CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Two goals in 98 seconds erased two bad periods of hockey by the Boston Bruins and made Jarome Iginla a winner in his return to Calgary.

After soaking up extended cheers before and after the game, Iginla said the experience was more than he could have hoped for.

“Honestly, coming back, part of you is looking forward to it and then you just want to get through it,” the former Flames captain said. “I didn’t have a lot of feelings of just trying to get through it. I really enjoyed it all.”

David Krejci scored on the power play at 13:49 of the third, Reilly Smith put Boston ahead moments later and the Bruins rallied to beat the Flames 2-1 on Tuesday night.

Iginla received a long standing ovation before the opening faceoff of his first game back in Calgary since he was traded to Pittsburgh last season. He signed with the Bruins as a free agent in the offseason.

“It was definitely emotional. It was a cool feeling,” Iginla said. “It felt special, the ovation there at the start, and then you kind of feel funny standing out there.”

The Flames honored him with a video montage, but the crowd at Scotiabank Saddledome was on its feet before the tribute. Iginla lifted his stick in acknowledgment several times and saluted his former teammates on the Calgary bench.

He joined Boston’s starting five at the blue line for the national anthems, and the ovation continued for some time. Iginla attempted to get his game face on, but broke into a wide grin when he heard the familiar chants of “Iggy! Iggy!” and so he raised his stick again.

Iginla played 16 seasons for the Flames and was their captain for nine before he agreed to be dealt to the Penguins on March 27 for a firstround draft pick and a pair of college forwards.

“You don’t really know what the response is going to be,” Iginla said. “People were great and they made it very special for myself and for my mom — I haven’t talked to her yet — and my dad.

“It’s pretty cool and it’s humbling and people are cheering and it’s pretty special,” he added. “It did make me feel good.”

Only 1:38 after Krejci pulled Boston even, Smith skated down left wing, cut around defenseman T.J. Brodie and roofed a shot into the top corner of the net over the outstretched glove of Reto Berra.

Tuukka Rask made 26 saves to help Boston win its third straight.

“Those first two periods were really tough to watch,” Bruins coach Claude Julien said. “We just couldn’t get anything going. Our true colors came out in the third. Somehow we’ve got to get our team to play three periods that way and stop pushing our luck here.”

Jiri Hudler scored in the second period for the Flames, who had won three of four. Berra stopped 22 shots.

After the Bruins (21-8-2) were outshot 22-9 through two periods, Smith said the players got a stern talking to from the coaching staff during the intermission.

Notes — Iginla’s last game in Calgary as a member of the Flames was on March 24 when he scored the game-winning goal in a 3-2 triumph over St. Louis. Iginla played one more game, a 2-0 loss at Chicago two nights later, before he was traded. .