Arena: General Motors Place
Time: Saturday, Jan 09, 2010 at 10:00 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America

Last 10 matches: Calgary 5-4-1; Vancouver 8-1-1
First place in the Northwest Division goes to the winner of Saturday’s game, with each team starting the night with 55 points. The Canucks currently hold the tiebreaker by virtue of having two more victories. They’ve also been the hotter team of late, winning 11 of their last 14 games. Fourth of six meetings. The first three games were all played in Calgary, with the Flames winning twice by 5-3 scores and the Canucks taking the most recent meeting, 5-1 on Dec. 27 behind a Mason Raymond hat trick. Vancouver now hosts the final three regular-season matchups.
Vancouver is tied for third in the League, averaging 3.2 goals per game. Henrik Sedin enters Saturday first in the scoring race with 61 points, while defenseman Christian Ehroff tops all players in plus-minus rating at plus-23.
Craig Conroy is on injured reserve for the Flames with a foot injury. … Canucks defensemen Sami Salo and Aaron Rome are day-to-day after suffering facial lacerations against the Coyotes. Defenseman Kevin Bieksa (ankle) and forwards Ryan Johnson (foot), Michael Grabner (ankle) and Pavol Demitra (shoulder) are all on injured reserve. Highlights and results will be available soon.. stay tuned.