Calgary at Buffalo Tonight

Funny thing happened while perusing the Flames roster…

Calgary has an 11-4-1 record and stand 5th in the West with games in hand over everyone ahead of them.  They’re playing great hockey, so I expected some player stats to jump off the page at me when I was looking at the roster.

Sure, they have Iginla and Phaneuf, Langkow and Rene Bourque.  But after that nobody is putting up great numbers.  Until I got to the goaltender section and saw that Mikka Kiprusoff is playing great hockey with a 10-3-1 record and a .917 save percentage.  Add in seven solid NHL defensemen and you get a sense of just what sort of defensive game tonight could turn into.

Back in Buffalo, it looks like the NHL will make me look the fool (like I need the help) by not even fining Clarke MacArthur.  So The Little General will be in the lineup tonight, although it appears Mike Grier will not.  Based on what was seen at practice yesterday Pat Kaleta may move up to the third line while Mair will play on the fourth line with Goose and Ellis.