Backstrom got the last laugh when Minnesota rallied for a 21 victory in overtimeIts a shame to waste a performance like that said Calgary assistant coach Dave Lowry Kiprusoff gave us every opportunity to winMartin Havlat converted a smooth feed from Marek Zidlicky with 145 left in the extra frame to make a winner of Backstrom who finished with 22 stopsHe played great as he always does said Wild forward Chuck Kobasew a former Flame We expect that from him and know its going to take great shots to beat him We stuck with it We had chances you cant let that frustrate you You keep goingThe star goalies kept the game scoreless for 45 minutes until Calgarys Aaron Johnson hammered one past Backstrom to give Calgary a shortlived leadIt was a hard as I could make it thats for sure said Johnson I was just trying to get on net and obviously excited for my first goal as a FlameJames Sheppard evened things up four minutes later capitalizing on a weird bounce off the end boards to beat a befuddled Kiprusoff for the first timeIt was only the 12th goal allowed by Kiprusoff in his last 10 games a stellar stretch that started after the Flames netminder was slammed for six goals in a 71 loss to Chicago on Nov 19Fridays defeat dropped Calgary (1984) to 722 since the Blackhawks beating The Northwest Division leaders have alternated wins and losses over their last sixI dont think we make any excuses for our performance said Lowry We werent sharpWith Backstrom as their backbone the Wild (15133) have won seven...