Jaromir Jagr scores first goal as a Flame in 6-3 win over Red Wings
CALGARY — Jaromir Jagr has finally found the back of the net with his ninth NHL franchise.
The 45-year-old scored his first as a Flame and assisted on Mark Jankowski’s first of his career to lead Calgary to a 6-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.
Jagr’s rebound bounced in off Jankowski’s leg to open the scoring 9:15 into the first period. In the second with Calgary ahead 4-2, the future hall-of-famer showed the type of finish that has got him 766 career goals, third on the league’s all-time goals list behind Gordie Howe and Wayne Gretzky.
Breaking up ice on a two-on-one with Johnny Gaudreau, Jagr got himself open, took a cross-ice feed from Gaudreau and after patiently waiting for Petr Mrazek to go down, snapped a shot past the Red Wings goaltender.