[Caged Great]

With the Flames now in 1st in the West, I wanted to mention something about the Flames schedule to this point.

October - 13 Games Played - 8-5-0

Against teams

In Playoffs - (6-3-0)

Nashville X2 - 1 W, 1 L
Colorado - W
Boston - W
Washington - W
Toronto - W
Buffalo - W
Pittsburgh - L

Out of Playoffs (2-3-0)

Vancouver X2 - 1 W, 1 L
St. Louis - L
New York Rangers - W
Montreal - L

November - 13 games played 8-4-1

In Playoffs - (3-3-1)

Colorado - W
Anaheim - L
San Jose - L
Winnipeg - W
Vegas X2 - W, L
Dallas - OTL

Out of Playoffs (5-1)

Chicago - W
Montreal - L
Los Angeles X2 - W, W
Edmonton - W
Arizona - W

December - 14 Games Played - 9-3-2

In Playoffs - (6-1-1)

Columbus - W
Minnesota X2 - W, W
Nashville - W
Dallas - L
Tampa - OTL
Winnipeg - W
San Jose - W

Out of playoffs - (3-2-1)

Chicago - W
Edmonton - L
Philadelphia - W
St. Louis X2 - W, L
Vancouver - OTL

January - 4 Games Played - 3-1-0

In Playoffs - (0-1-0)

Boston - L

Out of playoffs - (3-0-0)

Detroit - W
Philadelphia - W
Chicago - W

Out of the 44 games we've played, 24 of them have been against playoff teams.

Remaining in January

2 vs playoff
5 vs out of playoff

February

7 vs playoff
6 vs out of playoff

March

9 vs playoff
6 vs out of playoff

April

1 vs playoff
2 vs out of playoff

Of the remaining schedule 19 games will be against Playoff teams, 19 against non playoff teams. The record thus far is 15-7-2 (.667) vs the playoff teams. They are 13-6-1 (.675) vs the poor teams.