ST. PAUL  — The Calgary Flames haven’t conceded anything. The calendar, after all, is still on November.

Alex Tanguay and Jarome Iginla had third-period goals to pad Calgary’s lead and help stop a three-game losing streak for the Flames with a 5-2 win on Sunday night over the Minnesota Wild.

The Flames wrapped up this four-game road trip the right way, controlling the pace and flow from start to finish against the Northwest Division-leading Wild. The Flames had fallen to 13th place in the Western Conference with seven losses in 10 games.

“People think it’s over after 22 games, and we don’t believe it is,” Iginla said. “So this is definitely a big boost, to be able to break out goals against this team.”

This was a badly-needed performance — against a division rival no less.

“If anything it reaffirms that we can do it. That’s one of the best teams in the NHL, and for the most part I think we took the game to them all night,” Stempniak said. “I think it’s sort of a stepping stone.”

Matt Giordano, Lee Stempniak and T.J. Brodie scored during a furious first period, and Mikka Kiprusoff steadied himself after the early barrage to make 19 saves for the Flames. He improved to 26-15-5 in his career against the Wild.

“Nobody’s happy with where we’re at in the standings, but nobody’s giving up,” Iginla said.

Cal Clutterbuck and Nick Johnson had goals in that first half of the first period for the Wild, but goalie Niklas Backstrom was pulled for Josh Harding after the Flames took a 3-2 lead.

“The good news is I don’t think we can play worse than that. That’s something to fall back on,” Minnesota coach Mike Yeo said.

After a scoreless second period, Harding skated out to grab the puck and clear it behind the net, but Stempniak pressured him — like a quarterback hurry in football — into a sloppy pass. Tanguay was waiting on the other side to shoot it in.

Then Iginla, who was recently separated from Tanguay in an attempt by coach Brent Sutter to mix up his lines and re-ignite the attack, muscled inside of Justin Falk to tip in a pass from Curtis Glencross.

“We’ve worked hard at getting our game in order,” Sutter said.