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Flames vs Bruins – 5:00 – SNet-W

January 5th, 2012 | Posted in Game Takes | By: Mike Fawcett

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18-18-5

41 points – 12th in the West

VS

25-10-1

51 points – 2nd in the East


Team Stat Comparison
Calgary Category Boston
8-13-3 Home/Road Record 13-6-1
4-4-2 Last 10 8-2-0
Lost 2 Streak Won 1
100 Goals 129
114 Goals Against 69
16.8% 18th PP% 19.2% 9th
23 PP Goals 25
2 SH Goals Against 0
82.5% 16th PK% 87.5% 5th
25 PP Goals Allowed 17
0 SH Goals 3
443 PIM 364
45.2% 30th Face Off % 55.7% 1st

 

Goaltenders
Calgary
Name Games Played Wins Goals Against GAA Shutouts Saves Save %
Miikka Kipprusoff 37 17 81 2.47 2 871 0.915
Leland Irving 3 1 7 2.23 0 113 0.942
Henrik Karlsson 6 0 18 3.48 0 154 0.895
Boston
Name Games Played Wins Goals Against GAA Shutouts Saves Save %
Tim Thomas 25 17 45 1.90 4 711 0.940
Tuukksa Rask 13 8 20 1.61 2 344 0.945

 

Team Leaders
Calgary Category Boston
Iginla & Jokinen 32 Points Tyler Seguin 33
Curtis Glencross 16 Goals Seguin & Marchand 15
Olli Jokinen 20 Assists Patrice Bergeron 21
Roman Horak +5 +/- Tyler Seguin +28
Tim Jackman 51 PIM Milan Lucic 63
Jarome Iginla 3 Game Winning Goals Benoit Pouliot 4
Jarome Iginla 132 Shots Zdeno Chara 104
Tim Jackman 91 Hits Milan Lucic 84
Scott Hannan 73 Blocked Shots Dennis Seidenberg 74
Jarome Iginla 42 Missed Shots Tyler Seguin 38

 

Injuries
Calgary
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 and is out indefinitely IR ankle
Derek Smith D 12/30/2011 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss 6-8 weeks IR high right ankle sprain
Matt Stajan C 12/19/2011 is on injured reserve IR sprained ankle
Alex Tanguay LW 12/21/2011 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR upper body
Boston
Marc Savard C 09/19/2011 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss the entire season IR post-concussion syndrome
Matchup
Calgary
Flames are 2-5 in their last 7 games playing on 1 days rest.
Flames are 1-5 in their last 6 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Flames are 0-4 in their last 4 vs. Northeast.
Flames are 0-4 in their last 4 overall.
Flames are 0-5 in their last 5 vs. Eastern Conference.
Boston
Bruins are 5-1 in their last 6 when their opponent scores 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Bruins are 15-3 in their last 18 after allowing 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Bruins are 9-3 in their last 12 games playing on 0 days rest.
Bruins are 21-7 in their last 28 after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game.

 

Past 10 Meetings
Date Visitor Home
02-22-11 Boston 3 Calgary 1
03-27-10 Calgary 0 Boston 5
10-30-08 Boston 2 Calgary 3
10-19-06 Calgary 2 Boston 3
12-17-05 Boston 0 Calgary 3
12-18-03 Calgary 5 Boston 0
11-26-02 Calgary 2 Boston 7
10-17-02 Boston 3 Calgary 3
36-09-02 Calgary 2 Boston 3
10-20-00 Boston 2 Calgary 3

 

HD’s Gut Feeling
““We have a chance at a .500 road trip and we have a tough team left,” said Flames captain Jarome Iginla. “That wouldn’t be a bad trip.” If Iggy stays off the scoresheet, then perhaps #500 will come at home on the 4 game hamestand. Flames win 1-0 – Jokinen

 

Projected Lines
Curtis Glencross Olli Jokinen Jarome Iginla
Brendan Morrison Blake Comeau Lee Stempniak
Paul Byron Mikael Backlund Tim Jackman
Tom Kostopoulos Roman Horak Raitis Ivanans
Projected Pairings
Jay Bouwmeester Chris Butler
Scott Hannan Anton Babchuk
TJ Brodie Cory Sarich
Projected Starting Goaltender
Leland Irving


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