by Aaron Vickers / NHL.com Independent Correspondent

CALGARY — Elias Lindholm scored his 40th goal of the season and had an assist, and the Calgary Flames won 6-3 against the Vancouver Canucks at Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday.

Dillon Dube scored twice, and Dan Vladar made 30 saves for the Flames (49-20-10), who clinched first in the Pacific Division on Thursday and are 9-1-1 in their past 11.

Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson and Conor Garland scored, and Thatcher Demko made 26 saves for the Canucks (38-30-11), who have lost three in a row and are six points behind in the Western Conference wild card race with three games left.

Lindholm put Calgary up 1-0 at 2:44 of the second period when he caught a cross-ice pass from Johnny Gaudreau and shot over Demko’s glove on the power play, and Dube made it 2-0 at 3:00 when he took a pass from Calle Jarnkrok and beat Demko from the slot.

Hughes cut the lead to 2-1 at 18:46 when he shot by Vladar’s blocker after a turnover in Calgary’s end.

Conor Garland tied it 2-2 at 5:36 of the third period when he tapped in a cross-crease pass from Tyler Myers, but Brett Ritchie put Calgary up 3-2 just 14 seconds later with a deflection by Demko.

Dube scored on a backhand on an odd-man rush to make it 4-2 at 13:33, and Nikita Zadorov made it 5-2 with a point shot by Demko at 13:45.

Pettersson scored on a wrist shot at 17:35 to cut it to 5-3 with Demko pulled for the extra attacker.

Gaudreau scored into an empty net at 18:21 for the 6-3 final.