GDT: Game 47: St. Louis vs Calgary

[CarvinSigX]

Win?

[Robb_K]

Must WIN!!! WILL WIN! The only qustion is will they be able to beat The Hawks. They'd better win both.

[Falco Lombardi]

The Kings lost, the Sharks are losing, this could turn into a pretty important game.

[GoofSlashFoig]

I have this feeling Cundari is going to score on us.

[Kreegz2]

We know officially control our own destiny. Win both games and we are guaranteed athe 4th seed.

[2 Minute Minor]

4th place and home ice is there for the taking. But the Blues have to take care of Calgary first before even worrying about that.

[PocketNines]

Blues play both games before SJ @ LA on Saturday night. Scenarios:

Blues get 0 points, play Vancouver.
Blues get 1 point, San Jose better get at least 1 point so we play Vancouver, else we play LA.
Blues get 2 points, San Jose just has to win, else we play LA.
Blues get 3 points, San Jose better win, else we play LA.
Blues get 4 points, Blues host winner, better be San Jose else we play LA.

Let's face it. Unless the Blues lose both games in regulation, they're pretty much playing LA when LA wins that game at home.

[2 Minute Minor]

There's still a tiny chance of playing Anaheim if the Blues lose both games in regulation and Minnesota wins out.

[PocketNines]

Originally Posted by 2 Minute Minor

There's still a tiny chance of playing Anaheim if the Blues lose both games in regulation and Minnesota wins out.

True, the Blues can even get a point in this scenario unless San Jose loses in regulation and then it's LA-Minnesota in round 1!!

[BleedinBlueSince1972]

Originally Posted by Kreegz2

We know officially control our own destiny. Win both games and we are guaranteed athe 4th seed.

This... should be motivation enough all things considered.

[Novacain]

Win out, hope SJ wins the game off"who could care less"

[moolah3i4]

Lets go Blues! 4th seed here we come!

[Freyj]

Originally Posted by PocketNines

Blues play both games before SJ @ LA on Saturday night. Scenarios:

Blues get 0 points, play Vancouver.
Blues get 1 point, San Jose better get at least 1 point so we play Vancouver, else we play LA.
Blues get 2 points, San Jose just has to win, else we play LA.
Blues get 3 points, San Jose better win, else we play LA.
Blues get 4 points, Blues host winner, better be San Jose else we play LA.

Let's face it. Unless the Blues lose both games in regulation, they're pretty much playing LA when LA wins that game at home.

Still take 4th with 3 points and a SJ win.

[bluemandan]

Let's Go Blues!!!

[Fluff Master]

Love this time of year. Watching all the games extra closely, wondering who's going to make it in and who isn't. I'm just happy that we clinched. Home ice advantage would be awesome. If we do get LA, then here's to the Blues saving their revenge for the post-season.

[tdadanny]

Instead of predicting who will finish where, we should just focus on our first game.

Game info, posted in another forum:

Calgary Flames (19-23-4) vs St. Louis Blues (27-17-2)

Time:

8:00 PM Eastern
7:00 PM Central
6:00 PM Mountain
5:00 PM Pacific

Location:
Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO

Watch:
TV: FS-MW, SNET-W
Radio: KMOX 1120


Projected Lineups

Blues

LW C RW
Schwartz Backes Steen
McDonald Sobotka Stewart
Porter Berglund Tarasenko
Perron Cracknell Reaves

D1 D2
Pietrangelo Bouwmeester
Leopold Shattenkirk
Russell Polak

Starting Goalie: Elliott

Scratches: Cole, Jackman, Nichol(DTD), Murray, Jaskin

Flames

LW C RW
Baertschi Backlund Cammalleri
Horak Stempniak Aliu
Jackman Cervenka Hudler
Hanowski Stajan Street

D1 D2
Giordano Carson
Brodie Cundari
Babchuk Butler

Starting Goalie: Kiprusoff

Season Stats

Blues Stats Flames
56 PTS 42
2.54 G/G 2.74
2.44 GA/G 3.26
19.7 PP% 20.5
84.0 PK% 81.2
28.0 S/G 27.1
24.3 SA/G 29.4
50.4 FO% 46.8

Season Stat Leaders

Stat Blues Total Flames Total
G Stewart 18 Glencross 15
A Backes 20 Stempniak 22
PTS Stewart 34 Cammalleri 32
PIM Reaves 72 Jackman 59
SOG Steen 126 Stempniak 109

Goalie Breakdown

Blues
Player GPI W L OTL SO GAA SV%
Elliott 22 12 8 1 3 2.41 .903
Halak 16 6 5 1 3 2.14 .899
Allen 15 9 4 0 1 2.46 .904

Flames
Player GPI W L OTL SO GAA SV%
Kiprusoff 24 8 14 2 0 3.44 .882
MacDonald 19 8 7 1 0 2.80 .905

Odds & Ends:

Bouwmeester will face his former team for the first time since the deal as St. Louis seeks a season-best, five-game home winning streak Thursday night.

St. Louis (27-17-2) has won nine of 12 with Bouwmeester in the lineup and guaranteed the veteran his first postseason experience with a 3-1 win over Colorado on Tuesday.
Kiprusoff has a career-worst 3.44 goals-against average this season, but he made 36 saves and Cervenka scored twice as the Flames beat St. Louis 3-2 in the last meeting March 24 to end a three-game skid in the series.

This is the third and final meeting this season between these teams and the first contest to take place in St. Louis. The Blues and Flames split the previous two meetings, with Calgary winning 3-2 on March 24 and St. Louis earning a 5-2 victory on Feb. 15.

St. Louis has held opponents to one goal in four consecutive home games - all victories. Brian Elliott started each of those contests after going 1-4-1 with a 4.31 GAA in his first six home outings.

Elliott is 7-2-0 with a 1.14 GAA in his last nine starts overall and has a 1.83 GAA in five career starts versus the Flames.

Kiprusoff is 7-3-1 with a 1.36 GAA in his last 11 versus St. Louis, which may be without defenseman Barret Jackman after he was injured blocking a shot Tuesday.
Cervenka has three goals in his past two games for Calgary while Sven Baertschi has eight points in his current six-game point streak.

Cundari, who made his NHL debut Sunday against the Minnesota Wild, has three points in his first two NHL games.

Stewart has two goals and three points in his past three games.

Injury Report:
Blues: Jamie Langenbrunner (Torn Labrum), T.J. Oshie (Ankle), Jaroslav Halak (Groin)
Flames: Paul Byron (Hand), Alex Tanguay (Knee), Steve Begin (Hand), Curtis Glencross (Knee), Cory Sarich (Nose), Derek Smith (Lower Body), Dennis Wideman (Finger)

Source: Thx to KickapooPonies for the GDT @ link

[SirPaste]

Go Blues

[mind_the_gap]

Try someone on the PP who can actually handle the puck.

[CarvinSigX]

Originally Posted by mind_the_gap

Try someone on the PP who can actually handle the puck.

I want Perron on the right side of one unit.

[PocketNines]

Anybody see the QMJHL brawl video? The league hilariously just suspended both goalies on each team for this.

@sunayas The #QMJHL has suspended all four goalies for their part in the brawl between BBA & the Drakkar. Holy smokes.

[Steve French]

Originally Posted by PocketNines

Anybody see the QMJHL brawl video? The league hilariously just suspended both goalies on each team for this.

Wonder how that's gonna work?

[PocketNines]

By the way Ryan Tesink got suspended 2 games for this.

[Multimoodia]

Originally Posted by CarvinSigX

I want Perron on the right side of one unit.

I would consider letting Perron stand in front of the net at this point...not sure if putting him on the half-wall is his best position.

It should be understand, but not so sure that it is...

[BadgersandBlues]

Originally Posted by Multimoodia

I would consider letting Perron stand in front of the net at this point...not sure if putting him on the half-wall is his best position.

It should be understand, but not so sure that it is...

What's funny is that when our PP was absolutely dominant, it was b/c it ran through Perron on the half boards, with him being confident and shooting, usually off the far pad with Oshie crashing in from the point to cash in a rebound. I think we scored at least 3-4 goals this way early on. Then either teams adjusted, we changed personnel, or Perron stopped doing what he was doing and became ineffective. Either way, when Perron was doing his thing on the half boards early on, we were grooving on the PP.

[stlweir]

Interesting that the Flames plugged Cundari right in and he has averaged almost 22 minutes a game in his first 2 games. Looks like he is getting some time on the PP too.