Flames vs Red Wings – 5:00 – TSN

November 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Game Takes | By: Mike Fawcett

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8-10-1

17 points – 13th in the West

VS

11-7-1

23 points – 8th in the West


Team Stat Comparison
Calgary Category Detroit
4-5-0 Home/Road Record 7-2-1
4-6-0 Last 10 6-3-1
Lost 1 Streak Won 2
42 Goals 53
51 Goals Against 43
13.6% 24th PP% 16.7% 16th
9 PP Goals 14
1 SH Goals Against 3
82.4% 15th PK% 79.4% 22nd
12 PP Goals Allowed 15
0 SH Goals 1
211 PIM 178
45.2% 30th Face Off % 50.0% 15th

 

Goaltenders
Calgary
Miikka Kipprusoff 15 8 34 2.34 0 405 0.923
Henrik Karlsson 5 0 13 2.95 0 127 0.907
Detroit
Name Games Played Wins Goals Against GAA Shutouts Saves Save %
Jimmy Howard 16 10 29 1.85 3 388 0.930
Ty Conklin 4 1 11 3.33 1 81 0.880

 

Team Leaders
Calgary Category Detroit
Alex Tanguay 14 Points Johan Franzen 20
Curtis Glencross 7 Goals Johan Franzen 10
Alex Tanguay 11 Assists Datsyuk & Filppula 11
Roman Horak +5 +/- White & Franzen +8
Tim Jackman 29 PIM Todd Bertuzzi 20
7 tied with 1 Game Winning Goals Johan Franzen 4
Olli Jokinen 57 Shots Henrik Zetterberg 72
Tim Jackman 37 Hits Justin Abdelkader 48
Mark Giordano 48 Blocked Shots Nicklas Kronwall 48
Jay Bouwmeester 19 Missed Shots Johan Franzen 22

 

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
Detroit
Jan Mursak LW 09/26/2011 is on injured reserve and will miss at least two months IR broken right ankle
Ian White D 11/13/2011 is expected to be activated from injured reserve for Wednesday’s game against Calgary IR broken cheekbone

 

Matchup
Calgary
Flames are 1-5 in the last 6 meetings
Road team is 7-2 in the last 9 meetings
Detroit
Red Wings are 10-4 vs the Flames in the last 14 in Detroit

 

Past 10 Meetings
Visitor Category Home
11-03-11 Calgary 4 Detroit 1
01-07-11 Detroit 5 Calgary 4 (SO)
11-21-10 Calgary 4 Detroit 5 (OT)
11-03-10 Detroit 2 Calgary 1
10-21-10 Calgary 2 Detroit 4
03-15-10 Detroit 2 Calgary 1
03-09-10 Calgary 4 Detroit 2
11-27-09 Calgary 3 Detroit 0
10-31-09 Detroit 3 Calgary 1
03-23-09 Detroit 3 Calgary 5

 

HD’s Gut Feeling
Win, loss, win, loss, ??? Hopefully the trend continues tonight with a win in Detroit. Iggy had 2 goals and an assist against the Wings on Nov 3rd. The Captain will lead the Flames again Flames win 3-2 – Iginla, Glencross & Horak

 

Projected Lines
Alex Tanguay Mikael Backlund Jarome Iginla
Curtis Glencross Olli Jokinen Rene Bourque
Paul Byron Roman Horak Lee Stempniak
Tom Kostopoulos Brendan Morrison Tim Jackman
Projected Pairings
Scott Hannan Mark Giordano
Jay Bouwmeester Chris Butler
Derek Smith TJ Brodie
Projected Starting Goaltender
Miikka Kiprusoff


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