St. Louis Blues (12-12-2, 26 pts) at Calgary Flames (13-9-4, 30 pts)
Venue: Scotiabank Saddledome
Date: Thursday, December 5
Time: 8:00 pm CT / 7:00 pm MT
TV: ESPN+ / FDSM / Sportsnet
Radio:
St. Louis Blues – 101 ESPN (101.1 FM)
Calgary Flames – Sportsnet 960
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
St. Louis Blues +1.5 ML +115
Calgary Flames -1.5 ML -135
O/U 5.5
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St. Louis Blues News & Notes:
The St. Louis Blues are 3-0-1 since Jim Montgomery took over and are outscoring opponents 13-5. The Blues are 5th in the Central Division with a -13 goal differential but have been playing better of late with a 5-3-2 record in their last ten games.
Calgary Flames News & Notes:
Calgary had an emotional win their last time out with a 3-0 shutout over the Columbus Blue Jackets as they honored Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau. The Flames are 10-3-0 at home this season and are 4th in the Pacific Division. Calgary has a -5 goal differential and is 5-4-1 in their last ten games. Calgary won their previous game after losing four straight contests.
St. Louis Blues Projected Lines:
Saad-Thomas-Neighbours
Holloway-Schenn-Kyrou
M. Joseph-Sundqvist-Bolduc
Toropchenko-Faksa-Walker
Broberg-Parayko
Suter-Kessel
P.O. Joseph-Perunovich
Binnington
Hofer
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Calgary Flames Projected Lines:
Huberdeau-Kadri-Pospisil
Sharangovich-Backlund-Coronato
Coleman-Zary-Duehr
Lomberg-Rooney-Pelletier
Weegar-Miromanov
Bahl-Andersson
Bean-Pachal
Vladar
Wolf
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Players To Watch:
St. Louis Blues
Dylan Holloway scored goals in three straight games and has points in four straight games. Holloway has seven points (4g, 3a) since Montgomery took over behind the bench in St. Louis. The talented winger is tied for second on the Blues in scoring with 15 points in 26 games. The 23-year-old Calgary, Alberta native will make a homecoming tonight looking to extend his point streak to five.
Calgary Flames
Nazem Kadri has points (3g, 3a) in five of his last six games. The 34-year-old center is leading the Flames in scoring with 16 points on the season in 26 games. Kadri is tied with Jonathan Huberdeau for the team lead in goals with eight.
Injury Report:
St. Louis Blues
D Justin Faulk – Day To Day
LW Pavel Buchnevich – Day To Day
D Nick Leddy – IR
D Torey Krug – LTIR – Will Miss The Entire Season
Calgary Flames
C Justin Kirkland – IR – Will Miss The Entire Season
RW Anthony Mantha – IR – Will Miss Entire Season
Next Game:
St. Louis Blues – December 7 at Edmonton Oilers
Calgary Flames – December 8 at Dallas Stars
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