Calgary Flames Vs Los Angeles Kings

Time: Saturday, Nov 21, 2009 at 4:00 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America
Last 10 matches: Flames 5-4-1; Kings 5-4-1
This is the first of four meetings. In 2008-09, Calgary swept all four games and allowed only five goals. Jarome Iginla scored two of the four game-winning goals. Iginla and Mike Cammalleri each scored 2 goals and 3 assists in the series, and Craig Conroy recorded 5 assists. Alexander Frolov (1-2-3) and Kyle Quincey (0-3-3) had 3 points each for the Kings. Miikka Kiprusoff recorded all four wins for the Flames.Two of the top five teams in the Western Conference, points-wise, meet, and each is coming off a loss. Calgary sports an impressive 6-1-2 road record, while the Kings are two games above .500 at home (5-3-1) and feature the NHL’s leading scorer in Anze Kopitar (14-18-32).
For the Kings, defenseman Rob Scuderi (lower-body) and Smyth (upper-body) are day-to-day. For the Flames, there are no injuries to report.
Flames defenseman Jay Bouwmeester holds the longest current consecutive game streak in the NHL at 362. … Calgary has scored the first goal of the game in 15 of the 20 games it has played in this season, with a 10-3-2 record when getting on the score sheet first. … Kopitar, the NHL’s leading scorer, is on pace for 49-64-113, which would be the most by a Kings player since Wayne Gretzky had 130 points in 1993-94. Highlights, live score and results will be available soon.. stay tuned.