[GDT] Flames VS Preds - 6PM - 📺 @Sportsnet West 📻: @Sportsnet960

[Otto-matic]

Big Game tonight. It'll either make this road trip a successful one or a average .500 trip they also need these 2 points to stay in the race for the Pacific. Pekka is playing lights out right now so scoring may be tough to come across for the Flames. Lets hope they can get a quick goal to place some doubt into his mind.

Season series: 1-1-0-0

All-time regular-season record: 33-31-4-2

Flames road record: 16-7-5

Predators home record: 19-5-3

Current Leading Scorers:

Flames:
Points - Johnny Gaudreau (67)

Goals - Sean Monahan (27)

Predators:
Points - P.K. Subban (44)

Goals - Kevin Fiala, Viktor Arvidsson (18)

https://www.nhl.com/flames/news/5-th...rs/c-295973250

5. PLAYERS TO WATCH
Flames: LW Johnny Gaudreau

Johnny Hockey enters Thursday's game riding a seven-game point streak with 10 points (4G+6A) over that span. In 18 games in 2018, Gaudreau has been held pointless just twice, and his 24 points (6G+18A) since the start of the new year are tied with Penguins forward Phil Kessel for fourth-most in the NHL. His 67 points (19G+48A) in 57 games this season are second only to Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning, who leads the league with 72 points.

Predators: G Pekka Rinne

Rinne is 10-1-1 in 2018 with a 1.96 goals-against average, a .934 save percentage and two shutouts over that 12-game span. On the season, The 35-year-old backstop ranks fifth in save percentage (.927) and seventh in goals-against average (2.31) among all NHL goaltenders. Rinne and Connor Hellebuyck of the Jets are tied for second in the league in both wins (29) and shutouts (5).

[dammage79]

Big game tonight, play a full 60. Give 110% for the Gipper, rah rah sisk boom bah.

Flames always play a good game against the Preds, let's hope the trend continues.

[Puppet Guy]

Not so long ago, the people of Nashville said "y'all come back, now". Well, the pWo came back, alright. And hittin' the honky tonks ain't their plan:

Spoiler!

Go Flams

[Toonage]

Flames/Preds games are almost always fun and as noted the Flames tend to play them well. Hope they want to finish this road trip off strong, and I think they do.

Flames win it 4-3

[tvp2003]

I was surprised to see PK leading the team in points (with only 44), and that their leading scorer only has 18 goals. Goes to show how balanced they are; of course, they are terrific defensively (3rd in goals against).

Going to need a stingy effort because it will be difficult to get more than a couple past Pekka. 3-1 Flames (with an ENG)

[direwolf]

Please just get 2 points.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Win tonight and it's a 4-2 road trip in some tough buildings to play in. I would take that every day of the week.

[EVERLAST]

I hope it's no ones fault tonight and that the goal cheer doesn't get used and no one sucks.

In all seriousness tho.....I love that cheer in Nashville

[Phaneufenstein]

Wills on the Fan said that Frolik is nursing some type of injury, but expects him to be in the lineup.
Said it wasn't likely related to the face shield grab by Marchand.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

Win tonight and it's a 4-2 road trip in some tough buildings to play in. I would take that every day of the week.

If they lose it's 3 losses in the past 4 games or 2 out of the last possible 8 points. The way the team plays at home a .500 road trip may not be good enough in the big picture. This is a pretty big game for this team.

[IgiTang]

Gonna watch this one from the hot-tub tonight! GFG!

[Otto-matic]

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#Flames projected lines and pairings vs. #Predators:

Gaudreau-Monahan-Ferland
Tkachuk-Backlund-Frolik
Bennett-Jankowski-Hathaway
Lomberg-Stajan-Lazar

Giordano-Hamilton
Brodie-Hamonic
Kulak-Stone

Rittich (Starter)
Gillies

#CGYvsNSH – at Bridgestone Arena

[Manhattanboy]

Will she be there?

[colbym72]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Will she be there?

Woah NSFW that /s

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

If they lose it's 3 losses in the past 4 games or 2 out of the last possible 8 points. The way the team plays at home a .500 road trip may not be good enough in the big picture. This is a pretty big game for this team.

Always the ray of sunshine of CP.

A 3-3 road trip isn't that bad either. Certainly can recover. The game is game is big, but it's not do or die by any stretch.

[PegCityFlamesFan]

Please win flames!

[Loudog]

Whats the deal with Mike Fisher? Haven't seen anything about him since they came out and said he was coming back from retirement. Has he signed a contract yet? Is he practicing with the team?

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

Always the ray of sunshine of CP.

A 3-3 road trip isn't that bad either. Certainly can recover. The game is game is big, but it's not do or die by any stretch.

I really wish you would quit this crap. You know it's possible to engage in conversation without the backhanded comments. Maybe you could start taking the high road and try to be part of the solution here instead of being part of the problem.

Nobody said it was do or die but this team doesn't have a good home record to fall back on. Most teams are happy to come home .500 on a road trip as they have better home records. That's not the Flames as they are the exact opposite where the only reason they are in the playoff race is because of their road record. Coming home from a .500 road trip means they really have to pick up their game on home ice.

[Insane_Flame]

Only two scenarios have been swirling through my head, and I mean no offense but I can't shake it. Either 6-3 Preds or 5-0 Preds maaaybe 5-1. Sorry.

[Hot_Flatus]

Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

Always the ray of sunshine of CP.

A 3-3 road trip isn't that bad either. Certainly can recover. The game is game is big, but it's not do or die by any stretch.

So you're expecting a 3-3 road trip to mask the fact that this Flames team is bordering on incompetent on home ice? This team needs to go 4-2 on road trips like this to cover up the fact they will likely go 3-3 in the next stretch of home games.

Winning this game will be a very tough task. The Flames need this one bad so they better bring it tonight. Absolutely need to win the special teams battle for once to pull this off.