Flames Face Red Wings in Final East Game

Calgary Flames stories making news on March 16th.

The Calgary Flames wrap up their 5-game road trip tonight in Detroit,

facing the Red Wings at 5pm mountain time.

This marks the Flames final regular season match-up in the Eastern Conference,

streamed exclusively on Amazon Prime and Canada.

After a tough stretch on the East Coast, Calgary heads into the game with momentum

from their gritty effort against the Islanders.

Coming off Saturday's 3-2 loss on Long Island,

the Flames showed real heart.

Trailing by 3 after 2 periods, they fired 17 shots in the third

and got strong relief goal-tending from Dustin Wolf.

Captain McHale Backland lit the lamp and praised the group's no-quit attitude,

stressing they play for each other right to the end.

Detroit clings to the second wildcard spot in the East,

just 1 point ahead of Columbus after a 3-2 overtime defeat in Dallas.

The Red Wings have struggled lately with only 1 win and 6,

and their missing captain Dylan Larkin for at least 2 weeks due to injury.

Alice to Brinket leaves them with 33 goals, chasing another 40-goal season.

Head to head, Detroit took the first meeting,

4-3 back in December at Calgary's home rink.

The Flames hold edges in penalty kill at 80% and 5-on-5 shot attempts,

while the Red Wings powerplay ranks higher.

Keep an eye on Flames' defenseman, Ali Mietta,

who hit his 200th career point Saturday and knows Detroit

well from past since there.

Sportsnet 960.

The fan has the radio coverage and is the first of two prime games this month for Calgary,

with Colorado up next on March 30th.

Backland also moved into 5th on the Flames all-time goals list with 230,

closing in on franchise grates.

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