Tonight: Jets at Flames

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The Jets trail the Flames 3-1 after two periods of play at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary.

Joe Colborne opened the scoring five minutes 38 seconds into the game with his 14th. Michael Frolik would double the lead at the 12:48 mark of the first frame before Calgary added their third on the power play late in the period with a goal from Sean Monahan, who collected his 24th goal of the season.

The Jets cut the lead to 3-1 with the lone goal in the second after Blake Wheeler set up Drew Stafford for his for his 19th of the year and second goal in the last three games.

Ondrej Pavelec has 14 saves through two periods, while Joni Ortio has stopped 18 of the Jets’ 19 shots.

Though still a big hill to climb – the Jets are 1-24-3 when trailing after two periods – a win for the Jets tonight would earn them heir first three-game winning streak of the season. Winnipeg enters the game following wins over the Colorado Avalanche and most recently, a 5-2 victory over Vancouver Monday night.

It’s the third game and final game of the season between these two clubs, both of whom share identical records of 29-35-5. The season series is tied 1-1.

About the flames

Calgary is coming off a 7-4 win over St. Louis Monday that snapped the Blues’ six-game win streak. Ex-Jet Michael Frolik led the Flames with a hat trick, including two while short-handed. That was the first time a Calgary player had scored twice while down a man since Cory Stillman on Jan. 9, 1998.

Flames forward Mikael Baklund picked up an assist in the win over the Blues and has six points in seven games in March. He is now just two points shy of his career high of 39, set in 2013-14.

Calgary’s power play is ranked only slightly better than the Jets, 28th overall, at 15.7 per cent. The Jets are 29th at 15.4. The Flames’ penalty kill is dead last at 74.2 per cent.

New D-man Jyrki Jokipakka, acquired at the trade deadline from Dallas, has seen his ice time top the 20-minute mark two of his last three games. He was just under 18 minutes in Monday’s win over the Blues.

Calgary’s Johnny Gaudreau was tied for fifth in NHL scoring with Sidney Crosby (heading into Tuesday’s action) with 26 goals and 43 assists. Mark Giordano is among the NHL’s Top 10 D scorers, with 17 goals and 28 assists.

Winnipeg Jets

31 Ondrej Pavelec

34 Michael Hutchinson

4 Paul Postma

6 Alex Burmistrov

7 Ben Chiarot

8 Jacob Trouba

9 Andrew Copp

12 Drew Stafford

15 Matt Halischuk

17 Adam Lowry

22 Chris Thorburn

26 Blake Wheeler

27 Nikolaj Ehlers

33 Dustin Byfuglien

39 Toby Enstrom

40 Joel Armia

46 JC Lipon

55 Mark Scheifele

56 Marko Dano

57 Tyler Myers

71 Julian Melchiori

72 Scott Kosmachuk

85 Mathieu Perreault

Head coach: Paul Maurice

Assistants: Charlie Huddy, Pascal Vincent

 

Calgary Flames

1 Jonas Hiller

32 Niklas Backstrom

37 Joni Ortio

3 Jyrki Jokipakka

5 Mark Giordano

6 Dennis Wideman

7 TJ Brodie

8 Joe Colborne

11 Mikael Backlund

13 Johnny Gaudreau

16 Josh Jooris

17 Lance Bouma

18 Matt Stajan

23 Sean Monahan

27 Dougie Hamilton

29 Deryk Engelland

33 Jakub Nakladal

51 Kenny Agostino

52 Brandon Bollig

64 Garnet Hathaway

67 Michael Frolik

79 Micheal Ferland

93 Sam Bennett

Head coach: Bob Hartley

Assistants: Jacques Cloutier, Martin Gelinas

(Lineups subject to change)