The Flames head back to the Staples Center tonight to conclude their back-to-back and season series against the Los Angeles Kings. The Kings have had the Flames number this season, routing them 6-2 on Saturday night and 3-1 on February 20th in Calgary, and will go for season sweep tonight.
Aaron Gagnon willed himself to a 2-goal night, but had little else to celebrate as the St.John's IceCaps lost 4-2 Saturday night to the Syracuse Crunch, dropping the second straight of the series.
The Flames will look to continue one streak while trying to end another tonight when they head into Anaheim to face the Ducks. The Flames have not won in Anaheim in fifteen straight visits but are playing their best hockey of the season and will look to extend their winning streak to a season-high three games. The Ducks are one of the surprises so far in this shortened season, sitting in 2nd place in the West, and at the top of the Pacific Division.
The Flames welcome the Sharks to the Dome for the first time, for their second match-up of the season. They two combatants opened the season against each other as the Sharks defeated the Flames by the score of 4-1. The story for tonight’s game is the return of Miikka Kiprusoff, who will get his first start since going down with a knee injury on February 5th.
It is tough to explain the situation that the Flames dodged with the Colorado Avalanche matching the Flames offer sheet for Ryan O'Reilly yesterday night. Here is the story.
The Vancouver Canucks have claimed Flyers forward Tom Sestito off of waivers this morning.
The Canucks lost tough guy Aaron Volpatti when the Washington Capitals claimed him off waivers yesterday and didn't call anyone else up. They claimed Sestito to fill his role.
The Flames head into Colorado tonight to face an Avalanche team that has seen five of their seven wins come on home ice at the Pepsi Center (5-2-1). This will be the second meeting between the clubs this season, with the Aves beating the Flames 6-3 on January 31st at the Dome. It was the Aves third straight victory over the Flames as they will look to make it four tonight.
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