Flames vs WIld – 6:00 – SNet-W
February 26th, 2013 | Posted in Game Day
By: Mike Fawcett
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7-7-3
17 points – 13th in the West
VS
8-7-2
18 points – 11th in the West
| Team Stat Comparison | ||
|---|---|---|
| Calgary | Category | Minnesota |
| 3-2-1 | Home/Road Record | 6-2-1 |
| 5-4-1 | Last 10 | 4-5-1 |
| Won 2 | Streak | Lost 1 |
| 48 | Goals | 37 |
| 59 | Goals Against | 42 |
| 22.0% 8th | PP% | 13.8% 27th |
| 13 | PP Goals | 8 |
| 0 | SH Goals Against | 0 |
| 75.0% 27th | PK% | 84.9% 6th |
| 14 | PP Goals Allowed | 8 |
| 0 | SH Goals | 0 |
| 159 | PIM | 189 |
| 46.8% 27th | Face Off % | 52.9% 4th |
| Goaltenders | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary | |||||||
| Name | Games Played | Wins | Goals Against | GAA | Shutouts | Saves | Save % |
| Joey MacDonald | 5 | 3 | 14 | 2.85 | 0 | 128 | 0.901 |
| Miikka Kipprusoff | 7 | 2 | 22 | 3.24 | 0 | 147 | 0.870 |
| Leland Irving | 6 | 2 | 15 | 3.33 | 0 | 113 | 0.883 |
| Danny Taylor | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 33 | 0.892 |
| Minnesota | |||||||
| Name | Games Played | Wins | Goals Against | GAA | Shutouts | Saves | Save % |
| Niklas Backstrom | 13 | 6 | 29 | 2.26 | 0 | 322 | 0.917 |
| Darcy Kuemper | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2.02 | 0 | 57 | 0.934 |
| Josh Harding | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2.92 | 1 | 54 | 0.885 |
| Team Leaders | ||
|---|---|---|
| Calgary | Category | Minnesota |
| Alex Tanguay 15 | Points | Parise & Koivu 12 |
| Curtis Glencross 7 | Goals | Zach Parise 7 |
| Alex Tanguay 10 | Assists | Koivu & Suter 9 |
| Matt Stajan +8 | +/- | Bouchard & Prosser +3 |
| Stajan & Tanguay 14 | PIM | Zenon Konopka 52 |
| Curtis Glencross 2 | Game Winning Goals | Devin Setoguchi 2 |
| Jarome Iginla 63 | Shots | Zach Parise 74 |
| Tim Jackman 43 | Hits | Cal Clutterbuck 49 |
| Dennis Wideman 34 | Blocked Shots | Tom Gilbert 29 |
| Dennis Wideman 22 | Missed Shots | Mikko Koivu 17 |
| Injuries |
|---|
| Calgary |
| Mikael Backlund C 02/06/2013 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss one month IR sprained knee |
| Sven Baertschi LW 01/27/2013 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR hip flexor |
| Lance Bouma C 01/07/2013 is on injured reserve and will miss the entire season IR right knee surgery |
| Paul Byron C 02/13/2013 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR broken left hand |
| Miikka Kiprusoff G 02/06/2013 is on injured reserve and expected to miss two weeks IR sprained knee |
| Minnesota |
| Cal Clutterbuck RW 02/25/2013 will miss Tuesday’s game against Calgary Out bruised left thigh |
| Justin Falk D 02/24/2013 is questionable for Tuesday’s game against Calgary Questionable illness |
| Josh Harding G 02/12/2013 is on injured reserve IR illness |
| Matchup | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | |||||||
| Wild are 3-13 in their last 16 Tuesday games | |||||||
| Calgary | |||||||
| Flames are 5-2 in the last 7 meetings | |||||||
| Past 10 Meetings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Visitor | Category | Home |
| 03-18-12 | Minnesota 1 | Calgary 3 |
| 12-27-11 | Minnesota 2 | Calgary 1 (SO) |
| 12-01-11 | Calgary 2 | Minnesota 3 (SO) |
| 11-21-11 | Calgary 4 | Minnesota 3 |
| 03-04-11 | Minnesota 1 | Calgary 3 |
| 12-21-10 | Minnesota 1 | Calgary 2 |
| 12-13-10 | Calgary 5 | Minnesota 2 |
| 10-22-10 | Minnesota 3 | Calgary 0 |
| 01-08-10 | Minnesota 6 | Calgary 0 |
| 11-28-09 | Calgary 1 | Minnesota 4 |
| HD’s Gut Feeling |
|---|
| Stajan on the top line has looked good in the last two games. A win will leapfrog the Flames over the wild in the tight race for a playoff spot. Flames win 4-2 – Iginla, Cammalleri, Wideman & Baertschi |




