Gabriel Vilardi scored two goals and added two assists to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Sunday.
Blake Coleman had a goal and two assists and the Calgary Flames beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-1 on Saturday night. Matt Coronato and Andrei Kuzmenko - on a power play - also scored for the Flames.
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The Calgary Flames will battle the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday. It will be a Canadian classic at the MTS Centre as we share our NHL odds series and make a Flames-Jets prediction and pick. The Jets are 34-31 in the past 65 games against the Flames.
Winnipeg Jets goaltender Eric Comrie (1) saves the shot from Calgary Flames’ Mikael Backlund (11) as Dylan DeMelo (2) in second period of the Jan. 18 game. The Flames won that game 3-1.
Tuesday night's game at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, is the first time these teams square off this season.
As the Jets continue to battle for top spot in the NHL standings, the Flames have done an excellent job of keeping themselves in the thick of the battle for the second wild card in the Western Conference — currently one point up on the Vancouver Canucks for the eighth seed.
With Connor Hellebuyck between the pipes, our Jets vs. Flames predictions are backing Winnipeg to win by 2+ goals.
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Calgary Flames forward Yegor Sharangovich had a slow start to the season but now finds himself on a point streak