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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Chad Johnson withstood an early barrage by Minnesota and stayed steady all night for Calgary in the net.Johnny Gaudreau took some hard hits and left the game twice after scoring the only goal.Troy Brouwer found two teeth in his mouthguard.Thats the kind of gritty game this was. Thats the kind of grinding victory the Flames badly needed.Gaudreaus goal early in the first period held up and Johnson stopped 27 shots for Calgarys first shutout of the season, fueling a 1-0 victory for the Flames over the Wild that ended their four-game losing streak on Tuesday.Its almost more confidence-building for us than like a 7-5 game or something, Brouwer said. To be able to hold the lead all the way to the end, get Johnny a shutout, those are huge things that guys really take pride in. So tonight the way we won is just as important as the win itself.Outscored 17-4 over the skid, with two of those goals from Gaudreau, Johnson and the Flames gave their NHL-worst goals against average a big boost. Their scoring differential, now at minus-19, is last in the league. Flames goalie Brian Elliott, formerly of the St. Louis Blues, has an 8-2 record with a 2.18 goals against average in 12 career games against the Wild, but Johnson got the call from coach Glen Gulutzan instead.We got better as a group as the game went on, and everybody was more confident defensively, Johnson said. They had a little bit of pressure and we weathered the storm, and you could see that we didnt get rattled with them coming hard at us.Devan Dubnyk made 26 saves and has given up only nine goals in his last eight games, stopping 245 of 254 shots, but the Wild played an undisciplined game and took eight penalties for a total of 19 minutes.The guys are exerting all their energy to kill penalties, not to be able to score goals, coach Bruce Boudreau said. Not making excuses for us not scoring, but thats a byproduct of that.The Wild brought the NHLs fifth-best penalty kill at 88.1 percent into the game, but Gaudreau tallied the sixth power play goal against them this season just 6:05 into the game. Johnny Hockey made a slick move worthy of his intrepid nickname, snagging a lead pass from Mark Giordano and skating across the front of the goal mouth to get Dubnyk to go with him before tucking in a backhander for the lead.That came just seconds after Mikko Koivu misfired on a breakaway shot. Jason Zucker and Mike Reilly each hit posts later in the game for the Wild, whose stretch of 10 games in 17 days didnt start smoothly.This is how were going to have to win, Gulutzan said.The game devolved into a slog of penalties and scuffles throughout the second period, spilling over into the third, and the Wild werent able to knock any shots past Johnson despite myriad scoring opportunities. Theyve allowed an NHL-low 29 goals in 15 games.The Flames, who didnt specify Gaudreaus injury, took issue with some slashing of their young left wing that went on, though Brouwer acknowledged thats the same way he and his teammates play against stars on other teams. Both teams had complaints about the officiating.We killed the whole second period, center Eric Staal said. It just kills the flow.The Wild fell to 4-2 at home after their first contest at Xcel Energy Center in two weeks.Weve got to as a group ask ourselves, `Did we really do enough to give ourselves a chance to create offense, to sustain offense, to get scoring chances?, and I dont think we did, left wing Zach Parise said.Game notesJohnsons last shutout was Dec. 17, 2015, against Anaheim. ... The Wild made rookie Joel Eriksson Ek a healthy scratch for the second straight game. Eriksson Ek, who has two goals and three assists in nine games, could be sent back to his native Sweden for more playing time toward his development. ... The Wild got Parise back in the lineup after a six-game absence due to a lower-body injury. He played on the third line with Erik Haula and Jason Pominville ... For the Flames, LW Matthew Tkachuk returned from a wrist injury that kept him out for the last two games and joined Mikael Backlund and Michael Frolik on the second line.UP NEXTCalgary returns home to face Arizona on Wednesday night.Minnesota hosts Boston on Thursday night.Cheap Angels Jerseys . PETERSBURG, Fla. Fake Angels Jerseys . The quest begins with what is supposed to be an easy one, although Germany has traditionally been a stubborn opponent to Canadian teams at international tournaments. https://www.cheapangels.com/ . The mixed zone is not a place to make friends. Los Angeles Angels Gear . -- An ugly goal by Nick Bonino helped the Anaheim Ducks overcome the defensive-minded Phoenix Coyotes on a night when their ragged power play continued to struggle. Los Angeles Angels Store . -- Anaheim Ducks defenceman Luca Sbisa will be out at least six weeks with a torn tendon in his right hand.TROON, Scotland -- His childhood home is just five doors down the street. The first swings he ever took were on this very property. Colin Montgomerie is back where it all began, the rare instance where a competitor is playing his home course at The Open.Of course, there was a time when Monty came here for the very opportunity that awaits him when the 145th Open begins on Thursday at Royal Troon.Back then -- specifically 1997 and 2004, the last two times The Open came to this part of Scotland -- Montgomerie was among the favorites, one of the top players in the world and expected to contend, only to suffer the disappointment that marked his major championship career.Monty swears it will be different this time. He will hit the opening tee shot -- at 6:35 a.m. local time Thursday morning -- and as he even pointed out, that is not occurring by chance.Its a great honor and I take it as such, said Montgomerie, 53, who is playing The Open for the 22nd time, but his first since 2010. Theres no pressure on me anymore. I used to put pressure on myself when I was [No.] 2 in the world and expectations were high. Theres no question.Theres no pressure at 53 years old now. Im just going to enjoy it and take every par, every birdie, if they come along, as a bonus. My goal this week is to attempt to walk down 18 fairway on Sunday. Thats the goal. Anything beyond that would be a bonus.That he is here at all is an accomplishment in itself. At 53, Monty plays most of his golf on the PGA Tour Champions -- where he has won three major titles -- and had competed in just two regular majors over the past five years.But he entered The Opens final qualifying, where just three spots were available at four different courses in the United Kingdom, and he prevailed last Monday at Glasgows Gailes Links.I was nervous, said Montgomerie, who posted his 36-hole score and then had to wait more than two hours to find out he had qualified. I had gotten so close that I wanted to achieve that, knowing what the goal was at tthe end of the day.ddddddddddddontgomeries father, James, was Troons secretary when Monty was a young boy. The youngster took his first swings on the childrens course and learned the game on the championship course, playing it numerous times before his family moved to England.This is where I started playing, this is home, he said.But Monty is quick to point out his rise as a golfer came later.I think my career was really defined when I went to an American university, said Montgomerie, who played college golf at Houston Baptist. Thats where my career was more defined. This is more junior golf here, really, just learning the etiquette of the game, to be honest. My career was made in America in many ways, when I came back from university in America and then turning pro in 87.There is some irony in that. Montgomerie famously never won on the PGA Tour, never won a major championship. But he had 31 victories on the European Tour, which ranks fourth all time. And he won the Order of Merit a record eight times. And, of course, he was a star of numerous European Ryder Cup teams, captaining the victorious 2010 team.Montgomerie had 10 top-10 finishes in major championships, but just two at The Open, his best a runner-up finish to Tiger Woods in 2005 at St. Andrews. That also happens to be his most recent, and he is well aware this could be his last major championship, his last Open.The reason I did try and qualify and put my heart and soul into it was because it was here, and knowing that this is the last time Ill have the opportunity of playing at Troon, he said. This could be the last time I play in The Open, so its a fantastic opportunity thats arisen here, at Troon, at home.And knowing my way around here and hitting the ball well off the tee and my irons into the greens, and knowing where to miss the shots, theres no reason I cant do well here. No reason at all. 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