Game 36 - Flames vs Canucks Live Chat
Kent Wilson
December 23 2011 07:26PM
This is the final Flames game before the holiday break. Win or lose enjoy the action and we'll see you again on December 27th.
Merry Christmas!
Flames Scoring Chances - Game 35 vs Detroit Red Wings
Kent Wilson
December 22 2011 10:05PM
Final Score: 3-2 W
Game 35 - Flames vs. Red Wings Live Chat
Kent Wilson
December 22 2011 06:39PM
One of the quirks of the Flames underlying numbers through 34 games so far is that they are an above average possession team at home (55% score tied) and the worst possession team in the NHL on the road (39% score tied). There is always a slight knock to away clubs owing to the home team having last change, but that's a fairly wild swing. Especially with a coach like Sutter who doesn't do anything drastically different with his match-ups across situations.
It would take a more systematic inquiry to determine what the source of the big difference is but my hypothesis is schedule effects - I assume the Flames have seen much softer competition at home than on the road so far. In addition, Calgary has enjoyed a lot of opponents on the second night of a B2B for some reason this year (DET is another one tonight) which can help the ol' outshooting.
Over time, I assume the two ratios will converge somewhere in the middle. As for tonight, they're going to need all the help they can get - DET is still one of the best in the biz and Calgary is missing more than a few regulars from the line-up at this point (Moss, Babchuk, Gio, Tanguay). Unless the Wings are absolutely spent after their clash with the Canucks last night, the Flames are going to have to put forward their very best effort to have any chance at all.
WJC Tickets for Sale
Kent Wilson
December 21 2011 10:04AM
Frequent reader and commenter mchockey let me know recently he has some tickets to the WJC he'd like to get rid of. With so many Calgry based fans passsing through here every day, I figured it made sense to post his list of dates and prices here.
Win/win for mc and FN readers.
Flames Scoring Chances - Game 34 vs Minnesota Wild
Kent Wilson
December 20 2011 09:51PM
Final Score: 2-1 W
