Tonight Starts Six Straight At Home For The Flames

Calgary Flames vs San Jose Sharks, 7 PM MT, Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary AB

Calgary Flames 38-16-8 (84 pts) – San Jose Sharks 27-27-8 (62 pts)

NHL Standings

TV: SN1 – Radio: Sportsnet 960

Odds: Calgary (-120) San Jose (+100) O/U: 6

Starting Goalies (E=Expected, C=Confirmed)

Calgary: Markstrom (E)- 29-11-7, 2.06 GAA, .928 SV%

San Jose: Reimer (E)- 16-13-6, 2.80 GAA, .916 SV%

Injury Report

Calgary: None

San Jose: Matt Nieto (Undisclosed/Out), Kevin Labanc (Shoulder/IR), Adin Hill (LBI/Day to Day), Radim Simek (Undisclosed/IR), Mario Ferraro (Leg/IR), Jonathan Dahlen (Face/Day to Day)

Just The Facts (Mostly Facts)

-The Flames will look for a better showing than the last time these two met, with Calgary falling to San Jose 5-3. Calgary out shot the Sharks 43-26, but came up well short in that contest.

-Jacob Markstrom will certainly be looking for a bounce back performance tonight after his last start. He was brilliant against the Sabres, but his gaffe in OT cost the Flames a win AND it cost him his 10th shutout of the season which would have tied Miikka Kiprusoff’s franchise record.

-We should get a look at news Flames forward Carpenter tonight. Carpenter was traded to Calgary from Chicago and has 3 goals and 8 assists in 59 games so far this season.

-The Flames are well ahead of SJ in the standings (22 points), but don’t tell the Sharks that. They’ve played each other twice this season and defeated the Flames by a total score of 9-4.

-With that said, San Jose is a mess. The Sharks are 5-13-7 in their last 25 skates.

-In those last 25 games San Jose has been shutout 3 times and have had losing streaks of seven games and three games twice.

Game Social

@MatchsticksCGY, @FearThe Fin, @NHLFlames, @SanJoseSharks, #Flames, #SJSharks, #CGYvsSJS

Last Time Out

Calgary Flames 5 – Vancouver Canucks 2

San Jose Sharks 4 – Arizona Coyotes 2

Players To Watch

Calgary Flames

Matthew Tkachuk (F): 8 points in last 5 games

San Jose Sharks

Timo Meier (F): 5 points in last 5 games

On The Struggle Bus

Calgary Flames

Blake Coleman (F): 4 points in last 11 games

San Jose Sharks

Brent Burns (D): 1 goal in last 13 games

Last Time They Tangled

12/7: San Jose Sharks 5 – Calgary Flames 3

by Mark Parkinson