Calgary Flames
Wish there was something real, wish there was something true: Flames @ Edmonton Oilers preview (12/82)
This ain't no lullaby
Calgary Flames @ Edmonton Oilers – 8:00pm MT
| Broadcast Schedule | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| TV | CBC (Hockey Night In Canada) | TVAS | |
| Radio | Sportsnet960 The Fan | ||
| Get the lowdown on the opposition at The Copper & Blue | |||
Pfft. Gah. Damn. Blast. What a crock of….ahem. Time to start wishing. (This song is VERY much NSFW)
A team has NEVER made the playoffs after starting this badly. Either the Flames are going to break that trend, or they're going to go back to the rebuild (which, quite honestly, never really went away did it? And that's not a bad thing).
So, in order to reverse that trend, they start in Edmonton, and a trip to visit Connor McDavid – and it’s live on national TV, so the entire country can see how bad they are!
| Season leaders | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary Flames | Edmonton Oilers | ||||
| Record | |||||
| 5 | Points | 8 | |||
| 27th | Overall Position | 25th | |||
| 13th (W) | Conference | 11th (W) | |||
| 6th (P) | Division | 5th (P) | |||
| 2-8-1 | Season Record | 4-7-0 | |||
| 4L (1OT) | Current Streak | 1W | |||
| 125-110-19 | Overall Vs | 110-125-19 | |||
| 0-1-0 | Season Vs | 1-0-0 | |||
| -23 | Season Goal Difference | -6 | |||
| 2 | Goals For Average | 2.55 | |||
| 4.09 | Goals Against Average | 3.09 | |||
| Time On Ice/Game | |||||
| Dennis Wideman (25:16) | Defence | Justin Schultz (21:46) | |||
| Sean Monahan (20:10) | Offence | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (21:15) | |||
| Points | |||||
| Jiri Hudler (4) | Goals | Connor McDavid (5) | |||
| Johnny Gaudreau (11) | Assists | Nail Yakupov (8) | |||
| Johnny Gaudreau (12) | Points | Connor McDavid (12) | |||
| Brandon Bollig (35) | PIM | Eric Gryba (15) | |||
| Shots | |||||
| Mark Giordano (28) | Shots On Goal | Taylor Hall (43) | |||
| Joe Colborne (18.2) | Shot % | Leon Draisaitl (40) | |||
| Special Teams | |||||
| 12.9 | Powerplay% | 19.44 | |||
| 4 | Powerplay Goals For | 7 | |||
| Four Skaters (1) | PPG Leader | Connor McDavid (2) | |||
| 80 | Penalty Kill % | 80 | |||
| 7 | PK Goals Conceded | 7 | |||
| 0 | Shorthanded Goals For | 0 | |||
| Faceoff Leaders | |||||
| Matt Stajan (55.3) | FO% | Anton Lander (55.2) | |||
| Jiri Hudler (67.08) | ZSO% | Nail Yakupov (70.00) | |||
| 5v5 Corsi (min. 10mins per game played) | |||||
| Deryk Engelland (53.43) | Defence | Mark Fayne (51.01) | |||
| Mikael Backlund (52.40) | Forward | Connor McDavid (52.35) | |||
| 5v5 Fenwick (min. 10mins per game played) | |||||
| Deryk Engelland (54.67) | Defence | Mark Fayne (49.76) | |||
| Mikael Backlund (55.34) | Forward | Connor McDavid (53.55) | |||
| Save percentage | |||||
| Jonas Hiller (86.14) Joni Ortio (86.84) Karri Ramo (87.91) |
All Situations % | Cam Talbot (90.43) Anders Nilsson (90.2) |
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| Jonas Hiller (87.65) Joni Ortio (88.71) Karri Ramo (85.53) |
Even Strength 5 on 5 % |
Cam Talbot (90.96) Anders Nilsson (90.36) |
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| Data courtesy of nhl.com and war-on-ice.com | |||||
ICYMI
Montreal Canadiens 6-2 Calgary Flames
What the hell am I supposed to say about that?
Projected lines
| Calgary Flames | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing | |||
| Johnny Gaudreau | Sam Bennett | Michael Frolik | |||
| Joe Colborne | Sean Monahan | Jiri Hudler | |||
| Mason Raymond | Mikael Backlund | David Jones | |||
| Derek Grant | Matt Stajan | Josh Jooris | |||
| Left Defence | Right Defence | ||||
| Mark Giordano | T.J. Brodie | ||||
| Kris Russell | Dennis Wideman | ||||
| Deryk Engelland | Dougie Hamilton | ||||
| Goalies | |||||
| Karri Ramo (s) | Joni Ortio | ||||
- Jordan Eberle is on the LTIR for the Oilers, but skated with the team on Thursday. Tonight might be too soon for him.
- Justin Schultz is out 2-4 weeks with a back injury, and will be missing alongside Matt Hendricks, Griffin Reinhart and Rob Klinkhammer.
| Edmonton Oilers (c/o dailyfaceoff.com) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing | |||
| Benoit Pouliot | Connor McDavid | Nail Yakupov | |||
| Taylor Hall | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | Leon Draisaitl | |||
| Iiro Pakarinen | Anton Lander | Teddy Purcell | |||
| Mark Fayne | Mark Letestu | Anton Slepyshev | |||
| Left Defence | Right Defence | ||||
| Darnell Nurse | Andrej Sekera | ||||
| Brandon Davidson | Oscar Klefbom | ||||
| Andrew Ference | Eric Gryba | ||||
| Goalies | |||||
| Cam Talbot (s) | Anders Nilsson | ||||
Milestones
No obvious milestones tonight folks.
Other games today
| Road | Home | Time (MT) |
|---|---|---|
| Islanders | Devils | 11:00am |
| Sharks | Stars | 1:00pm |
| Predators | Kings | 2:00pm |
| Penguins | Maple Leafs | 5:00pm |
| Red Wings | Senators | 5:00pm |
| Bruins | Lightning | 5:00pm |
| Capitals | Panthers | 5:00pm |
| Jets | Blue Jackets | 5:00pm |
| Wild | Blues | 6:00pm |
Join us in the gamethread, where we'll be ordering the tanks.
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