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Calgary Flames vs Washington Capitals game preview
The Flames are one of the first teams in the league to play 10 games this season. What's up, schedule makers?
It’s Hockey Night in Canada! In the night’s final game, the Calgary Flames are hosting the Washington Capitals, 8 p.m. MT, Scotiabank Saddledome, with Bob Cole (!) on the call. This is the third game of a five-game homestand for Calgary, while the Capitals are doing a simple western Canadian road swing before returning home.
The Flames are coming off a great 5-0 win from Thursday, Oct. 23, in which they thrashed a still winless Carolina Hurricanes squad. This is not your Connor McDavid tank team. Sean Monahan finally got on board by potting his first two goals of the year, while Matt Stajan and Lance Bouma scored their firsts, and Dennis Wideman continued his hot streak by scoring his fourth goal of the season, matching his last year’s total. Jonas Hiller got the Flames’ first shutout of the year. | Recap | Fancy stats recap | Boxscore | What a great game for Flames highlights:
The Capitals, meanwhile, have had a couple of days off since falling to the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 back on Wednesday, Oct. 22 (shame on them). During that time they’ve gone curling and Alex Ovechkin apparently did some shopping:
More substantial information about the Caps can probably be found at Japers' Rink.
Game time: 8 p.m. MT
Channel: Your standard CBC channel, since it's the final HNiC game of the day.
All-time record: The Flames have a 41-32-13-1 all-time record against the Caps, because they are better than them. With a goal differential of +45. Because better. Shh.
Common thread: Dennis Wideman. Once upon a time he was a Cap. He played 96 games for them, and scored 12 goals and 53 points over that time. Then the Flames traded for his rights, and tonight will be his 101st game with us. He has scored 14 goals and 48 points over that time. May he get an ovechtrick tonight.
Obtainable milestones: Kris Russell needs one assist to get to 100; Dennis Wideman needs one point to get to 300.
Current records and leaders
| Calgary Flames | Washington Capitals | ||||
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| 5-3-1: 11 points | 3-1-2: 8 points | ||||
| Pacific Division: 3rd | Metropolitan Division: 2nd | ||||
| Western Conference: 4th | Eastern Conference: 6th | ||||
| Time on ice | |||||
| Defence: TJ Brodie (24:37 per game) Forward: Mikael Backlund (18:13 per game) |
Defence: Matt Niskanen (23:49 per game) Forward: Nicklas Backstrom (20:43 per game) |
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| Points | |||||
| Goals: Mason Raymond (5) Assists: Joe Colborne (8) Points: Joe Colborne (8) |
Goals: Alex Ovechkin (5) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (5) Points: Alex Ovechkin Mike Green Andre Burakovsky Nicklas Backstrom (6) |
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| Shots | |||||
| Shots on goal: Mason Raymond, Sean Monahan (23) Shooting percentage: Dennis Wideman (30.8%) |
Shots on goal: Alex Ovechkin (28) Shooting percentage: Chris Brown (33.3%) |
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| Faceoff Leaders | |||||
| Sean Monahan (52.1%, 144 taken) | Nicklas Backstrom (54.0%, 111 taken) | ||||
| Grit | |||||
| Penalty minutes: Deryk Engelland (13) Hits: Curtis Glencross (24) Blocked shots: Kris Russell (27) |
Penalty minutes: Liam O’Brien (14) Hits: Alex Ovechkin (25) Blocked shots: Brooks Orpik (16) |
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| Corsis | |||||
| Corsi for%: Josh Jooris (59.70%, 3 GP) Jiri Hudler (52.12%, 8 GP) Fenwick for%: Josh Jooris (65.96%, 3 GP) Jiri Hudler (52.05%, 8GP) |
Corsi for%: Alex Ovechkin (68.89%, 6 GP) Andre Burakovsky (68.57%, 6 GP) Fenwick for%: Andre Burakovsky (70.48%, 6GP) Alex Ovechkin (69.81%, 6GP) |
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Probable starting lineups
| Calgary Flames | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing | |||
| Jiri Hudler | Sean Monahan | Joe Colborne | |||
| Johnny Gaudreau | Mikael Backlund | Mason Raymond | |||
| Curtis Glencross | Matt Stajan | Paul Byron | |||
| Brandon Bollig | Lance Bouma | Josh Jooris | |||
| Left Defense | Right Defense | ||||
| Mark Giordano | TJ Brodie | ||||
| Kris Russell | Dennis Wideman | ||||
| Ladislav Smid | Deryk Engelland | ||||
| Goalies | |||||
| Karri Ramo | |||||
| Jonas Hiller | |||||
| Reserves | |||||
| Brian McGrattan | Devin Setoguchi | Rafa Diaz | |||
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| Washington Capitals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing | |||
| Alex Ovechkin | Nicklas Backstrom | Eric Fehr | |||
| Marcus Johansson | Andrew Burakovsky | Troy Brouwer | |||
| Jason Chimera | Evgeny Kuznetsov | Jay Beagle | |||
| Liam O’Brien | Michael Latta | Joel Ward | |||
| Left Defense | Right Defense | ||||
| Brooks Orpik | John Carlson | ||||
| Karl Alzner | Matt Niskanen | ||||
| Nate Schmidt | Mike Green | ||||
| Goalies | |||||
| Braden Holtby | |||||
| Justin Peters | |||||
Be sure to come back and join us in our GameThread, up around 7:30 p.m. MT!
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