Wild 3, Flames 0

2011-12 Game No. 14; Home Game No. 8

Flames Record: 6-7-1

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CALGARYFLAMES.COM 3 STARS

1st STAR NIKLAS BACKSTROM GOALTENDER - MIN SHOTS AGAINST: 41 | GOALS AGAINST: 0 MIN: 60:00 | SV% : .1000 VIDEO ›

2nd STAR TIM JACKMAN RIGHT WING - CGY GOALS: 0 | ASST: 0 | SHOTS 2 | HITS 2 TOI: 10:14 | PIM: 5 VIDEO ›

3rd STAR KYLE BRODZIAK RIGHT WING - MIN GOALS: 0 | ASST: 1 | +/-: 1 | FO%: 71 TOI: 19:58 | SHOTS: 2 VIDEO ›

What's wrong with the Flames powerplay at home? Lack of movement Not enough shots No bodies in front Bad luck VOTE

CALGARY, AB -- The Calgary Flames sent 41 shots at Minnesota Wild netminder Niklas Backstrom but their inability to convert on the power play resulted in a 3-0 loss to their divisional rivals.

The Flames had 17:00 of power play time but they couldn't manage to generate any offence fromthose opportunities. The team has the worst power play at home in the NHL, scoring on two of their 34 chances. That equates to a 5.9 percent success rate.

Despite being outshot 15-5 in the opening 20:00, the Wild managed to close out the first frame with a 1-0 lead over the Calgary Flames thanks to a lucky bounce.

Winger Nick Johnson carried the puck up the sideboards and, when he realized he had no one to dish it off to, opted to wire a shot on Miikka Kiprusoff. Darroll Powe had rushed into the slot and the puck was deflected off his skate and over the netminder's pads. The even strength tally came at 5:35 with the lone assist going to Johnson.

The Flames continued to pour on the pressure after going down by a goal and drew the lone minor penalty called in the stanza but Backstrom stood tall under the siege, keeping his team in the lead through twenty minutes of play.

Dany Heatley gave his club a two-goal cushion at 12:47 in the second period after a great passing sequence between himself, Mikko Koivu and Marek Zidlicky. The Flames were unable to continue the trio as they dished the puck back and forth in front of Kiprusoff and Heatley was able to sent a quick shot past the netminder from close-range.

Jarome Iginla dropped the gloves late in the period after exchanging words with Johnson. The two forwards went at it furiously and the Wild forward head-butted Iginla during the battle. Johnson was handed a major penalty for head-butting and a game misconduct after the two were pulled apart.

Calgary wasn't able to generate any offence in the third period despite landing 14 shots on net and earning two power plays. The Wild were able to capitalize on one of their chances as Guillaume Latendresse added a third Minnesota goal at 19:22.

The Wild have now won five consecutive games. The victory marked Backstrom's 23rd career shutout and his frst this year.

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PHOTO OF THE GAME

BY THE NUMBERS

STAT OF THE NIGHT The Minnesota Wild blocked 27 Flames shots in comparison to the Flames who blocked only 7 shots. This comes after the Flames themsleves blocked 27 shots last game against the Colorado Avalanche. FLAMES LEADERS Icetime -- Bouwmeester (22:36) Shots -- Moss, Bouwmeester, Jokinen (5) Hits -- Jackman, Iginla (3) Blocks -- Hannan, Babchuk (2) Takeaways -- Igilna (3) Faceoffs -- Jokinen (8)

TWEET OF THE NIGHT: Creative_Sean : I know what @NHLFlames are doing tomorrow. Practicing the PP.

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FLAMES LINEUP VS. MINNESOTA
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Alex Tanguay	Roman Horak	Jarome Iginla
Curtis Glencross	Olli Jokinen	David Moss
Lee Stempniak	Matt Stajan	Rene Bourque
Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond	Tom Kostopoulos	Tim Jackman

DEFENCE PAIRINGS
Left Defense	Right Defense
Scott Hannan	Mark Girodano
Chris Butler	Jay Bouwmeester
Derek Smith	Anton Babchuk
Goaltenders: Miikka Kiprusoff, Henrik Karlsson Starting Lineup: Kiprusoff, Jokinen, Moss, Glencross, Giordano, Hannan

POWERPLAY UNITS
FORWARD LINES
Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Rene Bourque	Olli Jokinen	Jarome Iginla
Curtis Glencross	David Moss	Tim Jackman

POINT MEN
Left Point	Right Point
Mark Giordano	Alex Tanguay

PENALTY KILL UNITS
FORWARD UNITS
Forward	Forward
Tom Kostopoulos	Roman Horak
Curtis Glencross	Tim Jackman

DEFENSE PAIRINGS
Left Defense	Right Defense
Mark Giordano	Scott Hannan
Jay Bouwmeester	Chris Butler