[GDT] Flames vs Blues, 7:00 MST. Sportsnet West, Fan 960

[Puppet Guy]

(not at work today, but up early anyhow so let's get this started)

The long homestand wraps up tonight against St. Louis. current 4-2, the boys look to win one more before hitting the road for the next six. With the third line starting to gel, can more scoring follow? We'll see in a few hours!


Lineups, courtesy of www.dailyfaceoff.com. Unconfirmed, and prone to shuffling:

Flames

Gaudreau-Monahan-Ferland
Tkachuk -Backlund-Frolik
Bennett-Jankowski-Jagr
Versteeg-Lazar-Brouwer

Giordano-Hamilton
Brodie-Stone
Kulak-Andersson

Smith (unconfirmed)

Blues

Schwartz-Schenn-Tarasenko
Sobotka-Stastny-Steen
Jaskin-Sundqvist-Paajarvi
Upshall-Brodziak-Thorburn

Gunnarsson-Pietrangelo
Edmundson-Parayko
Dunn-Bortuzzo

Allen (unconfirmed)

And tonight, for their sake, those Blues will hopefully get the clues, and just get the hell away:

Spoiler!

Go Flames

[Backlunds_socks]

I wonder how long Hamonics out for?

This will be a tough game - Flames come out to win 4-1/

[GGG]

It's funny that it took 15 games before tha fan lineup to start the season was put into place

[ForeverFlameFan]

I feel like it’s been forever without a game.

[Five-hole]

I’m a bit surprised that that Blues lineup is leading the conference. Not that it’s bad, it just doesn’t look THAT great.

Hopefully they start coming back to earth, with a loss tonight.

[bomber317]

I had the post ready to go from last night so I just copied and pasted, sorry for the duplication.

Woohoo, we won last game, Jagr scored! Jankowski scored!, Andersson/Kulak is a good thing! Gaudreau jumped into Jagr's arms!

Calgary Flames -
GP -16 - W - 9 - L - 7 - OT - 0 - 18 pts - Tied for 3rd in Pacific

St. Louis Blues -
GP - 18 - W - 13 - L -4 - OT - 1 - 27 pts - 1st in Central

Projected Lines - Unconfirmed
Calgary Flames - Confirmed - https://twitter.com/Fan960Steinberg/...38238697725958
Gaudreau - Monahan - Ferland
Tkachuk - Backlund - Frolik
Bennett - Jankowski - Jagr
Versteeg - Lazar - Brouwer

Giordano - Hamilton
Brodie - Hamonic
Kulak - Stone

Smith - Confirmed
https://twitter.com/Kristen_Odland/s...90958379474944 -

Injuries - None

In Hockey Card format

Waiting to take a new photo with an Andersson card in it - so much for that - No Andersson tonight, but Hamonic back!

Spoiler!

St. Louis Blues
Schwartz - Schenn - Tarasenko
Sobotka - Stastny - Steen
Jaskin - Sundqvist - Paajarvi
Upshall - Brodziak - Thorburn

Gunnarsson - Pietrangelo
Edmundson - Parayko
Dunn - Bortuzzo

Allen / Hutton

Injuries -
Bouwmeester - Ankel - Indefinitely
Fabbri - Knee - Out for Season
Sanford - Shoulder - Indefinitely
Berglund - Shoulder - Early December

Leading Points
Johnny Gaudreau - 6G - 16A - 22pts
Jaden Schwartz - 9G - 13A - 22pts

Leading Goals
Sean Monahan - 8 Goals 8A - 16pts
Jaden Schwartz - 9 Goals 13A - 22pts

Who's Hot?


Best Flames/Blues Video -

Flames tie it late and win it in OT - Great commentary by the Blues as well


vs

March 25th - OT Win against Blues - Start @ 5m36s (youtube tags didn't let me timestamp the video)

[Wyguy]

Yea, I for sure want a win tonight. They stole some things from us that turned out great, gonna have to get em back.

[Savvy27]

Originally Posted by Five-hole

I’m a bit surprised that that Blues lineup is leading the conference. Not that it’s bad, it just doesn’t look THAT great.

Hopefully they start coming back to earth, with a loss tonight.

I know that I didn't expect Brayden Schenn to play so well for them. It'll be interesting to see if and for how long he can maintain the sort of production (20 points in 18GP) that he's churning out at the moment. Career high of 59 points at 26. That being said he is in a great spot playing with Schwartz and Tarasenko.

This is a great test for the Flames. I think they can hang with any team in the league. I'm conflicted about wanting Hamonic back in the line up tonight. It's probably better to have the veteran in the line up against a top team but a part of me wants to see Andersson get another game so we can have a better idea of what he can do at this level.

4-2 win for the good guys. Gaudreau, Tkachuk, Hamilton and Versteeg.

[Geeoff]

Is the rest of the season just gonna be back-to-backs? Seems like every game is a week apart so far.

[Rollin22x]

My daughters birthday today and we're going to the game.
Blues 2 - Flames 5
Scoring from all lines tonight!

[CroFlames]

10-7 looks a lot nicer that 9-8. Let's do it Flames.

[The Hendog]

Big game to finish off the longest home stand of the season against a very tough opponent

Win and we go 5 - 2 = awesome!

Loss and we go 4 - 3 = meh

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by Geeoff

Is the rest of the season just gonna be back-to-backs? Seems like every game is a week apart so far.

It feels that way, but then you look at the standings and you see Calgary has about the same number of games as everybody else.

[Serapth]

My oddly specific unlikely but gonna happen prediction...

Curtis Lazar break out game.

3-1 Flames, Lazar pots 2

[dino7c]

Flames have played 16 games

[Royle9]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Flames have played 16 games

Love it!

[Max Cow Disease]

How long has Bouwmeester been out with a fractured ankle? His lofty ironman days are long gone, but it’s still surprising for me when I don’t see him in the line-up.

[AC]

Originally Posted by Max Cow Disease

How long has Bouwmeester been out with a fractured ankle? His lofty ironman days are long gone, but it’s still surprising for me when I don’t see him in the line-up.

Since pre-season I believe.

[IGGYFORMVP]

Allen gave up 5 last time out I believe. Lets make it 6 tonight! GFG !

[AC]

@Fan960Steinberg
Optional morning skate for the #Flames this morning. Travis Hamonic (lower body) is not taking part. Suggests he won’t return tonight.

@Fan960Steinberg
Interesting to note on Hamonic front, though: Kulak-Stone taking all the practice reps together. So we wait to hear from Gulutzan. #Flames