Flames vs Blue Jackets – 5:00 – SNF

January 21st, 2016 | Posted in Game Day | By: Mike Fawcett

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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


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