Dan Vladar then made eight stops in relief for the Flames, who have dropped three straight games and six of their last seven in the Scotiabank Saddledome.
The Flames dominated the early game and had a fantastic opportunity to open the scoring courtesy to the efforts of Jonathan Huberdeau, Yegor Sharangovich, and Andrei Kuzmenko.
At 12:34 in the first period, Reimer made an excellent glove save on Kuzmenko’s slapshot. It occurred immediately after he blocked Huberdeau’s wrist shot.
Kane scored at 14:56, three seconds into a power play following a high-sticking call on Calgary rookie Connor Zary. Kane, playing the point, blasted a Moritz Seider pass into the top corner past Markstrom’s blocker.
The Wings went ahead 2-0 just 61 seconds later. Compher received a pass from Lucas Raymond and blasted a fast shot that glanced off Calgary defenceman Rasmus Andersson’s stick and past Markstrom.
At 5:12 in the second period, converted a great cross-crease pass from Kane for another Detroit power play goal.
Only 89 seconds later, Detroit led 4-0 as Perron wired a pass from Andrew Copp past Markstrom, who was quickly dismissed of his duties by Calgary coach Ryan Huska.
Early in the third period, Reimer made a terrific pad save to prevent Flames defenseman Mackenzie Weegar from scoring. Then, with 8:30 remaining in the game and Calgary on a power play, Sharangovich unleashed a shot that hit the post
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