After a five day break the Wings get back to work tonight starting in Calgary with the first of four road games that will take them through Canada and down to Phoenix.The time is now to fix their road record. Puck drops at 9 pm on FSD+Click the jump for more
The Flames are sitting in 11th place, but only 3 points out of the final spot in the west. They have done a bit of tweaking to their lineup over the last week shipping Rene Bourque off to Montreal for Mike Cammalleri, and Brendan Morrison to Chicago for Brian Connelly. Detroit will put Wednesday's game in Montreal behind them and focus on the schedule ahead. They enter tonight as the top team in the league, and would like to keep it that way.32 games left, 18 of them at home, and 13 until the trade deadline. It's going to be a battle to the end in the Central with the losers most likely stuck in the 4-5-6 seeds.A Milestone of interest tonight other than Bertuzzi needing 1 goal to reach 300, are Miikka Kiprusoff playin...
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PLAYERS:
Rene Bourque,
Mike Cammalleri,
Brendan Morrison,
Brian Connelly,
Miikka Kiprusoff,
Jarome Iginla,
Kris Draper
TEAMS: Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Flames, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings
TEAMS: Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Flames, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings
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