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20 – 21 – 3
43 Points, ranked # 13 in the West
VS
17 – 26 – 4
38 Points, Ranked # 16 in the East
| Team Stat Comparison | ||
|---|---|---|
| Calgary Flames | Category | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 3-7-1 | Home/Road Record | 4-3-3 |
| 6-4-0 | Last 10 | 5-3-2 |
| LOST 1 | Streak | LOST 1 |
| 118 | Goals | 119 |
| 135 | Goals Against | 152 |
| 14.9 % Ranked # 30 | PP% | 17.8 % Ranked # 17 |
| 21 | PP Goals | 26 |
| 4 | SH Goals Against | 1 |
| 74.8 % Ranked # 30 | PK% | 80.6 % Ranked # 14 |
| 26 | PP Goals Allowed | 33 |
| 1 | SH Goals | 2 |
| 130 | PIM | 232 |
| 48.1 % Ranked # 27 | Face Off % | 48.7 % Ranked # 26 |
| Goaltenders | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary Flames | |||||||
| Name | Games Played | Wins | Goals Against | GAA | Shutouts | Saves | Save % |
| Karri Ramo | 30 | 15-14-0-1 | 77 | 2.61 | 1 | 774 | 0.910 |
| Jonas Hiller | 13 | 5-5-0-1 | 39 | 3.15 | 1 | 292 | 0.882 |
| Joni Ortio | 4 | 0-2-0-1 | 10 | 4.27 | 0 | 66 | 0.868 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | |||||||
| Name | Games Played | Record | Goals Against | GAA | Shutouts | Saves | Save % |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | 26 | 11-13-0-1 | 65 | 2.63 | 1 | 0 | 0.912 |
| Joonas Korpisalo | 8 | 3-4-0-1 | 22 | 2.96 | 0 | 0 | 0.909 |
| Curtis McElhinney | 15 | 2-6-0-2 | 39 | 3.33 | 0 | 0 | 0.888 |
| Anton Forsberg | 4 | 1-3-0-0 | 9 | 3.03 | 0 | 0 | 0.907 |
| Team Leaders | ||
|---|---|---|
| Calgary Flames | Category | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Johnny Gaudreau 45 | Points | Scott Hartnell 31 |
| Johnny Gaudreau 19 | Goals | Brandon Saad – Boone Jenner 16 |
| Johnny Gaudreau 26 | Assists | Ryan Johansen 20 |
| Johnny Gaudreau – TJ Brodie 4 | +/- | 3 tied with 10 |
| Brandon Bollig 56 | PIM | Scott Hartnell 81 |
| Johnny Gaudreau 5 | Game Winning Goals | 4 tied with 3 |
| Johnny Gaudreau 123 | Shots | Brandon Saad 137 |
| Micheal Ferland 111 | Hits | Brandon Dubinsky 120 |
| Kris Russell 138 | Blocked Shots | Ryan Murray 87 |
| Sean Monahan – Johnny Gaudreau 41 | Missed Shots | Cam Atkinson 46 |
| Mikael Backlund – Micheal Ferland 26 | Missed Shots | Boone Jenner 26 |
| Injuries |
|---|
| Calgary Flames |
| Lance Bouma W Sidelined Jan 12 leg Day-to-Day |
| Columbus Blue Jackets |
| David Savard D Sidelined Jan 13 neck Week-to-week |
| Nick Foligno W I.L. Jan 9 upper body Out Indefinitely |
| Curtis McElhinney G I.L. Jan 4 ankle Indefinitely |
| David Clarkson W I.L. Jan 2 upper body Indefinitely |
| Matt Calvert W I.L. Dec 30 knee Indefinitely |
| Matchup | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary Flames | |||||||
| Flames are 1-5 in the last 6 meetings | |||||||
| Columbus Blue Jackets | |||||||
| Blue Jackets are 0-4 in their last 4 home games vs a team with a road winning & of less than .400 | |||||||
| Past 10 Meetings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Visitor | Category | Home |
| 03/21/15 | Columbus 3 | Calgary 2 (OT) |
| 10/17/14 | Calgary 2 | Columbus 3 |
| 11/20/13 | Columbus 2 | Calgary 1 (OT) |
| 10/04/13 | Calgary 4 | Columbus 3 |
| 03/29/13 | Columbus 6 | Calgary 4 |
| 03/22/13 | Calgary 1 | Columbus 5 |
| 02/07/13 | Calgary 4 | Columbus 3 (OT) |
| 03/18/12 | Columbus 2 | Calgary 1 (SO) |
| 02/27/11 | Calgary 2 | Columbus 1 (SO) |
| 12/01/11 | Columbus 4 | Calgary 3 (SO) |
| HD’s Gut Feeling |
|---|
| Time to start a road winning streak, what better place to begin than in Columbus. Flames will win 3-1 (Gaudreau, Backlund & Wideman) |
| Projected Lines | ||
|---|---|---|
| Johnny Gaudreau | Sean Monahan | Michael Ferland |
| Sam Bennett | Mikael Backlund | Michael Frolik |
| Mason Raymond | Markus Granlund | Jiri Hudler |
| Joe Colborne | Matt Stajan | David Jones |
| Projected Pairings | ||
| Mark Giordano | T.J. Brodie | |
| Kris Russell | Dougie Hamilton | |
| Ladislav Smid | Dennis Wideman | |
| Projected Starting Goaltender | ||
| Karri Ramo | ||
