Nashville (6-5-1) at Calgary (7-5-1) 9:30 p.m. EST
CALGARY, Alberta (Ticker) -- A meeting with the Nashville
Predators is exactly what Jarome Iginla needs to regain his
scoring touch.
Iginla and the Calgary Flames look to avoid a third straight
regulation loss when they host the Predators on Thursday.
The Flames' captain, Iginla leads the team with 14 points and
eight assists while ranking second with six goals. However,
five of his tallies came in a three-game span from October
21-25, and he has not tallied in the last five contests.
The 31-year-old right wing had his best game of the season
against the Predators on October 23, scoring two goals in the
third period to complete his eighth career hat trick and lift
the Flames to a 5-3 victory. With that performance, Iginla
pushed his career totals to 21 goals and 19 assists in 33 games
against Nashville.
Iginla needs to increase his offense to help neutralize the
Predators' attack. Nashville on Tuesday was held to under three
goals for the first time since its season opener as it dropped a
4-0 decision to the Vancouver Canucks.