Calgary Flames
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Tonight, Calgary follows up their 3-2 shootout loss to the Vancouver Canucks with a showdown against the 31-12-6 San Jose Sharks.
Karri Ramo gets tonight’s start between the pipes. The Sharks will trot out Antti Niemi. Ramo is 8-9-4 this season, with a .905 save percentage and a 2.75 GAA. He allowed two goals on 33 shots against the Canucks on Saturday, and at this point is clearly a better option than Reto Berra (5-14-2, .894, 3.13). History is not on his side – he’s 0-2 with a GAA over six against San Jose. Niemi is 25-10-6 this year and 11-2-1 all time against Calgary.
Starting Lineups
Calgary Flames
Forwards
Jiri Hudler – Mikael Backlund – Lee Stempniak
Lance Bouma – Sean Monahan – Joe Colborne
David Jones – Matt Stajan – Paul Byron
Kevin Westgarth – Ben Street – Brian McGrattan
Defensemen
TJ Brodie – Mark Giordano
Ladislav Smid – Chris Butler
Dennis Wideman – Kris Russell
San Jose Sharks
Forwards
Joe Pavelski – Joe Thornton – Brent Burns
Matthew Nieto – Patrick Marleau – Tommy Wingels
Bracken Kearns – Andrew Desjardins – Tyler Kennedy
James Sheppard – John McCarthy – Eriah Hayes
Defensemen
Dan Boyle – Matt Irwin
Marc -Edouard Vlasic – Jason Demers
Brad Stuart – Justin Braun
Join us below for a chat, tune in later for your game recap, and check out Fear The Fin for more on the Sharks.
by Kevin Kraczkowski