Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, the Calgary Flames and Anaheim Ducks take the ice at the Honda Center in Anaheim for Game 5 of their Western Conference Round 2 best-of-seven series as part of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Calgary looks to stay alive and avoid elimination while Anaheim hopes to clinch the series and stamp its way into Western Conference Final fo the first time since winning the Stanley Cup in 2007.
The Ducks took the first two games of the series at the Honda Center with 6-1 and 3-0 victories while the Flames got into the series in Game 3 with a 4-3 overtime victory. Anaheim then took a commanding 3-1 series lead over Calgary by picking up a 4-2 win.
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Calgary hasn't won at the Honda Center since 2006, a stretch of 21 straight losses, while Anaheim is a dominant 7-1 in the postseason to this point.
The Ducks had four different goal scorers in Game 4 as Jakub Silfverberg (power play), Andrew Cogliano, Matt Beleskey (power play) and Patrick Maroon (empty net) each found the twine.
Sean Monahan and Micheal Ferland each lit the lamp for the Flames in the win.
Corey Perry has paced Anaheim this postseason with 14 points off of six goals and eight assists. Captain Ryan Getzlaf is second on the Ducks with 12 points off of two tallies and 10 helpers while Silfverberg and Ryan Kesler have each found the back of the net three times.
Calder Trophy finalist Johnny Gaudreau has led Calgary with eight points off of three goals and five assists in the playoffs. Jiri Hudler (3-3--6), Monahan (3-3--6) and Kris Russell (2-4--6) each has six points for the Flames.
In the crease, Calgary turns to Karri Ramo and he is 2-2 with a 2.85 goals-against average and a .895 save percentage.
Anaheim counters with Frederik Andersen in between the pipes and he is 7-1 with a 1.96 GAA and a .927 save percentage.
The Flames look to stay alive while the Ducks hope to advance to the Western Conference Final when the lights come up on Game 5 tonight live from the Honda Center in Anaheim as part of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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