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8-9-1
17 points – 13th in the West
VS
4-13-2
10 points – 15th in the West
| Team Stat Comparison | ||
|---|---|---|
| Calgary | Category | Columbus |
| 4-4-0 | Home/Road Record | 3-6-1 |
| 5-5-0 | Last 10 | 3-6-1 |
| Won 1 | Streak | Won 1 |
| 41 | Goals | 43 |
| 47 | Goals Against | 69 |
| 12.5% 28th | PP% | 14.1% 23rd |
| 8 | PP Goals | 12 |
| 1 | SH Goals Against | 3 |
| 83.1% 14th | PK% | 73.1% 30th |
| 11 | PP Goals Allowed | 18 |
| 0 | SH Goals | 2 |
| 205 | PIM | 272 |
| 45.5% 30th | Face Off % | 50.6% 13th |
| Goaltenders | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary | |||||||
| Miikka Kipprusoff | 15 | 8 | 34 | 2.34 | 0 | 405 | 0.923 |
| Henrik Karlsson | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2.94 | 0 | 101 | 0.910 |
| Columbus | |||||||
| Name | Games Played | Wins | Goals Against | GAA | Shutouts | Saves | Save % |
| Steve Mason | 16 | 3 | 54 | 3.63 | 0 | 378 | 0.875 |
| Curtis Sanford | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.64 | 0 | 56 | 0.933 |
| Allen York | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3.53 | 0 | 43 | 0.878 |
| Team Leaders | ||
|---|---|---|
| Calgary | Category | Columbus |
| Alex Tanguay 13 | Points | Vinny Prospal 15 |
| Alex Tanguay 10 | Goals | Vinny Prospal 6 |
| Alex Tanguay 9 | Assists | Rick Nash 10 |
| Roman Horak +5 | +/- | Derek MacKenzie +3 |
| Tim Jackman 29 | PIM | Derek Dorsett 623 |
| 7 tied with 1 | Game Winning Goals | Ryan Johansen 3 |
| Olli Jokinen 56 | Shots | Rick Nash 67 |
| Tim Jackman 33 | Hits | Derek Dorsett 56 |
| Mark Giordano 47 | Blocked Shots | Fedor Tyutin 33 |
| Jay Bouwmeester 19 | Missed Shots | RJ Umberger |
| Injuries |
|---|
| Calgary |
| Anton Babchuk D 11/09/2011 is on injured reserve IR hand |
| Brett Carson D 10/05/2011 is on injured reserve IR back |
| Raitis Ivanans LW 10/05/2011 is on injured reserve IR concussion |
| Brendan Morrison C 11/10/2011 is on injured reserve IR knee surgery |
| David Moss RW 11/13/2011 is on injured reserve IR foot |
| Columbus |
| Mark Dekanich G 09/22/2011 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss at least one month IR sprained ankle |
| Kristian Huselius LW 09/19/2011 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR pectoral surgery |
| Radek Martinek D 10/22/2011 is on injured reserve IR concussion |
| Matchup | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary | |||||||
| Flames are 3-8 in the last 11 meetings in Columbus | |||||||
| Flames are 5-2 in the last 7 meetings | |||||||
| Columbus | |||||||
| The Home team is 28-11 in the last 39 meetings | |||||||
| Blue Jackets are 0-8 in their last 8 games following a win | |||||||
| Past 10 Meetings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Visitor | Category | Home |
| 03-04-11 | Columbus 3 | Calgary 4 |
| 12-21-10 | Calgary 1 | Columbus 3 |
| 121-23-10 | Columbus 2 | Calgary 3 (OT) |
| 10-22-10 | Calgary 6 | Columbus 2 |
| 01-08-10 | Columbus 3 | Calgary 2 |
| 11-28-09 | Calgary 4 | Columbus 4 (SO) |
| 10-20-09 | Columbus 3 | Calgary 6 |
| 10-13-09 | Calgary 1 | Columbus 2 |
| 03-26-09 | Calgary 0 | Columbus 5 |
| 02-24-09 | Columbus 1 | Calgary 4 |
| HD’s Gut Feeling |
|---|
| The Blue Jackets have been playing a bit better letely, 2-1-1 in their last 4. The Flames have 9 goals in the last two wins and need to build on that. Kiprusoff is 15-5-2 with a 2.10 GAA vs Columbus. Flames win 4-2 – Iginla, Glencross, Jokinen & Giordano. |
| Projected Lines | ||
|---|---|---|
| Alex Tanguay | Mikael Backlund | Jarome Iginla |
| Curtis Glencross | Olli Jokinen | Rene Bourque |
| Paul Byron | Roman Horak | Lee Stempniak |
| Tom Kostopoulos | Matt Stajan | Tim Jackman |
| Projected Pairings | ||
| Scott Hannan | Mark Giordano | |
| Jay Bouwmeester | Chris Butler | |
| Cory Sarich | TJ Brodie | |
| Projected Starting Goaltender | ||
| Miikka Kiprusoff | ||
