BIG AL's NHL GAME OF THE WEEK (9-2 RUN)!

At 9:05 pm, our selection is on the Calgary Flames over the St. Louis Blues.  The Flames had a big win here at home two games ago, beating the Panthers, 5-1.  Their next outing didn't go so well as they lost to the Oilers in Edmonton, 5-3 despite outshooting their hosts by a whopping 47-30.  The Blues played last night and beat a bad Canucks team, 3-1.  This despite the fact that they allowed 39 shots and registered just 17 of their own.  The Blues used red-hot second-year goalie Ville Husso in their win last night -- his third straight game for the team -- so they will go with Jordan Binnington tonight.  It wasn't that long ago that Binnington was the darling in the crease for this team, but the 28-year-old has fallen off a bit lately.  Binnington is 11-8-3 with a rather pedestrian 3.05 GAA in his 22 games with St. Louis this season.  The Blues won in Vancouver last night, but the road has been difficult for them lately as they are just 3-8 in their last 11 road contests and 2-6 in their last eight as a road dog.  The favorite is also 36-15 in the last 51 meetings of these two.  Take the Flames.  As always, good luck...Al McMordie.