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6-15-3
15 points – 15th in the West
VS
10-12-1
21 points – 13th in the West
| Team Stat Comparison | ||
|---|---|---|
| Columbus | Category | Calgary |
| 1-8-2 | Home/Road Record | 5-5-1 |
| 4-4-2 | Last 10 | 4-6-0 |
| Lost 2 | Streak | Won 2 |
| 55 | Goals | 51 |
| 79 | Goals Against | 60 |
| 13.1% 24th | PP% | 12.7% 25th |
| 14 | PP Goals | 10 |
| 3 | SH Goals Against | 2 |
| 75.6% 29th | PK% | 80.2% 23rd |
| 20 | PP Goals Allowed | 16 |
| 3 | SH Goals | 0 |
| 309 | PIM | 246 |
| 50.7% 15th | Face Off % | 44.6% 30th |
| Goaltenders | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus | |||||||
| Name | Games Played | Wins | Goals Against | GAA | Shutouts | Saves | Save % |
| Curtis Sanford | 8 | 3 | 12 | 1.61 | 0 | 191 | 0.941 |
| Steve Mason | 16 | 3 | 54 | 3.63 | 0 | 378 | 0.875 |
| Allen York | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3.53 | 0 | 43 | 0.878 |
| Calgary | |||||||
| Miikka Kipprusoff | 19 | 10 | 43 | 2.32 | 1 | 497 | 0.920 |
| Henrik Karlsson | 5 | 0 | 13 | 2.95 | 0 | 127 | 0.907 |
| Team Leaders | ||
|---|---|---|
| Columbus | Category | Calgary |
| Vinny Prospal 19 | Points | Alex Tanguay 16 |
| Rick Nash 7 | Goals | Iginla & Glencross 7 |
| Vinny Prospal 13 | Assists | Alex Tanguay 12 |
| MacKenzie & Johansen +3 | +/- | Smith & Byron +4 |
| Derek Dorsett 64 | PIM | Tim Jackman 34 |
| Ryan Johansen 3 | Game Winning Goals | 9 tied with 1 |
| Rick Nash 89 | Shots | Olli Jokinen 66 |
| Derek Dorsett 66 | Hits | Tim Jackman 47 |
| Fedor Tyutin 42 | Blocked Shots | Mark Giordano 53 |
| RJ Umberger 22 | Missed Shots | Jay Bouwmeester 23 |
| Injuries |
|---|
| Columbus |
| Mark Dekanich G 09/22/2011 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss at least one month IR sprained ankle |
| Kristian Huselius LW 09/19/2011 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR pectoral surgery |
| Radek Martinek D 10/22/2011 is on injured reserve IR concussion |
| Steve Mason G 11/30/2011 is questionable for Thursday’s game against Calgary Questionable concussion |
| 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 IR hamstring |
| Raitis Ivanans LW 10/05/2011 is on injured reserve IR concussion |
| David Moss RW 11/13/2011 is on injured reserve IR foot |
| Matchup | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus | |||||||
| Blue Jackets are 1-6 in the last 6 meetings in Calgary | |||||||
| Calgary | |||||||
| The Home team is 19-8 in the last 27 meetings | |||||||
| Past 10 Meetings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Visitor | Category | Home |
| 11-21-11 | Calgary 1 | Columbus 4 |
| 03-04-11 | Columbus 3 | Calgary 4 |
| 12-21-10 | Calgary 1 | Columbus 3 |
| 12-13-10 | Columbus 2 | Calgary 3 (OT) |
| 10-22-10 | Calgary 6 | Columbus 2 |
| 01-08-10 | Columbus 3 | Calgary 2 |
| 11-28-09 | Calgary 4 | Columbus 3 (SO) |
| 10-20-09 | Columbus 3 | Calgary 6 |
| 10-13-09 | Calgary 1 | Columbus 2 |
| 03-26-09 | Calgary 0 | Columbus 5 |
| HD’s Gut Feeling |
|---|
| Iggy has 48 points in 41 games against Columbus, look for that to continue tonight. Columbus has the leagues worst road record at 1-8-2. Kiprusoff can move into 30th all time in NHL wins (passing Dan Bouchard) with a victory tonight. 4-1 Flames – Iginla, Stempniack, Stajan & Jackman. |
| Projected Lines | ||
|---|---|---|
| Curtis Glencross | Olli Jokinen | Jarome Iginla |
| Alex Tanguay | Roman Horak | Rene Bourque |
| Blake Comeau | Mikael Backlund | Lee Stempniak |
| Tom Kostopoulos | Matt Stajan | Tim Jackman |
| Projected Pairings | ||
| Scott Hannan | TJ Brodie | |
| Jay Bouwmeester | Chris Butler | |
| Derek Smith | Cory Sarich | |
| Projected Starting Goaltender | ||
| Miikka Kiprusoff | ||
