Wins are just falling out of the sky for the Vancouver Canucks these days.

And for Mason Raymond, so are the goals.

The Canucks forward knotted up his first career NHL hat trick in his hometown, a feat that included a 90-foot lob from centre ice that dropped right into the Flames goal, as Vancouver pummelled Calgary 5-1 at the Saddledome on Sunday.

Raymond, a 24-year-old Calgary native in his third NHL season, scored two goals in the first period and added another in the second as the Canucks' four goals in the opening frame chased Flames goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff from the contest. Raymond has 17 goals on the season.

"It's always fun to do it in front of friends and family," he said. "I grew up watching Calgary so you always remember coming to this rink and doing things here, so that's exciting. This one will be one I'll remember for sure."

Henrik Sedin added to his impressive tally this season with another goal Sunday, his 18th of the season. The Canucks forward has 50 points this campaign and is now alone in second spot in the NHL scoring race.

Kyle Wellwood scored the other goal for Vancouver, as the Canucks opened a four-game road trip with a win after going 6-2-0 on their eight-game homestand.

Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo was sharp when he needed to be, but the four-goal cushion took most of the pressure off the Montreal native. Luongo, who had a 2.02 goals-against average during the homestand, made 29 saves on Sunday.

Kiprusoff let in four goals on 13 shots in the first, and was replaced by Curtis McElhinney in the second. McElhinney made 15 stops overall.

It was only Vancouver's third win in its last eight games at the Saddledome, and first this season after losing a pair in Calgary in October. The Canucks (23-16-0) improved their overall road record this season to 7-10-0.

Flames leapfrogged

For the Flames (20-12-5), that speck in their rearview mirror has suddenly blown right by them in the standings, thanks to losses in six of their last seven games.

The Vancouver victory means that the Canucks have overtaken their Northwest Division rivals, leapfrogging Calgary for seventh place in the cutthroat Western Conference.

"We haven't been strong for five, six, or seven games in a row together and we know that it's important for our club to start doing that," said Luongo. "Right now, we've played three pretty good games in a row and we want to keep it going."

The Canucks lead the Flames by one point in the standings, with Detroit lurking two points behind in ninth.

"You never want to say that as a team you got outcompeted and outworked and we did tonight," said Calgary captain Jarome Iginla.

"They came back and got two quick ones but even at 2-1, even 3-1, we can't let that happen at home in the first period," Iginla said. "We, as players, it's not good enough at home, it's not good enough anywhere. We're definitely embarrassed by that game."

Iginla seemed to get the Flames off to a good start Sunday when he tipped in his team-leading 20th goal of the season at 7:15 of the first.

But Sedin replied with his 18th of the year at 8:31, and Wellwood scored 34 seconds later to make it 2-1 Canucks.

Cue Raymond. The Vancouver forward tipped his first of the game past Kiprusoff at 18:16 thanks to a great centring pass from Mikael Samuelsson.

But it's his second goal that will make all the highlight reels — and probably some year-end blooper reels, too.

Raymond, part of a scrum for the puck along the boards between the benches, lobbed the puck high into the Flames zone. So high, in fact, that all the players on the ice lost sight of it — including Kiprusoff.

But the Finn certainly felt it, as the disc bounced off Kiprusoff's shoulder and right into the net, giving Raymond his second goal of the game only 34 seconds after his first.

"I got it up high and when it was in mid-air, I looked at Kipper and I knew he didn't see it. I thought to myself, this has a chance," said Raymond. "I'm still not exactly sure how it went in but I'll take it."

Raymond scored his third at 12:31 of the second, firing home a pass across the slot from Alex Edler.

Vancouver next heads to Phoenix on Tuesday, while Calgary visits Edmonton on Monday night.

With files from The Canadian Press