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Gameday – Flames vs Capitals – 5:00 – SNet-W

January 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Game Takes | By: Mike Fawcett

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18-17-5

41 points – 12th in the West

VS

17-15-5

42 points – 9th in the East


Team Stat Comparison
Calgary Category Washington
8-12-3 Home/Road Record 13-5-1
4-3-3 Last 10 6-3-1
Lost 1 Streak Won 1
99 Goals 111
111 Goals Against 109
17.3% 18th PP% 18.0% 14th
23 PP Goals 23
2 SH Goals Against 4
83.6% 12th PK% 82.3% 17th
23 PP Goals Allowed 23
0 SH Goals 1
443 PIM 364
45.4% 30th Face Off % 51.1% 11th

 

Goaltenders
Calgary
Name Games Played Wins Goals Against GAA Shutouts Saves Save %
Miikka Kipprusoff 33 17 78 2.45 2 853 0.916
Leland Irving 3 1 7 2.23 0 113 0.942
Henrik Karlsson 6 0 18 3.48 0 154 0.895
Washington
Name Games Played Wins Goals Against GAA Shutouts Saves Save %
Tomas Vokoun 26 15 60 2.57 1 640 0.914
Michal Neuvirth 16 5 45 3.24 1 352 0.887

 

Team Leaders
Calgary Category Washington
Olli Jokinen 32 Points Nicklas Backstrom 39
Glencross & Iginla 15 Goals Alex Ovechkin 16
Olli Jokinen 20 Assists Nicklas Backstrom 26
Roman Horak +5 +/- Karl Alzner +12
Tim Jackman 51 PIM John Erskine 43
Jarome Iginla 3 Game Winning Goals Nicklas Backstrom 4
Jarome Iginla 128 Shots Alex Ovechkin 143
Tim Jackman 87 Hits Troy Brower 120
Scott Hannan 72 Blocked Shots Roman Hamrlik 66
Jarome Iginla 41 Missed Shots Alex Ovechkin 69

 

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 expected to miss 6-8 weeks Out 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
Washington
Mike Green D 11/12/2011 is on injured reserve IR strained right groin
Mathieu Perreault C 01/01/2012 is questionable for Tuesday’s game against Calgary Questionable upper body
Tom Poti D 09/19/2011 is on injured reserve IR strained groin
Alexander Semin RW 01/02/2012 is questionable for Tuesday’s game against Calgary Questionable arm
Matchup
Calgary
Flames are 4-1 in their last 5 Tuesday games.
Flames are 1-4 in their last 5 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Flames are 2-8 in their last 10 road games.
Flames are 0-4 in their last 4 vs. Eastern Conference.
Flames are 1-4-1 in the last 6 meetings in Washington.
Washington
Capiytals are 7-2-2 in the last 11 meetings
Capitals are 24-9 in their last 33 home games.
Capitals are 4-10 in their last 14 after allowing 2 goals or less in their previous game.
Capitals are 1-4 in their last 5 Tuesday games.

 

Past 10 Meetings
Date Visitor Home
10-30-10 Washington 7 Calgary 2
03-28-10 Calgary 5 Washington 3
10-21-08 Washington 1 Calgary 2
03-12-08 Calgary 2 Washington 3
10-30-06 Washington 4 Calgary 2
01-14-04 Calgary 3 Washington 3
03-20-03 Washington 4 Calgary 1
11-27-02 Calgary 2 Washington 4
03-06-02 Calgary 2 Washington 3
02-13-01 Washington 4 Calgary 4

 

HD’s Gut Feeling
1 Goal to go, Iggy will become the 42nd player in NHL history to collect 500 goals. It will come in a victory tonight.  Flames win 3-1 – Iginla, Stempniack & Babchuk

 

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


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