Avalanche vs Flames – 7:00 – SNet-W

December 6th, 2013 | Posted in Game Day | By: Mike Fawcett

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19 – 7 – 0

38 Points, Ranked # 7 in the West

VS

10 – 13 – 4

24 Points, ranked # 13 in the West


Team Stat Comparison
COLORADO Category  CALGARY
9-3-0 Home/Road Record 5-5-3
5-5-0 Last 10 4-4-2
LOST 1 Streak WON 2
78 Goals 74
60 Goals Against 94
16.7 % Ranked # 19 PP% 14.9 % Ranked # 24
13 PP Goals 13
1 SH Goals Against 3
81.2 % Ranked # 17 PK% 79.8 % Ranked # 21
15 PP Goals Allowed 17
1 SH Goals 6
342 PIM 301
49.1 % Ranked # 19 Face Off % 45.4 % Ranked # 29

Goaltenders
COLORADO
Name Games Played Wins Goals Against GAA Shutouts Saves Save %
Semyon Varlamov 20 13 47 2.43 1 565 0.923
Jean-Sebastien Giguere 7 6 11 1.62 2 205 0.949
Calgary
Name Games Played Wins Goals Against GAA Shutouts Saves Save %
Karri Ramo 11 4 29 3.00 0 255 0.898
Joey MacDonald 7 3 22 3.17 0 170 0.885
Reto Berra 11 3 37 3.51 0 292 0.888

Team Leaders
COLORADO Category CALGARY
Matt Duchene – Gabriel Landeskog – 21 Points Jiri Hudler – 25
Matt Duchene – 12 Goals Mike Cammalleri – 10
Gabriel Landeskog – 12 Assists Jiri Hudler – 18
Jan Hejda – Erik Johnson – 17 +/- Kris Russell – 5
Cody McLeod – 62 PIM Tim Jackman – 41
Matt Duchene – 3 Game Winning Goals Mike Cammalleri – Curtis Glencross – 2
Gabriel Landeskog – 76 Shots Lee Stempniak – 65
Jan Hejda – 69 Hits David Jones – 46
Nate Guenin – 64 Blocked Shots Kris Russell – 77
Nathan MacKinnon – 31 Missed Shots Dennis Wideman – 42

Injuries
Calgary
T.J. Galiardi LW 11/25/2013 is on injured reserve IR back Spasms
Curtis Glencross LW 11/06/2013 is on injured reserve IR sprained MCL
Brian McGrattan RW 12/05/2013 is doubtful for Friday’s game against Phoenix Doubtful lower body
Sean Monahan C 11/28/2013 is on injured reserve IR fractured foot
Dennis Wideman D 11/28/2013 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 6-8 weeks IR broken hand
COLORADO
Jan Hejda D 12/05/2013 left Thursday’s game against Edmonton Out bruised knee
Alex Tanguay LW 11/04/2013 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR sprained knee
Ryan Wilson D 11/08/2013 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR back

Matchup
CALGARY
Flames are 0-6 in their last 6 when their opponent allows 5 goals or more in their previous game.
Flames are 0-5 in their last 5 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of greater than .600.
COLORADO
Avalanche are 5-1 in their last 6 vs. Pacific.
Avalanche are 5-2 in the last 7 meetings.

Past 10 Meetings
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11-08-13 Calgary 2 Colorado 4
04-08-13 Calgary 3 Colorado 1
03-27-13 Colorado 3 Calgary 4
02-28-13 Calgary 4 Colorado 5
01-31-13 Colorado 6 Calgary 3
03-30-12 Colorado 4 Calgary 1
03-20-12 Calgary 1 Colorado 2 (OT)
12-08-11 Colorado 2 Calgary 3
11-12-11 Calgary 4 Colorado 3
11-06-11 Calgary 2 Colorado 1

HD’s Gut Feeling
The Flames go for their longest win streak of the season. Rammo continues his 1 goal a game streak. Flames win 3-1 (Cammalleri, Backlund & D. Jones)

Projected Lines
Mike Cammalleri Matt Stajan Lee Stempniak
Jiri Hudler Mikael Backlund David Jones
Sven Baertschi Joe Colborne Blair Jones
Lance Bouma Paul Byron Lane MacDermid
Projected Pairings
Kris Russell TJ Brodie
Ladislav Smid Mark Giordano
Chris Butler Shane O’Brien
Projected Starting Goaltender
Karri Ramo


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