Craig Conroy News

The injuries D Cory Sarich , D Adam Pardy , C Craig Conroy . All but Sarich skated Saturday.

A battle for first place in the Northwest Division is on tap tonight, as the Colorado Avalanche host the Calgary Flames in a showdown at the Pepsi Center.

Flames enforcer Brian McGrattan takes a break during practice at the Saddledome on Thursday.

Calgary ended its six-game road trip with a 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings Monday night.

Using the number 10 couldn't have been a coincidence. Flames head coach Brent Sutter had to have known yesterday it's been double-digit games since his team was embarrassed in a 7-1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks at the Saddledome.

After missing a game due to an undisclosed injury, Flames D Robyn Regehr logged a solid 20-plus minutes of ice time.

Olli Jokinen scored in the second period, and Miikka Kiprusoff made 24 saves in the Calgary Flames' 3-1 win over the Atlanta Thrashers on Wednesday night.

"The last minute and a half there when the game was on the line and they had an empty net I don't think they got the puck in our zone" Jonathan Quick The Calgary Flames completed their season-long six-game road swing across the continent exactly the way they wanted to by playing a complete, poised and patient game, eliminating own-zone mistakes, ...

Flames suffer rare road defeat Los Angeles Kings centre Brad Richardson, left, and Calgary Flames left wing Eric Nystrom, right, battle for the puck in the first period of a NHL hockey game in Los Angeles, Dec.

Calgary's Craig Conroy - facing off against the Edmonton Oilers' Andrew Cogliano - and his Flames teammates could be in tough tonight when they take on the San Jose Sharks at HP Pavilion.

Miikka Kiprusoff gives up the eventual winner late in Thursday's game at Phoenix.

A slow start is common for Jarome Iginla, but once he adjusted to new coach Brent Sutter's scheme he returned to his red-hot form.

Pyatt lifts Coyotes past Flames Taylor Pyatt #14 of the Phoenix Coyotes celebrates with teammates after scoring the game winning goal past goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff #34 of the Calgary Flames during the final moments of the thrid period of the NHL game at Jobing.com Arena on December 3, 2009 in Glendale, Arizona.

Flames defenceman Mark Giordano has emerged as a steady force on Calgary's blueline this season.

Eric Nystrom , Craig Conroy , and David Moss are three American-born Flames that were in Detroit for American Thanksgiving.

No National Hockey League squad collected more all-star break cobwebs than the Calgary Flames.

Olli Jokinen broke out of a goal drought on Thursday, but the Calgary Flames still need more production.

The Calgary Flames boarded a charter flight Saturday to sunny Los Angeles. But all was not sunny for the Flames with Rene Bourque stuck at home with an undisclosed injury suffered in the 7-1 NHL loss Bourque absorbed a hellacious hit from defenceman Niklas Hjalmarsson.

Matt Pelech was Calgary's first selection in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. AP Each week, I will present a historical and statistical review of how the Calgary Flames team of 2009-10 was built.

By any name - the Pond or the Honda Center - this is the Calgary Flames' chamber of horrors.