GAME DAY: Flames hope Wolf keeps California hot-streak going

Calgary Flames (36-27-13) at San Jose Sharks (20-46-10) When: Monday, 8:30 p.m., SAP Center TV: Sportsnet One Radio : Sportsnet 960 The Fan Odds: Flames -187, Sharks +155 The buzz Of the 33 wins Dustin Wolf has accumulated in his still-young NHL career, 11 have come against California-based teams.

That stat comes from the Flames’ own Chris Wahl and should give fans a little confidence heading into Monday’s must-win matchup with the San Jose Sharks. Not that he needs any extra motivation at this point in the season, but Wolf seems to get up for matchups with teams from his home state. “Any team is special, but I think when you play either of the three teams in California it kind of adds a little more emphasis,” Wolf told FlamesTV last week.



“I’ve been around all three teams my whole life, growing up, and you definitely want to play well against them and obviously right now these points are critical so you want to play even better.” The Flames will certainly be hoping Wolf can get a 12 th win over opposition from the Golden State on Monday. They need the two points, especially after the Minnesota Wild knocked off the Dallas Stars in overtime on Sunday.

That win puts heaps of pressure on the Flames, who are now six points back of the Wild in the Western Conference’s wild card race but have played two fewer games. Quote to note Check back after morning skate Three need-to-knows Flames’ projected lineup Forwards Sharangovich-Kadri-Pospisil Huberdeau-Frost-Coronato Farabee-Backlund-Coleman Lomberg-Rooney-Klapka Defence Bahl-Andersson Hanley-Weegar Bean-Pachal Goalies Wolf Vladar.