Flames Hunt for Chances as Rangers Roll Into Calgary
A wild-card hopeful on a winning stretch meets a New York club still searching for answers on the road.
Written before the game
Calgary has been piling up wins, and the New York Rangers' visit tests whether that can last against a team that generates more.
Over their last 10 games, the Rangers have averaged 3.41 expected goals per game. That figure measures how many goals their chances were worth, and Calgary sits at 2.58. Yet the results run the other way. Calgary has won six of its last 10 games, while New York has won four. The gap in attack is the real difference between these sides.
For Calgary to win, it likely needs to keep finding goals from limited looks, as it did in rallying past Philadelphia. For New York, the task is cashing in on its edge in chances, something it could not do in a 3-1 loss at Edmonton, and fixing a 2-6-1 road record.
The standings add weight. The Rangers are eighth in the East with 21 points. The Flames hold the West's sixth wild-card spot with 17.