
Mark Jankowski has four goals in Flames’ 7-1 win over Golden Knights
CALGARY — It was a bittersweet night for rookie centre Mark Jankowski.
Jankowski scored four times, collecting his first NHL hat trick, as the Calgary Flames finished off a disappointing season with a 7-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday.
“Not the way we wanted it to end, we want to keep on playing, but definitely a building year,” said the 23-year-old, who had just three points (two goals, one assist) in his previous 18 games. “I just take everything I learned this year from all the vets and use that as fuel in the summer to come back into camp and even better player.”
Calgary entered the night in a miserable funk offensively having mustered only nine goals over the previous nine games, eight of them losses. The seven goals was the club’s biggest offensive outburst since they beat St. Louis 7-4 on Nov. 13.