Chicago Blackhawks at Calgary Flames [Game 39]

			-AT-
			8:00 PM EST
Radio	Network		Arena		Network	Radio
720 AM WGN	NBCSC		Scotiabank Saddledome		SN	960 AM CFAC
League	Value		Metric		Value	League
17th	55.4%		Points Percentage		52.6%	21st
27th	12.41%		Net Power Play Percentage		14.39%	22nd
9th	85.71%		Net Penalty Kill Percentage		80.00%	25th
19th	98.13%		Combined Special Teams Percentage		94.39%	23rd
15th	2.95		Goals for per Game (All Situations)		2.74	24th
7th	2.76		Goals against per Game (All Situations)		2.92	18th
2nd	.70		Penalty +/- per Game (All Situations)		.18	14th
4th	53.06%		Shot Attempt Percentage (5V5 Score Adjusted)		52.04%	8th
7th	52.79%		Scoring Chance Percentage (5V5 Score Adjusted)		52.83%	5th
16th	100.08%		P.D.O. (5V5)		99.63%	22nd
22nd	7.29%		Shooting Percentage (5V5)		6.83%	26th
11th	92.79%		Save Percentage (5V5)		92.80%	10th
Data from Hockey-Reference.com and Natural Stat Trick
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Second City Hockey

The Calgary Flames play the last game of the 2017 calendar year as they take on the Chicago Blackhawks. The year might be old, but the career of Andrew Mangiapane is just starting as he’ll make his first regular season NHL appearance as he plays on the fourth line with Matt Stajan and Troy Brouwer. Curtis Lazar gets the healthy scratch.

Mangiapane isn’t the only lineup change for the night. Brett Kulak will return to the lineup while Matt Bartkowski exits. There was zero reason for Bartkowski to play as he’s statistically one of the three worse defensemen in the league – count that one as a mistake by Glen Gulutzan.

Chicago would probably be favoured in this contest, but they’ll be without the services of Corey Crawford. Jeff Glass will make just his second career start at the age of 32. Mike Smith will be in net for the Flames. Hopefully the Flames offense can get it clicking against the journeyman goalie – this might be exactly what the Flames needed.

Puck drop will be at 7:05 P.M. M.S.T. It can be found on Sportsnet.

by Les Mavus