Hurricanes vs Flames – 7:00 – SNet-Cgy

December 6th, 2011 | Posted in Game Takes | By: Mike Fawcett

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8-16-4

20 points – 15th in the East

VS

11-13-2

24 points – 13th in the West


Team Stat Comparison
Carolina Category Calgary
3-7-2 Home/Road Record 5-5-2
2-7-1 Last 10 4-5-1
Lost 5 Streak Lost 1
66 Goals 60
94 Goals Against 72
12.0% 28th PP% 13.8% 24th
15 PP Goals 12
4 SH Goals Against 2
79.6% 26th PK% 81.4% 18th
20 PP Goals Allowed 18
5 SH Goals 0
290 PIM 302
49.9% 15th Face Off % 44.2% 30th

 

Goaltenders
Carolina
Name Games Played Wins Goals Against GAA Shutouts Saves Save %
Cam Ward 23 8 69 3.14 1 632 0.902
Brian Boucher 7 0 20 3.27 0 158 0.888
Calgary
Miikka Kipprusoff 22 11 49 2.36 1 557 0.919
Henrik Karlsson 6 0 18 3.48 0 154 0.895
Leland Irving 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.000

 

Team Leaders
Carolina Category Calgary
Jeff Skinner 23 Points Alex Tanguay 16
Jeff Skinner 11 Goals Iginla & Glencross 7
Skinner & Jokinen 12 Assists Alex Tanguay 12
Tim Gleason +1 +/- Smith & Byron +4
Tuomo Ruutu 28 PIM Tim Jackman 34
Jeff Skinner 3 Game Winning Goals 9 tied with 1
Skinner & Staal 95 Shots Olli Jokinen 66
Dwyer & Ruutu 62 Hits Tim Jackman 53
Bryan Allen 64 Blocked Shots Mark Giordano 53
Eric Staal 38 Missed Shots Lee Stempniak 25

 

Injuries
Carolina
Jay Harrison D 12/04/2011 is questionable for Tuesday’s game against Calgary Questionable upper body
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
Raitis Ivanans LW 10/05/2011 is on injured reserve IR concussion
Henrik Karlsson G 12/05/2011 is on injured reserve IR sprained right MCL
David Moss RW 11/13/2011 is on injured reserve IR foot

 

Matchup
Carolina
Hurricanes are 12-4 in the last 5 meetings in \Calgary
Calgary
The Home team is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings
Flames are 0-4 in their last 4 vs Eastern Conference

 

Past 10 Meetings
Visitor Category Home
01-11-11 Calgary 5 Carolina 6 (SO)
02-03-10 Carolina 1 Calgary 4
03-06-09 Calgary 1 Carolina 6
12-14-07 Calgary 4 Carolina 3
12-05-06 Carolina 0 Calgary 3
121-10-32 Carolina 0 Calgary 1
12-12-02 Carolina 4 Calgary 3
03-11-02 Calgary 3 Carolina 3
12-09-00 Carolina 2 Calgary 7
11-30-99 Calgary 3 Carolina 4

 

HD’s Gut Feeling
The Flames are 6 points out of 8th in the West, Carolina is 9 points out of 8th in the East. Kirk Muller is still looking for his first win as Head Coach – not tonight Kirky!. 4-1 Flames – Iginla, Stempniack, Horak & Kostopoulos

 

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 Joe Piskula
Projected Starting Goaltender
Miikka Kiprusoff


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