Recap Notes: - Gustavsson allowed 3 goals on 5 shots... the bubble has officially burst - Experts said Kessel would be nothing without Savard... Kessel is lighting it up on a shitty team - I mean seriously... the Maple Leafs suck ass. Kessel made a huge mistake - But he wipes his ass with our yearly salary - Iginla and Nystrom scored 16 seconds apart - It was 80's night in Toronto... and the team played like they did in the 80's - That means they really sucked, for you youngsters
Maple Leafs Likely Goalie: Jonas Gustavsson, as it should be
Flames Likely Goalie: Miikka Kiprusoff, who else?
Maple Leafs Top Scorer: Alexei Ponikarovsky (7)
Flames Top Scorer: Jarome Iginla (9)
Injury Report: Mike Komisarek is resting his vagina err...quadriceps for the next few weeks.
Preview Notes: The only thing that may give Toronto a chance is The Monster in net and that Kessel is getting his groove back. Well that and that fact that Kiprusoff is probably starting to get tired from starting nearly EVERY game. That being said, the Flames have not had the best history when traveling to Toronto, but this year's Leafs team is special (like retard special, not good special) so we'll see what happens.
Buffalo Sabres Record: 10-4-1 (1st in the Northeast)
Calgary Flames Record: 11-4-1 (2nd in the Northwest)
Sabres Record vs. Flames Since 2005: 1-2
Sabres Likely Goalie: Ryan Miller
Flames Likely Goalie: Miikka Kiprusoff
Sabres Top Scorer: Tim Connolly (4 goals, 15 points)
Flames Top Scorer: Rene Bourque (6 goals, 18 points)
Injury Report: The Flames are basically healthy, especially now that they've cut the line and got their flu shots!
For Buffalo, Toni Lydman (groin) is out and Patrick Lalime (groin) is questionable.
Preview Notes: With Kiprusoff and Miller between the pipes this should be quite the game. Both are near the top of the league stat wise and have look almost unstoppable. Buffalo has allowed a league low 43 goals while Calgary is 6th with just 43 goals allowed.
After a rough start, Calgary superstar Jarome Iginla has rounded into form and will look to kill the slugs on the front of the Buffalo jerseys. Tim Connolly will just look to stay off the IR after a surprisingly healthy start to the season. Stay away from Phaneuf Tim. He'll kill you.
Three Stars: 1. Miikka Kiprusoff (25 saves, got the shutout) 2. Jaroslav Halak (only let up 1 goal, to the mighty Iginla) 3. Jarome Iginal (Only goal, being awesome)
Final Score: Calgary Flames: 1 Montreal Canadiens: 0
Recap Notes: - Not sure if the Flames played the Canadiens or the Wild last night - Seriously Montreal... just stick to the jerseys you usually wear - Dion Phaneuf may get sloppy seconds, but he's a beast - He was destroying those poor midgets - Jarome Iginla is what a hockey player should be - Carey Price might want to pack his bags - Or at least bring a cushion while he's riding the bench - Glencross sitting exemplifies what is wrong with the NHL's discipline practices - Cammalleri probably wishes he was still with the Flames - Hey Calgary... if you want to go anywhere in the playoffs this year.... REST KIPPER! - Canadiens back in action tomorrow against the Please Move Us Coyotes
Montreal Canadiens Record: 8-9-0 (4th in the Northeast)
Calgary Flames Record: 10-4-1
Canadiens Record vs. Flames Since 2005: (2nd in the Northwest)
Canadiens Likely Goalie: Jaroslav Halak
Flames Likely Goalie: Miikka Kiprusoff
Canadiens Top Scorer: Lil Mikey Cammalleri (7 goals, 14 points)
Flames Top Scorer: Rene Bourque (6 goals, 17 points)
Injury Report: Calgary has a full roster, althought I'll throw Olli Jokinen on here (sucking asshole). Thanks for not helping my fantasy team, dick.
The mighty midgets from Montreal will be without Matt D'Agostini (concussion), Ryan O'Byrne (knee), Hal Gill (lead feet), Andrei Markov (severed ankle tendons) and Georges Laraque (back). Not having Gill or Laraque should actually be a benefit to the Canadiens.
Preview Notes: Calgary won the first meeting of the season 4-3. This is the last meeting of the season between these two Canadian franchises.
Calgary's captain and resident bad ass Jarome Iginla is on fire lately (NO PUN INTENDED). He has 6 goals and 10 points in his last 7 games.
Miikka Kiprusoff gives the Flames a HUGE advantage over the tandem of Halak/Price. Although seriously... the D in front of the Habs goalies has been less than stellar and the Flames will most likely put up some serious points tonight.
Rumor is that the Canadiens will be wearing their throwback red and green uniforms from the 1910-1911 season. They can't be any worse than those prison uniforms, can they? Ever wonder if the Canadiens players try to refuse to put on these throw back jerseys?
In a battle of early season unbeatens (and two teams that love to get out shot) the Calgary Flames defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 while wearing some fantastic throw back jerseys.
On a night where top defenders Robyn Regehr and Dion Phaneuf were scored on at will (each had a minus three), Calgary got a lot of help from it's fourth line.
Eric Nystrom had two goals (not a typo) and Staffan Kronwall (not the cheap hitting Kronwall) had his first NHL goal in the victory over the Canadiens.
Jarome Iginla (probably the NHL's best captain, despite how often Pierre McGuire fellates Mike Richards) got his first goal of the season on a nice back hand.
Montreal got goals from Scott Gomez and his over-sized contract, Guillaume Latendresse and Tomas Plekanec, who seems to be everywhere this season.
Montreal may want to keep getting out shot as they won both games when their oppenents had more shots, but lost tonight when they out shot Calgary 30-28 (Calgary out shot the Canadiens 16-6 in the second, while Montreal out shot the Flames 15-5 in the third).
A lot of Flames fans needlessly lost their headwear as Kronwall's goal was originally credit to Nystrom, which would've been his third goal and signal the apocalypse.
Jaroslav Halak was in net in place of Carey Price who was given a night off, and let in four goals on 28 shots.
Surprisingly, only one minor penalty was called the entire game, but we did see two fights:
In the first period Greg Stewart (Montreal Canadiens) made the mistake of taking on Brandon Prust (Calgary Flames)
In the second period Kyle Chipchura (Montreal Canadiens and fabled Mexican goat killer) took on Eric Nystrom (Calgary Flames) who should probably just stick to scoring goals.
Montreal goes back to work tonight against the Vancouver Canucks and a choking Roberto Luongo.
Tonight the Montreal Canadiens travel to Calgary to face Jarome Iginla and the Flames.
After somehow scraping out victories after getting outshot 35-17 against the Buffalo Sabres and 46-27 against the Toronto Maple Leafs the Canadiens will face a Flames team with a similar porous defense as the Flames have been outshot 76-44 in their two games.
Both teams are coming off victories that resulted from fluky goals with less than a minute left to play.
The teams faced off twice last season, splitting the games. Calgary won the most recent meeting, a 6-2 defeat for the Canadiens in February.
Calgary is probably the most complete team Montreal has faced so far with eight of their nine goals coming from different players.
Calgary goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff has been outstanding in both games and has a lifetime 4-0 record against the Canadiens with a 1.97 GAA.
Biggest worry for Montreal this game? Well, let's just say the NHL's resident all midget team should probably keep their heads up heading into Calgary's zone:
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