OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire - Feb. 8, 2010) - The Ottawa Senators announced today that fewer than 1,500 tickets remain for tomorrow’s 7:30 p.m. game against the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Place

Martin St. Louis and Steven Stamkos are playing a key role in the Tampa Bay Lightning’s surge.

The new-look Calgary Flames are brimming with confidence as they start a three-game road trip. The Flames will try to end a four-game road slide when they take on the Florida Panthers on Friday night.

It took a while, but the proposed trade between the New York Rangers and Calgary Flames was finally completed late Monday night.

Going down in Flames: Phoenix extends Calgary’s woes

Ryan Kennedy When the Calgary Flames retooled for this season, the addition of defenseman Jay Bouwmeester was no doubt a marquee move, but so was the hiring of Brent Sutter to coach the team.

Anyone who believes bringing up Mikael Backlund is just the spark the Calgary Flames need to snap their offence out of its funk is deluding themselves.

In the midst of their longest losing streak in more than seven years, the Calgary Flames have slipped to the edge of the playoff picture, and were booed off their own ice after their latest defeat.

After Colin Fraser’s bad break early in the second period led to a Calgary goal, the Blackhawks forward quickly made up for it. Fraser knocked a clearing pass out of the air, leading to Ben Eager’s go-ahead goal at 5:52 of the third period in the Blackhawks’ 3-1 victory Thursday night.

The Western Conference standings show the Chicago Blackhawks and Calgary Flames on pace for another first-round playoff meeting. That prospect seems like nothing but a mismatch right now. While the surging Blackhawks try for a seventh straight regular-season win in Calgary on Thursday night, the Flames will be looking to snap a five-game skid and bounce back from a particularly embarrassing …