Calgary Flames
Calgary Flames vs Vancouver Canucks Preview 2/6/2016 (50/82)
The Calgary Flames travel West to take on Vancouver in a pivotal Division match-up.
Calgary Flames @ Vancouver Canucks, 10 PM ET, Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC
Broadcast Schedule |
TV: CBC TVA |
Radio: Sportsnet 960 The Fan |
The Flames take a short road trip to Vancouver to take on the Canucks for two VERY important points. While it seems odd to call game 50 a must win, it really is. Calgary dropped one to Columbus last night and are now tied for last with Edmonton and Winnipeg. Calgary is 5 points behind Vancouver who are 3 points out of the final playoff spot. A win tonight and the Flames still keep hope alive, a loss and it makes the uphill battle even more uphill. The Canucks come into this contest losers of 3 straight. Neither team is inspiring confidence in it’s fan bases right now, but when the Flames and ‘Nucks get together, it’s always an entertaining game. These two haven’t played since the first two games of the season where they split. Calgary won the second game 3-2 in OT and needs these two points badly. Here’s how both teams match-up:
Calgary Flames | Vancouver Canucks | |
22-25-3 | Record | 20-19-12 |
47 | Points | 52 |
6th Pacific (tie) | Division | 5th Pacific |
11th West (tie) | Conference | 10th West |
3-7 | Last 10 Games | 4-6 |
130 | Goals For | 119 |
147 | Goals Against | 138 |
Gaudreau (21) | Goals | D. Sedin (21) |
Gaudreau (49) | Points | D. Sedin (44) |
Ramo (.911) | SV % | Markstrom (.923) |
30th (14.4%) | PP | 25th (17.1%) |
29th (76.7%) | PK | 17th (80.2%) |
The Flames dropped a tough one to the Blue Jackets Friday night 2-1. The Flames and their top line were flying in the 1st, but after that never could solve Columbus Blue Jackets backup goalie Joonis Korpisalo. William Karlsson accounted for both Columbus goals, while Jiri Hudler continued to play inspiring hockey and scored Calgary’s lone goal. Here’s the highlights:
Vancouver last skated Thursday night and lost to the aforementioned Blue Jackets 2-1 in a shoot out. Alexander Wennberg scored the game winner in the shoot out round. Ryan Miller stopped 28 of 29 shots in picking up the loss. Here’s the highlights:
Calgary Flames Projected Lines (these are the projected line and can change at any time up until puck drops)
Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
Johnny Gaudreau | Sean Monahan | Jiri Hudler |
Sam Bennett | Mikael Backlund | Michael Frolik |
Micheal Ferland | Matt Stajan | David Jones |
Lance Bouma | Joe Colborne | Josh Jooris |
Left Defense | Right Defense |
Mark Giordano | TJ Brodie |
Kris Russell | Dougie Hamilton |
Deryk Engelland | Ladislav Smid |
Goalies | |
Karri Ramo (s) | Jonas Hiller |
Scratches: Brandon Bollig, Dennis Wideman (Susp)
Injuries: none
Vancouver Canucks Projected Lineup (these are the projected lines and can be changed any time before the puck drop)
Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
Daniel Sedin | Henrik Sedin | Jannik Hansen |
Sven Baertschi | Bo Horvat | Radim Vrbata |
Alexandre Burrows | Linden Vey | Emerson Etem |
Jared McCann | Brandon Sutter | Derek Dorsett |
Left Defense | Right Defense |
Alexander Edler | Chris Tanev |
Dan Hamhuis | Alex Biega |
Ben Hutton | Luca Sbisa |
Goalies | |
Ryan Miller(s) | Jacob Markstrom |
Scratches: None
Injuries: Dan Hamhuis
by Mark Parkinson