Today: Jets at Flames

By: Mike McIntyre Posted: 8:35 AM CST Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018

About the FLAMES Calgary (25-16-4) has surged up the Pacific Division standings into a tie for second thanks to a seven-game winning streak prior to going on their bye week. They’ll be looking to make it eight-in-a-row when they return to action Saturday against the Jets.

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About the FLAMES

Calgary (25-16-4) has surged up the Pacific Division standings into a tie for second thanks to a seven-game winning streak prior to going on their bye week. They’ll be looking to make it eight-in-a-row when they return to action Saturday against the Jets.

LW Johnny Gaudreau (15G, 39A) is having an MVP-type season and leads the Flames in scoring while sitting T-4th overall in the league. C Sean Monahan (21G, 21A), LW Matthew Tkachuk (13G, 18A) and LW Micheal Ferland (19G, 10A) give Calgary plenty of offensive punch.

The blue line is also rock solid with D Dougie Hamilton (8G, 14A), Mark Giordano (8G, 13A) and TJ Brodie (2G, 17A) leading the way.

Johnny Gaudreau celebrates a goal. (Associated Press files)

Veteran G Mike Smith (20-13-3, 2.46 GAA, .924 SV%) is proving to be a valuable free agent addition as he carries the bulk of the workload in net.

Calgary is without a pair of veterans due to injury in RW Michael Frolik (broken jaw, week-to-week) and RW Jaromir Jagr (lower-body, undisclosed).

Despite their overall success, special teams are just average for the Flames. Their power play is ranked 19th in the NHL at 18.4%, while their penalty killing is 18th at 79.9%.

Calgary has three Manitobans on their roster in Ferland along with D Travis Hamonic and D Michael Stone.

Calgary won the first of three meetings with the Jets by a 6-3 score in early October. They’ll meet again April 5 in Winnipeg.

CALGARY FLAMES

33 David Rittich G

41 Mike Smith G

5 Mark Giordano D

7 TJ Brodie D

10 Kris Versteeg RW

11 Mikael Backlund C

13 Johnny Gaudreau LW

18 Matt Stajan C

19 Matthew Tkachuk LW

20 Curtis Lazar C

21 Garnet Hathaway RW

23 Sean Monahan C

24 Travis Hamonic D

26 Michael Stone D

27 Dougie Hamilton D

36 Troy Brouwer RW

44 Matt Bartkowski D

46 Marek Hrivik LW

61 Brett Kulak D

77 Mark Jankowski C

79 Micheal Ferland LW

88 Andrew Mangiapane LW

93 Sam Bennett C

Head coach: Glen Gulutzan

Assistant coaches: Dave Cameron, Paul Jerrard, Martin Gelinas

Goaltending coach: Jordan Sigalet

WINNIPEG JETS

34 Michael Hutchinson G

37 Connor Hellebuyck G

5 Dmitry Kulikov D

7 Ben Chiarot D

8 Jacob Trouba D

9 Andrew Copp LW

13 Brandon Tanev LW

15 Matt Hendricks C

16 Shawn Matthias LW

17 Adam Lowry C

18 Bryan Little C

26 Blake Wheeler RW

27 Nikolaj Ehlers LW

29 Patrik Laine RW

33 Dustin Byfuglien D

30 Toby Enstrom D

40 Joel Armia RW

44 Josh Morrissey D

52 Jack Roslovic C

56 Marko Dano LW

57 Tyler Myers D

81 Kyle Connor LW

85 Mathieu Perreault LW

Head coach: Paul Maurice

Assistant coaches: Charlie Huddy, Jamie Kompon, Todd Woodcroft

Goaltending coach: Wade Flaherty

* lineups subject to change

— Mike McIntyre

Mike McIntyre
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