SPORTS 5The Calgary Sun n Friday, March 14, 2014

LaST 5 LaST 5vs. Ducks W 7-2vs. Kings L 3-2

@ Canucks L 2-1vs. Isles W 4-3vs. Sens W 4-1

@ Blues W 3-2 OTvs. Wild W 4-3

vs. Canucks W 6-1@ Jackets L 4-2vs. Sabres W 3-2

CaLGaRY FLaMES (26-33-7) aT DaLLaS STaRS (32-23-10) Today, 6:30 p.m., American Airlines CenterTV: Sportsnet Flames / Radio: Sportsnet 960 The Fan

Flames: PP 14.4% (30-209, T-26th), PK 81.9% (16th); Stars: PP 16.1% (38-236, 22nd), PK 81.4% (18th) TEaMSSPECiaL

D CurtiS ButlerKinda nitpicking here,

but Butler has a 35-game goal-scoring drought during

which he’s potted four assists

C Shawn hOrCOFFMaybe in a bigger role

he’ll break a nine-game goal-scoring slump and a stretch

with one tally in 14 games

lw MiChael CaMMalleriFour goals in six games for the

veteran winger. Sure would have been good to score like that

before the trade deadline

C tyler SeguinFour goals and nine points in

three games. Yeah, that’s pretty hot

FLaMES GaMEDaY LinESLeft wing Lance BoumaMichael CammalleriCurtis GlencrossKevin Westgarth

Centre Mikael BacklundSean Monahan

TJ GaliardiCorban Knight

Right wingPaul Byron

Joe ColborneBrian McGrattan

Ben Hanowski

Mark GiordanoKris RussellLadislav Smid

TJ BrodieChris Butler

Tyler Wotherspoon

Defence pairings GoaliesJoni Ortio

Joey MacDonald

STaRS GaMEDaY LinES Left wing Jamie BennErik ColeAntoine RousselRay Whitney

Centre Tyler Seguin

Shawn HorcoffVernon FiddlerRyan Garbutt

Right wingValeri Nichushkin

Colton SceviourAlex Chiasson

Aaron Rome

Alex GoligoskiJordie BennKevin Connauton

Trevor DaleyBrenden Dillon

Sergei Gonchar

Defence pairings GoaliesTim Thomas

Christopher Nilstorp

The Stars have absolutely smoked the Flames this season. The Stars won a 5-1 game in Dallas in the first meeting and then a 7-3 game at the Saddledome and boast a three-game winning streak versus the Flames. The Calgary club has won just one of the last five meetings in Big D.

PuShED bY PEvERLEYForward Rich Peverley, who collapsed on the bench during

Monday’s game and had to be resuscitated, won’t play again this season. The team managed to regroup the next night and earn a big win over the St. Louis Blues. They’ll be trying to use their comrade’s status as motivation for the rest of the year.

OvERCOMinG LOSS OF LEhTOnEnAdding goalie Tim Thomas at the trade deadline gives the

team a vet to back up Kari Lehtonen. But when Lehtonen suffered a concussion after a collision with Minnesota Wild’s Erik Haula, Thomas had to step into the breach. The good news for the Dallas club is Lehtonen could be back soon.

LinE OF FiREThe Stars attack is led by its No. 1 forward line of Tyler

Seguin, who was tied for fourth in NHL points entering Thursday, Jamie Benn and rookie Valeri Nichushkin. Against the Flames, Benn has nine goals and 19 points in 16 games, while Seguin has five goals and eight points in four tilts.

— Randy Sportak

SCOuTinG ...

FLAMES Skaters GP G A Pts +/- PIM 24 C Jiri Hudler 62 14 30 44 2 16 5 D Mark Giordano 48 11 26 37 4 53 11 C Mikael Backlund 65 16 17 33 -4 26 23 C Sean Monahan 59 19 10 29 -12 6 13 C Mike Cammalleri 49 17 9 26 -25 22 18 C Matt Stajan 52 10 13 23 -14 40 7 D TJ Brodie 66 4 19 23 -5 16 4 D Kris Russell 52 4 18 22 -4 13 6 D Dennis Wideman 46 4 17 21 -15 18 8 C Joe Colborne 64 7 13 20 -13 30 54 R David Jones 48 9 8 17 1 10 39 L TJ Galiardi 50 3 12 15 -10 17 32 C Paul Byron 35 3 12 15 4 8 17 C Lance Bouma 62 5 9 14 -1 37 20 L Curtis Glencross 22 6 6 12 -4 6 44 D Chris Butler 66 2 9 11 -19 37 16 R Brian McGrattan 60 3 2 5 -3 100 3 D Ladislav Smid 48 1 3 4 -4 56 15 R Kevin Westgarth 21 1 2 3 -2 39 60 C Markus Granlund 7 2 1 3 2 0 59 C Max Reinhart 8 0 2 2 1 2 58 R Ben Hanowski 5 0 2 2 -2 2 10 C Corban Knight 5 1 0 1 -1 0 56 D Tyler Wotherspoon 4 0 1 1 -1 2 Goalies GP W L OT SO GAA SV% Karri Ramo 29 11 10 4 1 2.66 .908Joey MacDonald 7 3 3 1 0 3.17 .885Joni Ortio 6 3 3 0 0 2.20 .907

STARSSkaters GP G A Pts +/- PIM 91 C Tyler Seguin 63 29 38 67 14 4 14 C Jamie Benn 65 26 36 62 16 40 33 D Alex Goligoski 64 5 26 31 3 26 17 C Rich Peverley 62 7 23 30 -3 15 20 C Cody Eakin 65 13 16 29 -5 22 43 R Valeri Nichushkin 62 13 16 29 17 6 72 L Erik Cole 65 15 13 28 -13 20 12 R Alex Chiasson 62 11 17 28 -21 32 13 L Ray Whitney 58 7 20 27 -5 14 21 L Antoine Roussel 64 11 12 23 -1 166 16 L Ryan Garbutt 58 12 11 23 7 73 55 D Sergei Gonchar 59 2 18 20 -6 16 10 C Shawn Horcoff 64 7 11 18 -1 46 24 D Jordie Benn 61 3 11 14 10 26 4 D Brenden Dillon 64 6 8 14 5 68 38 C Vernon Fiddler 59 4 9 13 0 31 6 D Trevor Daley 51 5 8 13 3 28 23 D Kevin Connauton 31 1 7 8 -3 14 22 C Colton Sceviour 9 4 1 5 1 0 27 D Aaron Rome 19 0 1 1 -2 4Goalies GP W L OT SO GAA SV% Kari Lehtonen 53 25 16 10 3 2.47 .917Tim Thomas 2 2 0 0 0 1.56 .944Jack Campbell 1 0 1 0 0 6.00 .872

STaTSPLaYERS

hEaD TO hEaD

FLAMES — C Markus Granlund (upper body), LW Jiri Hudler (lower body), D Dennis Wideman (upper body), G Karri Ramo (knee), RW David Jones (upper body) and C Matt Stajan (personal) are out.STARS — C Cody Eakin (lower body) is doubtful after being hit by a puck last game. G Kari Lehtonen (concussion) and LW Rich Peverley (cardiac) are out.

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