Calgary, Alberta — Nothing, nobody, is slowing down the Red Wings these days.

Dylan Larkin and Simon Edvinsson scored first-period goals and goaltender Cam Talbot made 33 saves leading the Wings to a fifth consecutive victory, 3-1, over Calgary.

The Wings moved to within one point of a playoff spot.

“We’ve been gutting out a lot of wins lately and it’s nice to see we can win in a lot of different ways,” said Talbot. “They came out hard and we knew they were going to. It’s a tough building to play in and they made a trade (Friday), so you knew they would come out flying and give our guys credit, we weathered the storm at the beginning and got a couple of goals and locked it down.”

Larkin scored his 23rd goal at 8:27 of the first period. Christian Fischer found Larkin entering into the play and passed to Larkin, who snapped a shot past goalie Dustin Wolf. Dominik Shine earned his first NHL point on the play keeping the puck in the zone.

In his third NHL game this week, Shine (Pinckney) continues to make an impression with his energy on the fourth line.

BOX SCORE: Red Wings 3, Flames 1

“It means the world,” said Shine of the point, and victory. “We wanted to get a good start, so I was pumped to be on the ice for the first one (goal) and to get a point is awesome. We started a little slow but Larks buried that one and we kind of rolled from there. We fought them off the rest of the way. It’s a tough place to play.”

Edvinsson made it 2-0 with just 46 seconds left in the first period. Edvinsson skated to near the dot and beat Wolf for his fifth goal.

“Great sense of timing, of joining the rush,” McLellan said. “A lot of defensemen can do that but they don’t arrive in time. They’re too eary or too late. He found a sweet spot to receive the puck and made the goaltender work and squeaked it by him.”

Andrew Copp’s empty-net goal clinched it with 54 seconds remaining.

The start was again a bit ragged by the Wings, but again they overcame it.

“In the first five minutes there were opportunities to establish our three-foot boundaries, where loose pucks and body position and quick feet, and I didn’t think we did that, the red team (Calgary) did it better than we did,” McLellan said. “But we talked about it between periods and the second period we received the game a little bit, so we dealt with that, and in the third we came out and we were much better than the beginning of the first two periods.”

Talbot won his ninth decision in the last 10 games. Talbot was at his best in the second period with Calgary pressing, and continued with Alex Lyon providing elite goaltending for the Wings.

“What more can I say, we needed Alex in Edmonton (Thursday) and we needed Cam in Calgary, and we’re going to need whoever we play (Sunday) in Vancouver,” McLellan said. “It’s just the way our team is built right now and it’s how we play. But I’ll say it again, they being the two goaltenders, need the team too, so it’s a good mix.”

Calgary’s Nazem Kadri finally solved Talbot in the third period with a power-play goal at 8:34.

The Wings moved to 13-4-1 under McLellan, completely turning around their season. Further, the way they’re winning, being able to win close games if needed, or scoring big when needed, whatever is necessary, is impressive.

“It gives us a lot of confidence,” Talbot said. “We can win 2-1 games, 1-0 games, 5-2 games, we’re winning in a whole lot of different ways, and that’s what good teams do this time of year. We’re playing as good as anybody in the league right now, so we’re feeling pretty good.”

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