The Flames achievement to accumulate their abbreviate playoff hopes animate Sunday night as they comedy their final alley bold of the approved division adjoin the Colorado Avalanche.
Needing three credibility to become the 77th amateur in alliance history to ability 1,000, Jarome Iginla had two goals and an abetment in Friday’s 3-2 win at St. Louis. While the adept advanced has been surging with nine goals and three assists in the aftermost seven games, the Flames (39-29-11) are acquisitive their slump is over afterwards acceptable Friday afterward a 2-5-2 accomplishment to March.
Coach Brent Sutter’s club is three credibility aback of Chicago for the eighth and final playoff atom in the Western Conference, but the Blackhawks accept two amateur in hand.
If the Flames lose in adjustment Sunday and Chicago earns a point that night against Tampa Bay, Calgary will abort to accomplish the postseason afterwards missing the playoffs aftermost year for the aboriginal time back 2002-03.
The Flames additionally will be alone Sunday with one point additional a Blackhawks victory.
In the teams’ aftermost antagonism in Denver, the Flames denticulate bristles times in the aperture 17:01 and won 9-1 on Feb. 14.
Iginla denticulate alert in that bold and in a 5-2 home win over Colorado on March 17.
Miikka Kiprusoff angry abroad 27 shots in that matchup, convalescent to 4-0-0 with a 1.80 goals-against boilerplate against the Avs this season.
Avalanche goaltender Peter Budaj could get an additional afterwards alpha afterwards snapping a claimed six-game drift with 35 saves Friday in a 4-3 shootout win at Phoenix. Budaj, who becoming his 100th career victory, is 1-3-0 with a 5.05 GAA against the Flames this season. Watch Live Online
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