The first time Freddie Sjostrom skated he was scared off the ice by the Zamboni.

  The Swede was 3 years old then. Now aged 26, Sjostrom showed no fear in scoring the prettiest Flame goal of the young season to clinch a 6-3 verdict over Columbus on Tuesday.

  Sjostrom’s first goal as a Flame was the final goal of the evening coming with 4:05 remaining in the game.

  He took a hard stretch pass from Robyn Regehr at the Bluejackets blueline. He then went to the net but was forced to the far circle by defenseman Mathieu Roy and appeared to be taken out of the scoring chance. Suddenly Sjostromn spun around shooting the puck into the far side of the net.

  Sjostrom ended with a goal and an assist for his best offensive evening as a Flame. The best player was captain Jarome Iginla with a goal and 2 assists. It was a solid all-round show from the Flames all-time leading scorer.

  The Flames had another solid first period scoring 3 goals. In the past 4 games the Flames have outscored the opposition, 11-2 in the opening stanza.  But the lead slipped away in when Columbus scored a pair of PPG in 48 seconds early in period 2.

  Then the Flames showed some killer instinct rattling off 3 unanswered goals against Steve Mason.

  Miikka Kiprusoff made the timely saves to notch his 197th win in the Flame nets.

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