Calgary Flames vs Columbus Blue Jackets Preview 2/5/2016

Columbus Blue Jackets @ Calgary Flames, 9 PM ET, Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta

It's the second of 2 meetings between the Flames and Blue Jackets tonight in Calgary. The Flames are looking to sweep the season series having beaten the Jackets 4-2 back on January 21st. The Flames snapped a three game skid Wednesday night with a dominating 4-1 win over the Hurricanes. Columbus just snapped a minor skid of their own with a 2-1 OT win over Vancouver. Both teams are on the outside looking in when it comes to the playoffs right now and a win here would help both teams. Calgary got some help on Thursday night with Western Confernce foes not exactly having the best night on the ice. It's a battle of basement dwellers now, but when Hartley and Tort's get together, anything can happen. Here's how the teams match-up:

The Flames are coming off an absolute beat-down of the Carolina Hurricanes. Sean Monahan scored once and had 3 helpers in the 4-1 win. Johnny Gaudreau, Jiri Hudler, Mark Giordano and Dougie Hamilton each had 2 points in the Flames win. Karri Ramo made some great saves and only allowed the one goal on 29 shots. Here's the highlights:

The Columbus Blue Jackets skated Thursday night in Vancouver and won 2-1 in a shoot out. Alexander Wenneberg got the game winner in the final round of the shoot out and back up goal tender Joonas Korpisalo stopped 38 of 39 shots on the way to the victory. Here's the highlights:

Calgary Flames Projected Lineup (these are the projected lines and can be changed any time before the puck drop)

Scratches: Brandon Bollig, Dennis Wideman (Susp)

Injuries: TJ Brodie

Columbus Blue Jackets Projected Lineup  (these are the projected lines and can be changed any time before the puck drop)

Scratches: None

Injuries: Curtis McElhinney, David Clarkson, David Savard, Sergei Bobrovsky