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1. Last Time Out

It's an NHL rarity - back-to-back games against the same team in the same city.

But, it affords the Flames a quick chance to make amends after falling to the Blues 2-1 Tuesday night in the second game of this four-game road trip, which began with a 5-2 victory in Chicago on Monday.

Kevin Bahl scored in the third period against St. Louis to tie the game but the Blues would strike later in the frame and hold on for the victory.

"We liked our effort, for sure," said Head Coach Ryan Huska after. "I think there’s a few things that we’ll look at that I think we can do a better job with. We had some zone time, but I think we have to find a way to generate some more quality chances, I guess, would be one thing I would say."

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Dan Vladar got the start and made 23 saves for Calgary, while Jordan Binnington made 27 stops at the other end.

"Pretty even game," said Bahl. "We had our chances, and they obviously capitalized on their last one there. I thought it coulda went either way. Vladdy played unbelievable, I really felt it coulda went either way. They got that one sneaky tip, and we can’t capitalize and take it to OT. It is what it is."

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      See the action from Tuesday's tilt against the Blues

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          Get set for the rematch in St. Louis

          2. O Captain! My Captain!

          Mikael Backlund enters play tonight with 209 goals in his NHL career, and with one more can tie Johnny Gaudreau (210) for the ninth-most in Flames franchise history.

          Earlier this season, the captain passed Eric Vail (206) for the 10th most in Flames history and joined Kent Nilsson as one of two Swedish-born skaters inside the top-10 in goals for the Flames.

          Backlund has also registered the fifth-most game-winning goals on the road in Flames franchise history (21), and with one more can tie Theoren Fleury for the fourth most. Only Jarome Iginla (34), Sean Monahan (23), and Gaudreau (23) have more.

          So far this season, Backlund has nine goals and 19 points and had two great chances against the Blues on Tuesday, one right on the doorstep of Binnington and another later in the game on a quick shot from the high slot.

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          2024-25 Stats

          Powerplay
          Rate
          Rank
          Flames
          19.8%
          19th
          Blues
          18.0%
          25th
          Penalty Kill
          Flames
          71.0%
          30th
          Blues
          73.9%
          26th
          Shot Attempts (via NaturalStatTrick)
          Flames
          52.07%
          9th
          Blues
          48.58%
          22nd
          High-Danger Scoring Chances (via NaturalStatTrick)
          Flames
          49.93%
          18th
          Blues
          50.18%
          14th


          3. Fast Facts

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          Stick tap to Flames PR's Jordan Bay for these tidbits

          4. Quotable

          Nazem Kadri after Tuesday's loss:

          "It sucks a little bit, just ‘cause we fought so hard to come back. It’s unfortunate to lose in regulation. It’s how it goes, we’ve got another game left here and we’ll be prepared for that one."

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          5. Players To Watch

          Flames – Martin Pospisil

          Pospisil had a team-high four shots and, not surprisngly, led all Flames with six hits. He was buzzing at both ends, making his presence felt especially on the forecheck.

          Blues - Pavel Buchnevich

          The winger led all Blues forwards in ice time on Tuesday by a large margin at 22:16 (Robert Thomas was next at 19:36), and was tied for a team-high three shots (along with with Tomas and Alexandre Texier) among the St. Louis forwards. He is fourth in team scoring with 11 and 29 points in 43 games.

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