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14-11-4
32 points – 9th in the West
VS
14-13-2
30 points – 11th in the West
| Team Stat Comparison | ||
|---|---|---|
| Calgary | Category | Nashville |
| 6-8-0 | Home/Road Record | 5-5-3 |
| 6-3-1 | Last 10 | 4-6-0 |
| Won 3 | Streak | Won 2 |
| 73 | Goals | 77 |
| 80 | Goals Against | 79 |
| 15.4% 22nd | PP% | 20.4% 4th |
| 16 | PP Goals | 21 |
| 2 | SH Goals Against | 2 |
| 83.0% 14th | PK% | 84.1% 11th |
| 18 | PP Goals Allowed | 17 |
| 0 | SH Goals | 3 |
| 320 | PIM | 342 |
| 44.8% 30th | Face Off % | 49.3% 18th |
| Goaltenders | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary | |||||||
| Name | Games Played | Wins | Goals Against | GAA | Shutouts | Saves | Save % |
| Miikka Kipprusoff | 25 | 14 | 57 | 2.40 | 2 | 622 | 0.916 |
| Henrik Karlsson | 6 | 0 | 18 | 3.48 | 0 | 154 | 0.895 |
| Leland Irving | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Nashville | |||||||
| Name | Games Played | Wins | Goals Against | GAA | Shutouts | Saves | Save % |
| Pekka Rinne | 26 | 12 | 63 | 2.59 | 3 | 712 | 0.919 |
| Anders Lindback | 6 | 2 | 12 | 2.52 | 0 | 112 | 0.903 |
| Team Leaders | ||
|---|---|---|
| Calgary | Category | Nashville |
| Iginla & Jokinen 21 | Points | Craig Smith 22 |
| Jarome Iginla 11 | Goals | Smith & Hornqvist 8 |
| Alex Tanguay 14 | Assists | Weber & Suter 15 |
| Paul Byron +4 | +/- | Shea Weber +14 |
| Tim Jackman 39 | PIM | Jordin Tootoo 45 |
| Jarome Iginla 2 | Game Winning Goals | Spaling & Wilson 2 |
| Jarome Iginla 87 | Shots | Shea Weber 90 |
| Tim Jackman 61 | Hits | Jarred Smithson 63 |
| Scott Hannan 57 | Blocked Shots | Kevin Klein 64 |
| Iginla & Stempniak 26 | Missed Shots | Shea Weber 35 |
| 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 |
| Mark Giordano D 11/28/2011 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR ruptured tendons in leg |
| Henrik Karlsson G 12/05/2011 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 6-8 weeks IR sprained right MCL |
| David Moss RW 11/13/2011 is on injured reserve IR foot |
| Alex Tanguay LW 12/11/2011 is questionable for Tuesday’s game against Nashville Questionable flu-like symptoms |
| Nashville |
| Blake Geoffrion C 11/29/2011 is on injured reserve IR left arm/shoulder |
| Matchup | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary | |||||||
| Flames are 5-1 in the last 6 meetings | |||||||
| Flames are 0-6 in the last 6 in Nashville | |||||||
| Nashville | |||||||
| The Home team is 3-7 in the last 10 meetings | |||||||
| Past 10 Meetings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Visitor | Category | Home |
| 11-29-11 | Nashville 0 | Calgary 1 |
| 10-22-11 | Nashville 2 | Calgary 0 |
| 03-06-11 | Nashville 2 | Calgary 3 |
| 02-01-11 | Calgary 3 | Nashville 2 (SO) |
| 01-24-11 | Nashville 1 | Calgary 3 |
| 10-19-10 | Calgary 1 | Nashville 0 (OT) |
| 01-15-10 | Nashville 1 | Calgary 0 |
| 01-05-10 | Calgary 3 | Nashville 1 |
| 12-19-09 | Nashville 5 | Calgary 3 |
| 11-30-09 | Calgary 5 | Nashville 0 |
| HD’s Gut Feeling |
|---|
| The Flames are finally over .500 and will stay there by extending their 3 game win streak tonight. Iggy is back with 9 points in the last 5 games. The teams have three 1-0 games in the last 7 meetings. Flames win 3-1 – Iginla, Jokinen (X2) |
| Projected Lines | ||
|---|---|---|
| Curtis Glencross | Olli Jokinen | Jarome Iginla |
| Alex Tanguay | Brendan Morrison | Rene Bourque |
| Blake Comeau | Mikael Backlund | Lee Stempniak |
| Tom Kostopoulos | Matt Stajan | Tim Jackman |
| Projected Pairings | ||
| Scott Hannan | Derek Smith | |
| Jay Bouwmeester | Chris Butler | |
| TJ Brodie | Joe Piskula | |
| Projected Starting Goaltender | ||
| Miikka Kiprusoff | ||
