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Calgary Flames vs Pittsburgh Penguins - 8:00pm MT
| Broadcast Schedule | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| TV | CBC | ROOT | |
| Radio | Sportsnet960 The Fan | ||
| Get the lowdown on the opposition at PensBurgh | |||
Hey guys. Your regularly scheduled Liam isn't around to do today's preview, so I got y'all covered. Unfortunately, I'm not a music fan, so I got nothing in that department for you. Sorry. Feel free to suggest your own songs for this matchup in the comments!
Anyway, tonight, the Flames are hosting arguably the superior hockey team from Pennsylvania: the Pittsburgh Penguins. They have Sidney Crosby. They have Phil Kessel. They have a team save percentage of .941. They have lots of things the Flames don't, so this one might get ugly and/or hilarious.
| Season leaders | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary Flames | Pittsburgh Penguins | ||||
| Record | |||||
| 9 | Points | 18 | |||
| 28th | Overall Position | 7th | |||
| 14th (W) | Conference | 4th (E) | |||
| 7th (P) | Division | 3rd (M) | |||
| 4-9-1 | Season Record | 9-4-0 | |||
| 1W | Current Streak | 6W | |||
| 38-43-19 | Overall Vs | 43-38-19 | |||
| 0-0-0 | Season Vs | 0-0-0 | |||
| -25 | Season Goal Difference | +6 | |||
| 2.29 | Goals For Average | 2.23 | |||
| 4.00 | Goals Against Average | 1.77 | |||
| Time On Ice/Game | |||||
| T.J. Brodie (24:34) | Defence | Kris Letang (26:13) | |||
| Sean Monahan (19:58) | Offence | Sidney Crosby (20:35) | |||
| Points | |||||
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Jiri Hudler (4) Mark Giordano (4) |
Goals | Phil Kessel (5) | |||
| Johnny Gaudreau (12) | Assists | Evgeni Malkin (6) | |||
| Johnny Gaudreau (14) |
Points | Evgeni Malkin (10) | |||
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Brandon Bollig (35) |
PIM | Wayne Simmonds (22) | |||
| Shots | |||||
| Michael Frolik (39) | Shots On Goal | Phil Kessel (42) | |||
| T.J. Brodie (20) | Shot % | Eric Fehr (50) | |||
| Special Teams | |||||
| 13.2 | Powerplay% | 14.3 | |||
| 5 | Powerplay Goals For | 6 | |||
| Five Skaters (1) | PPG Leader | Sidney Crosby (2) Evgeni Malkin (2) |
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| 77.3 | Penalty Kill % | 90.2 | |||
| 10 | PK Goals Conceded | 4 | |||
| 0 | Shorthanded Goals For | 2 | |||
| Faceoff Leaders | |||||
| Derek Grant (63.3) | FO% | Nick Bonino (56.0) | |||
| Jiri Hudler (66.7) | ZSO% | Phil Kessel (70.3) | |||
| 5v5 Corsi (min. 10mins per game played) | |||||
| T.J. Brodie (56.67) | Defence | Brian Dumoulin (50.70) | |||
| Mason Raymond (54.36) | Forward | Sergei Plotnikov (54.38) | |||
| 5v5 Fenwick (min. 10mins per game played) | |||||
| T.J. Brodie (58.46) | Defence | Brian Dumoulin (52.38) | |||
| Mason Raymond (56.20) | Forward | Sergei Plotnikov (55.47) | |||
| Save percentage | |||||
|
Jonas Hiller (86.14) Joni Ortio (86.84) Karri Ramo (88.48) |
All Situations % |
Marc-Andre Fleury (95.06) Jeff Zatkoff (93.91) |
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| Jonas Hiller (86.47) Joni Ortio (88.71) Karri Ramo (88.28) |
Even Strength 5 on 5 % |
Marc-Andre Fleury (95.20) Jeff Zatkoff (95.24) |
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| Data courtesy of nhl.com and war-on-ice.com | |||||
ICYMI
Calgary Flames 2-1 (OT) Philadelphia Flyers
Johnny Gaudreau is an overtime wizard.
Projected lines
- Karri Ramo remains the starter. Actually winning a game (and with a .963 SV% to boot!) probably helped with that. Really, unless he totally blows it and/or there's a back-to-back, it doesn't make much sense to have him not be the starter at this point.
- The forward lines will never find consistency. Ever. The latest iteration sees the return of Hudreaunahan, and then a whole lot of "what" following it. That fourth line looks functional, but the reason Sam Bennett, one of the Flames' better offensive players as of late, is out of the top six is because...?
- The defence is exactly the same as it was last game, which wasn't terrible (although that Engelland-Wideman pairing is terrifying, but with this group, you're going to end up with at least one scary pairing no matter what).
| Calgary Flames | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing | |||
| Johnny Gaudreau | Sean Monahan | Jiri Hudler | |||
| Sam Bennett | Mikael Backlund | Michael Frolik | |||
| Joe Colborne | Matt Stajan | David Jones | |||
| Mason Raymond | Derek Grant | Josh Jooris | |||
| Left Defence | Right Defence | ||||
| Mark Giordano | T.J. Brodie | ||||
| Kris Russell | Dougie Hamilton | ||||
| Deryk Engelland | Dennis Wideman | ||||
| Goalies | |||||
| Karri Ramo (s) | Joni Ortio | ||||
- Pascal Dupuis is out tonight for precautionary reasons, potentially related to blood clot issues that caused him to miss most of the 2014-15 season.
- This is Daniel Sprong's 10th NHL game, so it looks like the Penguins' second round pick will be staying in the NHL.
| Pittsburgh Penguins (c/o dailyfaceoff.com) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing | |||
| Eric Fehr | Sidney Crosby | Patric Hornqvist | |||
| David Perron | Evgeni Malkin | Phil Kessel | |||
| Chris Kunitz | Nick Bonino | Beau Bennett | |||
| Sergei Plotnikov | Matt Cullen | Daniel Sprong | |||
| Left Defence | Right Defence | ||||
| Ian Cole | Kris Letang | ||||
| Olli Maatta | Rob Scuderi | ||||
| Brian Dumoulin | Ben Lovejoy | ||||
| Goalies | |||||
| Marc-Andre Fleury (s) | Jeff Zatkoff | ||||
Milestones
Michael Frolik is still two goals away from 100 on the career.
David Jones is four away from 100.
Other games today
| Road | Home | Time (MT) |
|---|---|---|
| Canucks | Sabres | 11:00am |
| Panthers | Kings | 2:00pm |
| Bruins | Canadiens | 5:00pm |
| Maple Leafs | Capitals | 5:00pm |
| Senators | Hurricanes | 5:00pm |
| Flyers | Jets | 5:00pm |
| Blues | Predators | 6:00pm |
| Lightning | Wild | 6:00pm |
| Rangers | Coyotes | 7:00pm |
| Ducks | Sharks | 8:30pm |
Join us in the gamethread, because there's no better place to spend a Saturday night.