Flames vs. Stars

Canucks 3    Sabres 2


Record: 4-1

Jarome Iginla and the Calgary Flames have been going down in those flames over the past ten games going 1-8-1 over that span and losing 7 in a row.

Iginla has set a career high scorless streak at 11 games after their 2-0 loss to the Blues on Monday. There has been very little contribution for the Flames over this stretch and poor defense. Let me be honest in saying that the Flames have really spiraled out of control over the last ten games and they do not look like a confident team at all. With all of this said, I really think that the Flames have the talent to turn this thing around, and there is no better way to do that except on the road against another struggling team in the Stars.

The Stars are expecting captain Brenden Morrow to be back from injury, which is a big boost for the Stars offense. The Stars have been awful lately on team defense, and that has been a problem for struggling goaltender Marty Turco. While Turco believes it is an attitude problem, I believe it stems from lack of depth on the defensive side of the puck for Dallas.

I think the Stars will not play good enough defense behind Turco or Alex Alud, and it will take a great effort from either goalie to keep the Flames out of the net. I will believe the Flames finally break out of this slup and Iginla will end his scoring drought to help ignite the nearly burned out Flames. Take the Flames straight up.