GDT Wild vs Flames 1/6

So I guess our boys play again tonight eh? Sorry for the half assed GDT. busy at the ol working establishment.

Please bounce back? Nothing would help us more than to beat a team we historically struggle against.

FLAMES (25-12-5) at WILD (20-20-3)

Last 10 -- Calgary 6-3-1; Minnesota 4-6-0

Season series -- The Northwest Division rivals are meeting for only the second time this season, and the Flames are paying their first visit to the XcelEnergyCenter. The Wild won the first meeting this season, 2-1 in a shootout on Dec. 11. Minnesota has won the last two meetings -- but before that, Calgary had won 13 of the previous 15.

Big story -- The Flames have hit their stride. Tuesday's 3-1 win at Nashville was their fifth consecutive victory and moved them into first place in the division. In contrast, the Wild have dropped four in a row -- including Tuesday night's 4-1 loss at Chicago. Minnesota has scored only eight times in the four losses.

Team Scope:

Flames -- The Flames got some good news in Nashville -- Olli Jokinen and David Moss both ended long scoring droughts. Jokinen scored his eighth goal of the season and first since Dec. 9, while Moss' seventh goal of the season was his first since Dec. 3.

"As a group, we're not thinking about this guy hasn't scored," said center Daymond Langkow, whose empty-netter sealed the win. "We're just trying to play our game as a team. But yeah, it was good. Moss really goes to the net hard and having fun there for a few seconds and finally put it home. And Olli going to the net there for the rebound. Obviously big goals for us."

Wild -- With its offense struggling to find the back of the net, Minnesota has little room for error. Tuesday's 4-1 loss to Chicago was a case in point. Goalie Josh Harding had the puck checked away from him midway through the second period -- and seconds later Marian Hossa scored to put the Hawks ahead to stay.

"It was a 1-1 game," Minnesota coach Todd Richards said. "I thought Josh got hit on the play and it ends up as a turnover play in our zone, and you can't give Hossa that much room."

Who's hot -- Though he didn't score Tuesday, Minnesota's Mikko Koivu has 8 points in his last seven games. … Calgary goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff has allowed just four goals in winning his last four games. He has won 10 of his last 13 starts against the Wild, though he's dropped the last two.

Injury report -- For the Flames, defenseman Cory Sarich (undisclosed) is on injured reserve. Minnesota forward Owen Nolan sat out the loss in Chicago with an undisclosed injury.

Stat pack -- Kiprusoff has allowed one goal or fewer in 11 of his last 17 starts; he's surrendered exactly one in each of the last four. … Minnesota goaltender Niklas Backstrom has a 1.60 goals-against average in 10 career home starts against Calgary, but has taken the loss in five of them. However, Backstrom's.716 career home winning percentage and 2.11 GAA at the Xcel Energy Center are the best in the League among goalies that have made at least 56 starts on home ice since 2006-07, when his career began.

Puck drop -- Calgary hasn't won six in a row since Oct. 21-Nov. 1, 2008, while the Wild are trying to avoid their second five-game slide of the season -- they lost five in a row from Oct. 8-17. Minnesota will have to find a way to get its offense in gear to avoid continuing its victory drought.


we get beaten 3-1the lack of finishers on this team is whats going to cause our demise, hard work opens chances but we have to put them away.

ugh, 1-0

Yep terrible start...turnovers and a horrible rebound from Backs...great.

OOH beautiful deflection for Belanger.

1-1!!!!

This online stream is garbage so far. Keeps stopping and starting back up.

In fact, it's still saying it's 1-0 Calgary and it's "live"...

Bella is doing great for us, i do hope we win this game.

i wish belanger would be more consistent when he plays well. some nights he goes on a tear and can make wonderful end to end plays. then other nights, it makes me wonder why he is on the ice.

Kwright315 wrote:

This online stream is garbage so far. Keeps stopping and starting back up.

In fact, it's still saying it's 1-0 Calgary and it's "live"...

lol, when ya get to the belanger deflection, it is awesome.

ahahahah i love this commercial

What commercial was it?

Annnd I stand by my statement that Miettenin is terrible

Diving call maybe?

Dee Oh Cee wrote:

What commercial was it?

the bud light arrival commercial

00Xtremeninja wrote:

Dee Oh Cee wrote:

What commercial was it?

the bud light arrival commercial

lol yes I like that one!

I gave up on the stream. Stupid buffer every 5 seconds. It wouldve been another half hour before I got to the goal.

I think the flames will come out better in the second. You guys needed to get a lead there in the first.

Bad teams like the Wild need to come out with a lead early.

Not true. The Wild were one of the hottest teams in late November and through out December. They rarely scored first. But it didn't stop them. This club has never been normal. They normally suck when getting early leads, and they use to suck when leading in shots on goal in years' past. But that's changing this year.

Terrible D to D pass there..wow...

NICE

HAHA little chip shot

god i would love to be able to say this year that we had calgary's number

KICK OUT REGHAER or however the fuck you spell it

And Clutterbuck does his job