At the outset, Ollie Jokinen was suitably welcomed to Calgary by the crowd and Jarome Iginla was suitably saluted by the Flames with a silver hockey stick commorating his ascent to the top of the Flames all-time scoring list.

    At the end, three players not normally noted for their scoring exploits, were being singled out.

    That’s the way it was Wednesday as the Flames settled back to playing more the style they need to be successful, winning 2-1 over Dallas.

    While the normal headliners played hard, Eric Nystrom scored just his 4th goal of the season at 11:46 of the 3rd period notched the winning goal — his second GWG of the campaign.

    The goal was set up on a nifty play by Dustin Boyd, collecting his 2nd assist of the night. In the 2nd period, Boyd set up Jamie Lundmark for the Flames first goal after the Stars had taken a 1-0 lead.

    Miikka Kiprusoff re-established his goaltending authority after some questionable outtings on the road. It was the 200th win of Kipper’s career. He faced just 19 shots as the Flames were much more of a defensive mode than they were on the 7-game road trip.

     It was the 21st time in 41 victories that the Flames came from behind to win regaining their 5-point lead over Vancouver at the top of the NW Division.

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