[GDT] Flames @ Rags 5 P.M. MT

[jemjey]

Flames (4-3-0) @ Rangers (2-4-1)

Coming off a loss to the top team in the NHL, Flames face-off against the bottom of the Metro division in an early game tonight.

Rangers come off an OT loss to the capitals and have struggled to score goals this season. However Lundqvist has been looking great so far posting a .930 SV% through 6 outings. Flames are also 0-6 in last six visits to MSG.

GFG!

[crapshoot]

This is a perfect day to stop with all the losing at the garden.

[Flames1217]

Must win game.. Cant lose against bottom teams. Both NY and Montreal we have dominate. No excuses. Go flames Go!!!!!

[foofighter15]

Big game tonight. Move on from a tough loss by coming out hard tonight and taking it to a team that should be beat. Let's get this road trip started the right way.

[EVERLAST]

We gotta win. This team needs a full effort from everybody and get these points we need early.

Peters hopefully gets them playing stifling-defence.

Get the win fellas.

[dissentowner]

These are the games that contending teams auto bank two points. Get it done.

[Puppet Guy]

A trip to New York City is always something to look forward to, and Our Hero has decided to bring along a few pals to share the experience:

Spoiler!

Go Flames

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Originally Posted by Flames1217

Must win game.. Cant lose against bottom teams. Both NY and Montreal we have dominate. No excuses. Go flames Go!!!!!

Must win at game 8 of the season!!!

YES!!!!

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by jemjey

Rangers come off an OT loss to the capitals and have struggled to score goals this season.

Smitty has the panacea for that.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Rittich is starting. Rest of the lines are the same as last game looks like.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Derek Wills@Fan960Wills
#Flames projected lines and pairings vs. #Rangers:

Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm
Tkachuk-Backlund-Frolik
Bennett-Ryan-Neal
Dube-Jankowski-Hathaway

Giordano-Brodie
Hanifin-Lindholm
Valimaki-Stone

Rittich (Starter)
Smith

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

Derek Wills@Fan960Wills
#Flames projected lines and pairings vs. #Rangers:

Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm
Tkachuk-Backlund-Frolik
Bennett-Ryan-Neal
Dube-Jankowski-Hathaway

Giordano-Brodie
Hanifin-Lindholm
Valimaki-Stone

Rittich (Starter)
Smith

Big steal by Treliving trading Rasmus Andersson for Hampus Lindholm

[Strange Brew]

Mildly surprised Czarnik not drawing back in.

[Harry Lime]

Rangers are a little more punchy. Czarnik will be in against Montreal, where his speed will play better, I bet.

[Bingo]

Quick Game Day Numbers Update

Season Projections

Player	GP82	G82	A82	Pts82	PPG
Johnny Gaudreau, LW	82	35	82	117	1.429
Matthew Tkachuk, LW	82	35	82	117	1.429
Elias Lindholm, C	82	59	35	94	1.143
Sean Monahan, C	82	47	35	82	1.000
Mark Giordano, D	82	12	59	70	0.857
Mikael Backlund, C	82	12	35	47	0.571
Michael Stone, D	82	0	47	47	0.571
T.J. Brodie, D	82	0	47	47	0.571
Michael Frolik, RW	81	41	0	41	0.500
Austin Czarnik, C	81	14	27	41	0.500
Sam Bennett, C	82	23	12	35	0.429
Derek Ryan, C	82	12	12	23	0.286
James Neal, LW	82	12	12	23	0.286
Noah Hanifin, D	82	0	23	23	0.286
Mark Jankowski, C	80	0	16	16	0.200
Dillon Dube, C	81	0	14	14	0.167
Juuso Valimaki, D	82	12	0	12	0.143
Rasmus Andersson, D	80	0	0	0	0.000
Garnet Hathaway, RW	78	0	0	0	0.000
Dalton Prout, D	76	0	0	0	0.000
Anthony Peluso, RW	77	0	0	0	0.000
Travis Hamonic, D	76	0	0	0	0.000

Fancy Stats per 60 Minutes
CF / SC / HD number for, against and differential based on averaging ice time.

Player	CF60	SCF60	HDCF60	CA60	SCA60	HDCA60	CD60	SCD60	HDD60
Austin Czarnik	 86.3 	 45.7 	 15.2 	 50.7 	 23.3 	 11.2 	 35.52 	 22.33 	 4.06 
Sam Bennett	 74.4 	 39.6 	 17.8 	 47.7 	 24.3 	 10.5 	 26.68 	 15.36 	 7.28 
Matthew Tkachuk	 86.9 	 48.0 	 19.5 	 49.4 	 29.2 	 16.0 	 37.54 	 18.77 	 3.48 
Mikael Backlund	 86.8 	 45.0 	 15.7 	 47.7 	 27.4 	 17.0 	 39.17 	 17.63 	-1.31 
Mark Jankowski	 58.9 	 31.8 	 12.7 	 39.8 	 17.5 	 8.0 	 19.11 	 14.33 	 4.78 
Mark Giordano	 74.0 	 35.9 	 15.0 	 45.6 	 25.7 	 14.5 	 28.41 	 10.18 	 0.54 
Michael Frolik	 59.8 	 32.0 	 14.9 	 51.2 	 20.3 	 11.7 	 8.54 	 11.74 	 3.20 
TJ Brodie	 67.0 	 32.8 	 12.6 	 47.9 	 25.7 	 14.1 	 19.16 	 7.06 	-1.51 
Juuso Valimaki	 63.0 	 29.5 	 12.5 	 51.9 	 26.9 	 13.8 	 11.16 	 2.63 	-1.31 
James Neal	 62.5 	 30.6 	 12.9 	 52.3 	 29.2 	 14.9 	 10.18 	 1.36 	-2.04 
Derek Ryan	 60.3 	 30.6 	 10.2 	 51.8 	 28.0 	 12.7 	 8.49 	 2.55 	-2.55 
Noah Hanifin	 58.7 	 32.9 	 14.4 	 59.7 	 35.0 	 16.0 	-1.03 	-2.06 	-1.54 
Rasmus Andersson	 50.7 	 23.7 	 10.1 	 59.2 	 31.3 	 7.6 	-8.45 	-7.61 	 2.54 
Michael Stone	 60.7 	 26.8 	 11.5 	 52.4 	 34.5 	 19.8 	 8.30 	-7.66 	-8.30 
Johnny Gaudreau	 51.8 	 26.2 	 13.4 	 53.5 	 34.3 	 17.5 	-1.75 	-8.15 	-4.07 
Dillon Dube	 48.2 	 19.5 	 11.5 	 55.0 	 28.7 	 13.8 	-6.88 	-9.17 	-2.29 
Sean Monahan	 53.8 	 27.2 	 13.9 	 56.8 	 36.9 	 18.1 	-3.02 	-9.67 	-4.23 
Elias Lindholm	 54.8 	 26.4 	 10.6 	 58.1 	 37.0 	 18.5 	-3.30 	-10.56 	-7.92 
Dalton Prout	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
Garnet Hathaway	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
Travis Hamonic	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
Anthony Peluso

Team Ranks of Above Categories as well as a ranking of the rankings

Player	rCF60	rSCF60	rHDCF60	rCA60	rSCA60	rHDCA60	rCD60	rSCD60	rHDD60	rR
Austin Czarnik	 3 	 2 	 4 	 7 	 3 	 4 	 3 	 1 	 3 	 3.3 
Sam Bennett	 4 	 4 	 2 	 4 	 4 	 3 	 5 	 4 	 1 	 3.4 
Matthew Tkachuk	 1 	 1 	 1 	 6 	 12 	 13 	 2 	 2 	 4 	 4.7 
Mikael Backlund	 2 	 3 	 3 	 3 	 8 	 14 	 1 	 3 	 8 	 5.0 
Mark Jankowski	 12 	 9 	 11 	 1 	 1 	 2 	 7 	 5 	 2 	 5.6 
Mark Giordano	 5 	 5 	 5 	 2 	 6 	 10 	 4 	 7 	 7 	 5.7 
Michael Frolik	 11 	 8 	 6 	 8 	 2 	 5 	 10 	 6 	 5 	 6.8 
TJ Brodie	 6 	 7 	 12 	 5 	 5 	 9 	 6 	 8 	 10 	 7.6 
Juuso Valimaki	 7 	 12 	 13 	 10 	 7 	 8 	 8 	 9 	 9 	 9.2 
James Neal	 8 	 10 	 10 	 11 	 11 	 11 	 9 	 11 	 12 	 10.3 
Derek Ryan	 10 	 11 	 17 	 9 	 9 	 6 	 11 	 10 	 14 	 10.8 
Noah Hanifin	 13 	 6 	 7 	 18 	 16 	 12 	 13 	 12 	 11 	 12.0 
Rasmus Andersson	 17 	 17 	 18 	 17 	 13 	 1 	 18 	 13 	 6 	 13.3 
Michael Stone	 9 	 14 	 14 	 12 	 15 	 18 	 12 	 14 	 18 	 14.0 
Johnny Gaudreau	 16 	 16 	 9 	 13 	 14 	 15 	 14 	 15 	 15 	 14.1 
Dillon Dube	 18 	 18 	 15 	 14 	 10 	 7 	 17 	 16 	 13 	 14.2 
Sean Monahan	 15 	 13 	 8 	 15 	 17 	 16 	 15 	 17 	 16 	 14.7 
Elias Lindholm	 14 	 15 	 16 	 16 	 18 	 17 	 16 	 18 	 17 	 16.3 
Dalton Prout	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
Garnet Hathaway	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  
Travis Hamonic

[Northendzone]

I too see this as a must win game. Two points in rocktober are just as valuable as two points in March.

[Groot]

I think the Flames come out strong and take it 4-1. I also consider this a must-win, as someone else mentioned contending teams bank these 2 points and move on, and with how tight the Pacific is likley to be, cannot be giving away points to bottom teams whether it's in October or March.

[The Professor]

Offensive explosion!!! Bennett x 2, Neal, Gio, Monahan, Backlund and Valimaki.

[DazzlinDino]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

Rittich is starting. Rest of the lines are the same as last game looks like.

Gotta love a coach who is willing to mix it up to get back on track.

[Strange Brew]

Thanks for the stats Bingo. Lindholm the worst Flame for high danger scoring chances against per 60, even worse than Monahan and Gaudreau is surprising.