Calgary (14-8-3) is one point behind Vancouver for the top spot in the Northwest Division. The Flames have won 10 of their last 12 games but dropped their most recent contest 2-1 to the Edmonton Oilers at home Friday night in a shootout. Calgary, having played four more games than Nashville to this point in the season, is 10-2-2 on home ice and 4-6-1 on the road. Captain Jarome Iginla, who tied for the NHL goal-scoring lead in 2003-04, is Calgary's top scorer with 11 goals and 13 assists. Goaltender Mikka Kiprusoff is tied for the league lead in shutouts with three and is in a three-way tie--which includes Nashville's Tomas Vokoun--for the second-highest number of wins with 12.
Tonight's match-up between these two clubs is the first since Nashville's 3-1 win in Calgary on March 20, 2004, which ended with 140 combined penalty minutes in game's final three seconds (41 PIMs for Nashville, 99 for Calgary). The Predators won the season series with a 2-1-1-0 record, and lead the all-time series 11-8-4-2. Nashville has lost once in the last seven meetings, posting three wins, a shutout loss and three ties in that span.
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