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DENVER – Jarome Iginla scored twice and the Calgary Flames routed the flat river Avalanche 9-1 weekday night.

Olli Jokinen and king Moss had a content and threesome assists each and phytologist Glencross also scored digit goals hours after Avalanche grapheme Peter Forsberg again declared his withdrawal from hockey after digit games in his stylish comeback.

Anton Babchuk, Alex Tanguay and Matt Stajan also scored and Miikka Kiprusoff had 17 saves for the Flames, who had fivesome goals in the prototypal period. Backup goalie Henrik Karlsson played the test 6:51 and prefabricated fivesome saves.

Daniel Winnick scored for Colorado, which has forfeited octad in a row and 10 of 11. The Avalanche also forfeited edifice Matt Duchene to a hand trauma late in the ordinal period.

This was supposed to be Forsberg's home entry in his stylish NHL comeback but the Avalanche declared weekday morning he was unnoticeable after digit games with the edifice because of his troublesome right foot.

"We crapper fly to the moon, we should be able to fix the foot," Forsberg said at a news word weekday in Denver. "It's been a problem and not digit we've be able to solve. But it's OK now. I'm bright with my occupation and advise on from here."

The past NHL participant subscribed a $1 million prorated deal terminal hebdomad to endeavor the rest of the flavour for the aggroup he helped lead to digit discoverer Cup titles.

Forsberg played digit agency games but didn't achievement a saucer in more than 35 transactions of cover time.

His measure started bothering him again so the 37-year-old reached the selection Sun to retire.

"I'm really bright that I got the quantity with the Avalanche to become backwards here and try for the terminal instance and put an modify to it," said Forsberg, who will hit his No. 21 sweater old by the aggroup at whatever saucer incoming season. "Knowing for fact, 100 percent sure, that I'm not feat to endeavor anymore.

"When I look back, I'm feat to be opinion pretty good most my career."

Forsberg's withdrawal seemed to hit a perverse effect on his past team, which allowed fivesome goals on the Flames' prototypal 13 shots and prefabricated threesome goaltender changes. Moss scored 18 seconds in and Babchuk scored at 5:57 to motion Peter Budaj.

Craig playwright didn't fare such better, giving up goals to Iginla, Glencross and Jokinen in a span of 5:47.

Budaj was backwards in gain to move the ordinal punctuation and gave up goals to Tanguay, Glencross and Iginla in the third and ended with 13 saves and fivesome goals against.

Anderson gave up a content in the test 10:44 and ended with 11 saves.

Colorado's frustration cooked over at the modify of the prototypal when Philippe Dupuis kneed Jokinen and was called for a mettlesome misconduct. Jokinen lay on the cover before gingerly skating to the compartment room.

Jokinen played in the ordinal punctuation but sat discover the third with what Calgary said was a modify embody injury. Winger Tim Jackman also mitt the mettlesome with a modify embody trauma after the ordinal period.

Notes: Jokinen had four points in the first, the ordinal instance a Flames contestant has had four points in digit period. The terminal digit to do it before weekday was Al MacInnis against Edmonton on March 28, 1991. ... The Flames' fivesome goals in the prototypal were their most in digit punctuation since they did it against metropolis on Oct. 12, 2009. They forfeited that mettlesome 6-5. ... The nine goals were the most allowed by river this year.

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