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The Calgary Sun n Wednesday, February 4, 2015
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vs. Oilers L 5-4 SO
vs. ’Hawks W 2-0
vs. Ducks W 6-3
vs. Kings W 4-2
vs. Devils L 5-2
sharks gameday lines
Left wing
Centre
Melker Karlsson
Joe Thornton
Patrick Marleau
Logan Couture
Tomas Hertl
James Sheppard
John Scott
Andrew Desjardins
Defence pairings
M-Edouard Vlasic
Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon
Matt Tennyson
Matt Irwin
Scott Hannan
Right wing
Joe Pavelski
Matthew Nieto
Barclay Goodrow
Tyler Kennedy
Goalies
Antti Niemi
Alex Stalock
flames gameday lines
Left wing
Centre
Johnny Gaudreau
Sean Monahan
Lance Bouma
Mikael Backlund
Mason Raymond
Josh Jooris
Brandon Bollig
Matt Stajan
Defence pairings
Mark Giordano
TJ Brodie
Kris Russell
Dennis Wideman
Raphael Diaz
Deryk Engelland
Right wing
Jiri Hudler
David Jones
Joe Colborne
Paul Byron
Goalies
Jonas Hiller
Karri Ramo
hot and cold
scouting ...
the sharks
Can you figure them out?
In the last five games, the Sharks have beat the Chicago
Blackhawks, Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings, yet lost
at home to the New Jersey Devils and Edmonton Oilers. We’re
guessing that’s causing some issues for coach Todd McLellan
to figure out.
Coach On the hot seat?
Speaking of McLellan, he’s closing in on his 300th victory
behind the bench, having pocketed 298 to this point. Seeing
as Wednesday’s game will be the 510th game for him, he’s
on pace to be the second fastest to that mark in NHL history.
Bruce Boudreau needed 496 games to hit 300, while the
legendary Toe Blake needed 525 with Montreal. Yet, there’s
all kinds of speculation his job is on the line.
Keep Pavelski in check
San Jose’s powerplay should be very good with the likes
of Patrick Marleau, Logan Couture, Brent Burns and Joe
Thornton, but the big threat is actually Joe Pavelski, who has
scored 14 of his 27 goals this season with the man-advantage.
Next highest on the team is four.
— Randy Sportak
HEAD TO HEAD
The Flames have won two of three meetings this season, both
in San Jose. Calgary has won four of the last five clashes, the
latest that 4-3 overtime game on Jan. 17.
C joe thornton
Jumbo Joe takes a lot of heat for
the club’s woes, but consider this:
10 points (2-8-10) in his latest sixgame spree.
LW tomas hertl
Mr. Rookie Four-Goal Game is
struggling in Year 2, especially
of late, with just one goal in 19
games.
teams
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vs. Jets W 5-2
vs. Oilers W 4-2
vs. Wild L 1-0
vs. Sabres W 4-1
@ Ducks L 6-3
San jose sharks (27-17-7) AT CALGARY FLAMES (28-20-3)
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LW Lance bouma
The winger more known for
defending and blocking shots has
10 points (2-8-10) in 10 games.
d kris russell
No goals in 49 games this
season, a scoring drought which
has reached 50 outings going
back to last season.
injuries
Sharks — RD Justin Braun (wrist), LW Tommy Wingels
(wrist), W Mike Brown (leg), LW Raffi Torres (knee) are out.
Flames — LW David Wolf (leg laceration), LW Curtis
Glencross (lower body), D Ladislav Smid (upper body) are
out.
Today, 8 p.m., Saddledome
TV: Sportsnet One / Radio: Sportsnet 960
stats
players
SHARKS
Skaters
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
8 Joe Pavelski
51 27 19 46 19 13
19 Joe Thornton
47 11 33 44 12
4
39 Logan Couture
51 18 25 43 6
2
88 Brent Burns
51 11 26 37 46 -4
12 Patrick Marleau
51 10 26 36 4 -10
57 Tommy Wingels
47 11 14 25 30 -2
61 Justin Braun
47 1 18 19 34
4
48 Tomas Hertl
51 8 11 19 10 -2
44 M-Edouard Vlasic 50 6 10 16 15 14
15 James Sheppard
45 5 10 15 28 -2
68 Melker Karlsson
22 8 5 13 8
6
83 Matthew Nieto
41 4 9 13 10 -8
89 Barclay Goodrow 34 3 6
9 18 -7
81 Tyler Kennedy
19 4 4
8 8
5
52 Matt Irwin
26 3 5
8 6 -8
4 Brenden Dillon
29 2 6
8 24 -5
80 Matt Tennyson
20 2 4
6 10 -1
25 Tye McGinn
32 1 4
5 11
1
10 Andrew Desjardins 48 2 2
4 48 -6
37 Adam Burish
20 1 2
3 33 -6
5 Jason Demers
20 0 3
3 8 -6
41 Mirco Mueller
24 1 2
3 8 -2
20 John Scott
22 1 1
2 44 -4
27 Scott Hannan
39 1 1
2 22 0
Goalies
GP W L OT SO GAA SV%
31 Antti Niemi
38 21 11 6 4 2.55 .913
32 Alex Stalock
13 5 5 1 1 2.65 .905
FLAMES
Skaters
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
5 Mark Giordano
51 11 32 43 31 19
24 Jiri Hudler
48 14 27 41 10 14
13 John Gaudreau
50 15 23 38 0 11
23 Sean Monahan
51 17 16 33 4
7
7 T.J. Brodie
51 8 22 30 24 26
6 Dennis Wideman 50 12 17 29 24 0
20 Curtis Glencross
44 8 18 26 30
8
8 Joe Colborne
33 6 14 20 20
7
17 Lance Bouma
49 8 12 20 30
4
19 David Jones
38 8 10 18 12
6
4 Kris Russell
49 0 18 18 13 10
86 Josh Jooris
36 10 6 16 10
1
32 Paul Byron
51 6 10 16 8 -3
11 Mikael Backlund
21 6 8 14 6
5
60 Markus Granlund 33 5 8 13 12 -2
21 Mason Raymond
29 7 4 11 4 -3
18 Matthew Stajan
33 3 5
8 26
1
27 Sven Baertschi
15 0 4
4 6 -3
33 Raphael Diaz
29 1 2
3 4 -4
25 Brandon Bollig
43 1 2
3 47 -7
29 Deryk Engelland
45 0 3
3 42 -13
79 Michael Ferland
10 0 1
1 2 -2
15 Ladislav Smid
31 0 1
1 13 -12
Goalies
GP W L OT SO GAA SV%
1 Jonas Hiller
34 16 14 2 1 2.35 .913
31 Karri Ramo
16 8 5 1 2 2.67 .904
Sharks: PP 21.3% (35-164, 8th), PK 82% (14th); Flames: PP 17.1% (29-170, 21st), PK 77.3% (26th)