5 THINGS - FLAMES @ CANUCKS
The Flames look to make history tonight with an 11th straight win
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Leading Scorers:
Flames:
Points - Johnny Gaudreau (64)
Goals - Andrew Mangiapane (25)
Canucks:
Points - J.T. Miller (53)
Goals - Miller (18)
Special Teams:
Flames:
PP - 21.8% (11th) / PK - 85.6% (3rd)
Canucks:
PP - 19.5% (16th) / PK - 69.9% (32nd)
Advanced Stats:
Flames:
Shot Attempts: 55.58% (2nd)
High-Danger Chances: 56.61% (2nd)
Canucks:
Shot Attempts: 50.02% (16th)
High-Danger Chances: 47.36% (23rd)
The good times keep rolling.
The Flames notched their 10th-straight win in Monday's 3-1 victory over the Jets, winning 10 games in a row for the third time in franchise history and tying the franchise high win streak (10 in 2016-17, 1978-79).
They started off this heater back on Jan. 29 with a 1-0 victory over the Canucks in the first meeting of the season between the clubs.
Johnny Gaudreau was the hero that night, stepping into a slapshot on a 3-on-2 rush in overtime that beat Thatcher Demko low.
Jacob Markstrom made 15 stops for his seventh shutout of the season.
Video: Condensed Game: Canucks @ Flames
Since then, the Flames have outscored opponents 42-14 with seven of the 10 wins on home ice.
Watch yesterday's availability with head coach Darryl Sutter, where he talks about the Canucks, their new head coach, and his focus on the playoffs.
Video: "My goal is to make the playoffs. Very simple"
The Canucks are coming off a 5-2 home win over the expansion Kraken on Monday.
They have gone 4-3 so far in February, with wins over Arizona, Toronto, San Jose and Seattle.
They have lost to Nashville, the New York Islanders and Anaheim.
Tyler Motte scorted his sixth of the season to open the scoring a scant 11 seconds into the game against the Kraken. However, Jared McCann and former Flames captain Mark Giordano would tally as the visitors led 2-1 after 20 minutes.
But it was all Canucks after that.
Another former Flame, Travis Hamonic, notched his first of the season and Vasily Podkolzin added another in the second before Bo Horvat had a quick strike 25 seconds into the third and Tanner Pearson fired an empty-netter to round out the scoring.
Thatcher Demko got the 'W' with 25 saves.
Elias Pettersson had a pair of helpers and now has 17 points in his last 15 games. The Canucks star had a slow start to the season with 15 in his first 32 outings.
"I feel great. I think I'm creating a lot. I feel like myself out there. I'm playing with fun," Pettersson told NHL.com's Kevin Woodley. "Definitely it was a slow start for me. It took me way longer than I wanted to this season, but in the last few weeks I feel like myself again."
LIVE, LAUGH, LINDY: Elias Lindholm (9-4-13 in 8 GP) scored a goal in his eighth-straight contest and matched a Flames record for the longest goal streak, tying Gary Roberts (8 GP in 1992-93) and Kent Nilsson (8 GP in 1983-84). Lindholm also joins Mitch Marner (TOR) for the NHL's longest goal streak this season. His go ahead goal in the final minute on Monday was the 14th time this season a player has put his team ahead in the final minute of the third period.
MORE ON LINDY:Lindholm scored the game-winning goal for the third consecutive game, matching Sean Monahan (3 GP in 2017-18) and Al MacInnis (3 GP in 1993-94) for the longest run in franchise history. The last player league-wide to score the game winner in more than three straight contests was Daniel Alfredsson (4 GP in 2006-07 w/ OTT).
ROAD WARRIORS:The Flames are back on the road for the first time since Feb. 2. The Flames have allowed the fifth-fewest goals against on the road this season at 2.63 GA/game (as of Feb. 21), have the third most goals for (91) in the NHL away from the Scotiabank Saddledome.
Flames - Elias Lindholm
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Canucks - Thatcher Demko
He's a workhorse between the pipes, starting 39 of the Canucks 51 games this season. His numbers may not be where he'd like them after the team's rough start to the campaign (2.66 GAA, .916 save percentage) but he is an elite goaltender that can be a difference maker every night.
Darryl Sutter on goals for this season:
"My goal is to make the playoffs. Very simple"
