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5-6-1
11 points – 14h in the West
VS
7-5-1
15 points – 10th in the West
| Team Stat Comparison | ||
|---|---|---|
| Calgary | Category | Colorado |
| 2-3-0 | Home/Road Record | 1-4-0 |
| 5-4-1 | Last 10 | 5-4-1 |
| Lost 1 | Streak | OT 1 |
| 28 | Goals | 39 |
| 31 | Goals Against | 40 |
| 15.9% 18th | PP% | 27.9% 1st |
| 7 | PP Goals | 12 |
| 1 | SH Goals Against | 1 |
| 81.8% 19th | PK% | 77.3% 24th |
| 8 | PP Goals Allowed | 10 |
| 0 | SH Goals | 2 |
| 139 | PIM | 123 |
| 46.7% 28th | Face Off % | 53.3% 1st |
| Goaltenders | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary | |||||||
| Name | Games Played | Wins | Goals Against | GAA | Shutouts | Saves | Save % |
| Miikka Kipprusoff | 9 | 5 | 20 | 2.33 | 0 | 228 | 0.919 |
| Henrik Karlsson | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2.94 | 0 | 101 | 0.910 |
| Colorado | |||||||
| Semyon Varlamov | 10 | 5 | 30 | 2.93 | 1 | 288 | 0.906 |
| Jean-Sebastien Giguere | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2.00 | 0 | 73 | 0.924 |
| Team Leaders | ||
|---|---|---|
| Calgary | Category | Colorado |
| Alex Tanguay 10 | Points | Duchene & O’Reilly 10 |
| Rene Bourque 5 | Goals | Duchene & Jones 5 |
| Alex Tanguay 7 | Assists | Ryan O’Reilly 8 |
| Hagman & Babchuk +3 | +/- | Ryan Wilson +8 |
| Cory Sarich 23 | PIM | Shane O’Brien 31 |
| 5 tied with 1 | Game Winning Goals | 4 tied with 1 |
| Olli Jokinen 39 | Shots | Gabriel Landeskog 49 |
| Tom Kostopoulos 22 | Hits | Cody McLeod 31 |
| Mark Giordano 31 | Blocked Shots | Jan Hejda 28 |
| Jay Bouwmeester 14 | Missed Shots | Kyle Quincy 19 |
| Injuries |
|---|
| Calgary |
| Mikael Backlund – C – 10/04/2011 – is on injured reserve and is expected to miss six weeks – broken left pinkie finger |
| Brett Carson – D – 10/05/2011 – is on injured reserve – back |
| Raitis Ivanans – LW – 10/05/2011 – is on injured reserve – concussion |
| Colorado |
| Peter Mueller – LW – 10/13/2011 – is out indefinitely – concussion-like symptoms |
| Mark Olver – C – 10/05/2011 – is on injured reserve – head |
| Brandon Yip – RW – 09/24/2011 – is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely – broken forearm |
| Matchup | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary | |||||||
| Flames are 4-1 in their last 5 Sunday games. | |||||||
| Flames are 6-2 in their last 8 vs. Northwest. | |||||||
| Flames are 6-2 in their last 8 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game. | |||||||
| Flames are 5-2 in their last 7 when their opponent allows 5 goals or more in their previous game. | |||||||
| Flames are 2-6 in their last 8 after allowing 2 goals or less in their previous game. | |||||||
| Flames are 5-0 in the last 5 meetings in Colorado. | |||||||
| Colorado | |||||||
| Avalanche are 4-1 in their last 5 after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game. | |||||||
| Avalanche are 7-2 in their last 9 games playing on 1 days rest. | |||||||
| Avalanche are 18-38 in their last 56 vs. Northwest. | |||||||
| Avalanche are 13-40 in their last 53 vs. Western Conference. | |||||||
| Avalanche are 0-6 in the last 6 meetings. | |||||||
| Past 10 Meetings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Visitor | Category | Home |
| 10/26/2011 | Colorado 2 | Calgary 4 |
| 04/03/2011 | Calgary 2 | Colorado 1 |
| 03/17/2011 | Colorado 2 | Calgary 5 |
| 02/14/2011 | Calgary 9 | Colorado 1 |
| 13/31/10 | Colorado 2 | Calgary 3 |
| 11/09/2010 | Calgary 4 | Colorado 2 |
| 10/28/2010 | Colorado 6 | Calgary 5 |
| 04/02/2010 | Calgary 2 | Colorado 1 |
| 03/17/2010 | Calgary 3 | Colorado 2 |
| 01/11/2010 | Colorado 3 | Calgary 2 (SO) |
| HD’s Gut Feeling |
|---|
| The Flames have won five straight visits to Colorado, look for that trend to continue tonight. Iginla has scored 33 goals against Colorado, his highest career total vs. any team. Kiprusoff is riding a seven-game winning streak against the Avalanche. Flames win 5-2 – Horak (x2), Iginla, Glencross & Moss |
| Projected Lines | ||
|---|---|---|
| Curtis Glencross | Olli Jokinen | Jarome Iginla |
| Alex Tanguay | Brendan Morrison | Lee Stempniak |
| Rene Bourque | Roman Horak | David Moss |
| Tom Kostopoulos | Matt Stajan | Tim Jackman |
| Projected Pairings | ||
| Chris Butler | Jay Bouwmeester | |
| Scott Hannan | Anton Babchuk | |
| Mark Giordano | Cory Sarich | |
| Projected Starting Goaltender | ||
| Miikka Kiprusoff | ||
