PENGROWTH SADDLEDOME

CALGARY, ALBERTA

• TV: Fox Sports Net
• Radio: WWCD-FM (101.1)

The series

The Blue Jackets are 16-12-0-2 against the Flames, including 5-9-0-1 in the Pengrowth Saddledome. This is the third of four meetings this season.

The setup

Expect an intense and physical game between two of the NHL's biggest clubs. Could this be a first-round playoff preview? The

Blue Jackets looked lethargic in the final two games of a stretch of six games in nine nights. Will they have their jump back? The Flames have a seven-game point streak working, including a come-from-behind shootout win at Edmonton on Saturday.

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Columbus Blue Jackets at a glance

• Past 10 games: 6-3-1

• Power play: 12.9 percent (30th in NHL)

• Penalty kill: 81.2 percent (16th)

• Player to watch: LW Kristian Huselius. He faces the Flames for the first time since leaving for Columbus as a free agent last summer.

• Injury update: LW Jason Chimera (groin), probable;

D Rostislav Klesla (shoulder), LW Fredrik Modin (knee),

C Derick Brassard (shoulder), D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (knee), G Pascal Leclaire (ankle), out

Calgary Flames at a glance

• Past 10 games: 5-3-2

• Power play: 17.9 percent (18th)

• Penalty kill: 86.0 percent (third)

• Player to watch: RW Jarome Iginla. He has 17 goals, 32 points and a plus-12 rating in 30 career games against the Jackets.

• Injury update: D Rhett Warrener (shoulder), D Mark Giordano (upper body), LW Rene Bourque (ankle),

C Daymond Langkow (hand), LW Andre Roy (head), C Wayne Primeau (foot), out