The Flame play in back to back games here as the opening game of the weekend for Calgary is against the Detroit Red Wings. The last game prior to the Red Wings game was a win over the Tampa Bay Lightning by a score of 4-1. The win over the Lightning moved the Flames to a record of 35-15-7 on the year overall.
With the goal scoring the Calgary Flames have ended up getting a total of 3.49 goals per game on the year. The power play for the Flames has converted at a clip of 22.9% on the year, but the penalty kill for the Flames has killed off a total of 85.3% on the year. With the defense overall the Flames have allowed only 2.46 goals per game on the year.
The Avalanche are coming here after losing in their last game. The loss for Colorado came against the Carolina Hurricanes and for the potential offense of the Avalanche it was horrible with no goals scored and losing 2-0. The loss dropped the Avalanche to a record of 41-13-5 on the year so far.
When it comes to goal scoring the Avalanche have ended up getting a total of 3.85 goals per game scored. The defense for Colorado has allowed 2.86 goals per game. The power play for Colorado is converting at a clip of 23.1% on the year and the penalty kill for the Avalanche has ended up killing off 76.9% of the power plays faced.
