Calgary Flames
Your own personal Jesus: Flames vs Edmonton Oilers preview (5/82)
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss…
Edmonton Oilers @ Calgary Flames – 8pm MT
| Broadcast Schedule | ||
|---|---|---|
| TV | CBC | Sportsnet One |
| Radio | Sportsnet960 The Fan | |
Everybody make way! Here comes the new saviour! He's like the old one, but better!
The trumpets will be sounding, the people will be bowing, the press will be hailing…all for the first competitive appearance of Connor McDavid in the Battle of Alberta.
No? No, probably not. He’ll play, but he’ll get the same response any player in an Oilers jersey will get. No, we’ll be focussing on our own young messiahs, Sam Bennett and Johnny Gaudreau, to which we owe a huge debt of gratitude, as without them, the Flames would be pointless. Which, incidently, is what the Oilers are.
| Season leaders | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary Flames | Edmonton Oilers | ||||
| Record | |||||
| 2 | Points | 0 | |||
| 25th | Overall Position | 29th | |||
| 11th (W) | Conference | 14th (W) | |||
| 4th (P) | Division | 7th (P) | |||
| 1-3-0 | Overall Record | 0-4-0 | |||
| 125-110-19 | Overall Vs | 110-125-19 | |||
| 0-0-0 | Season Vs | 0-0-0 | |||
| -6 | Season Goal Difference | -8 | |||
| 2 | Goals For Average | 1.25 | |||
| 3.5 | Goals Against Average | 3.25 | |||
| Time On Ice/Game | |||||
| Kris Russell (24:58) | Defence | Justin Schultz (24:11) | |||
| Sean Monahan (20:29) | Offence | Taylor Hall (21:37) | |||
| Points | |||||
| Jiri Hudler (2) | Goals | Five Skaters (1) | |||
| Johnny Gaudreau (4) | Assists | Four Skaters (1) | |||
| Johnny Gaudreau (5) | Points | Nine skaters (1) | |||
| Special Teams | |||||
| 20 | Powerplay% | 7.14 | |||
| 2 | Powerplay Goals For | 1 | |||
| Dougie Hamilton (1) Jiri Hudler (1) |
PPG Leader | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1) | |||
| 83.3 | Penalty Kill % | 92.31 | |||
| 2 | PK Goals Conceded | 1 | |||
| 0 | Shorthanded Goals For | 0 | |||
| Shots | |||||
| Johnny Gaudreau (13) | Shots On Goal | Taylor Hall (20) | |||
| Jiri Hudler (25) | Shot % | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (20) | |||
| Faceoff Leaders | |||||
| Matt Stajan (51.32) | FO% | Matt Hendricks (58.14) | |||
| Josh Jooris (71.43) | ZSO% | Connor McDavid (75) Benoit Pouliot (75) |
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| #GRITCHART | |||||
| Brandon Bollig (17) | PIM | Eric Gryba (9) | |||
| Micheal Ferland (17) | Hits | Matt Hendricks (8) | |||
| Kris Russell (13) | Blocked Shots | Matt Hendricks (8) | |||
| 5v5 Corsi (min. 10mins per game played) | |||||
| Deryk Engelland (57.3) | Defence | Andrew Ference (52) | |||
| Sam Bennett (53.68) | Forward | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (59.8) | |||
| 5v5 Fenwick (min. 10mins per game played) | |||||
| Deryk Engelland (53.62) | Defence | Andrew Ference (55.56) | |||
| Lance Bouma (56.76) | Forward | Taylor Hall (53.49) | |||
| Save percentage | |||||
| Jonas Hiller (89.66) Karri Ramo (90.41) |
All Situations % | Anders Nilsson (94.12) Cam Talbot (90.59) |
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| Jonas Hiller (91.67) Karri Ramo (88.3) |
Even Strength 5 on 5 % |
Anders Nilsson (92.5) Cam Talbot (90.28) |
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| Data courtesy of nhl.com and war-on-ice.com | |||||
Don't I know you?
Andrew Ference is still in the NHL at the age of 36. Ladislav Smid was acquired from Edmonton but won’t play tonight.
ICYMI
Calgary Flames 1-3 Winnipeg Jets
Much like the last game of the regular season in 2014/15, Sam Bennett forced play to make sure the game started well, and it pretty much fell apart after that. It could have been worse, but a few players went missing that cannot afford to go missing tonight.
Hey, the Flames are on a losing streak now. Let’s stop that.
Projected lines
| Calgary Flames | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing | |||
| Johnny Gaudreau | Sean Monahan | Jiri Hudler | |||
| Sam Bennett | Mikael Backlund | Michael Frolik | |||
| Micheal Ferland | Matt Stajan | David Jones | |||
| Brandon Bollig | Josh Jooris | Mason Raymond | |||
| Left Defence | Right Defence | ||||
| Mark Giordano | Dougie Hamilton | ||||
| Kris Russell | Dennis Wideman | ||||
| Brett Kulak | Deryk Engelland | ||||
| Goalies | |||||
| Jonas Hiller (s) | Karri Ramo | ||||
| Winnipeg Jets | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing | |||
| Taylor Hall | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | Matt Hendricks | |||
| Benoit Pouliot | Connor McDavid | Nail Yakupov | |||
| Lauri Korpikoski | Anton Lander | Anton Shepyshev | |||
| Luke Gazdic | Mark Letestu | Teddy Purcell | |||
| Left Defence | Right Defence | ||||
| Oscar Klefbom | Justin Schultz | ||||
| Andrej Sekera | Mark Fayne | ||||
| Griffin Reinhart | Eric Gryba | ||||
| Goalies | |||||
| Cam Talbot | Anders Nilsson | ||||
Other games tonight
| Road | Home | Time (MT) |
|---|---|---|
| Red Wings | Canadiens | 5:00pm |
| Predators | Senators | 5:00pm |
| Sabres | Lightning | 5:00pm |
| Stars | Panthers | 5:00pm |
| Maple Leafs | Penguins | 5:00pm |
| Hurricanes | Capitals | 5:00pm |
| Sharks | Islanders | 5:30pm |
| Blue Jackets | Blackhawks | 6:30pm |
| Bruins | Coyotes | 8:00pm |
Join us in the gamethread, where we'll be averting our eyes from majesty.
by Liam McCausland
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