First it was a Calgary Sun headline shouting that he was aging.

The accompaning story by Rand Sportak said at age 33 Jarome Iginla couldn’t carry the Flames like he used to.

Then the captain had to play road games at Minnesota and Detroit against teams he had goal scoring slumps against.

Iginla laid it all to rest as the Flames roared back into a playoff spot winning 5-2 at Minnesota and 4-2 in Detroit on Tuesday.

Meshing quickly with centre Matt Stajan and LW Rene Bourque, Iginla had a goal and an assist against the Red Wings, ending a 19-game goal famine vs the Motor City crew. .
Sunday he had 3 goals and a helper vs the Wild, ending a 10-game drought against Minny.

Against the Wings after the scoring the goal to tie the game, Iginla came back to fire the shot 1:31 later that went off Bourque for the winner.
Daymond Langkow scored the game’s first goal and Christopher Higgins the last into an empty net.

The 3-game win streak, the clubs longest since Jan. 5, moves the Flames ahead of the Wings by one point for the last playoff location.

The key now is keeping it going. The Flames host Ottawa on Thursday. Then to Vancouver Sunday.

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