Halloween didn’t work out so go for the Flames. They were tricked as the Detroit Red Wings treated themselves to a 3-1 win in the Saddledome on Oct. 31. 

  Now the Flames look for a better fate on “Black Friday” in Detroit.

  “Black Friday” is a United States thing.  Similiar to our Boxing Day. The day after the American Thanksgiving has been called “Black Friday” since 1986.

  Its the day right across the country that stores are full as shoppers eat up the bargains on the day where supposedly Merchants offer the best prices of any day of the year.

  Its called “Black Friday” because the financial statements of the storesare said to be in red ink (losing money) up until the 4th Thursday of Nov. but they get the statements in the black (making money) starting today to Christmas.

  In tune with the “Black Friday” theme, the Flames find themselves in the black — they have a playoff position.  The Red Wings are in the red — not in a playoff spot.

  Both teams have seen their scoring production go down over their last 5 games.  The Flames have been 2-2-1 over the 5 contests scoring 13 times.  The Red Wings have scored just 6 goals in the 5 matches while sporting just 1 win.

  Injuries have hit the Wings hard with Kronwall, Lilja, Franzen, Filppulla and Jason Williams all out for tonight and not slated back for a while.

  Rene Bourque is the Flames only injured player.  He’s missed 3 games with an undisclosed injury but started skating this week and made the trip to the Motor City for the start of the 6-game road trip.

  The Flames take a 7-game point streak into the game.  The club record is 9 established twice in 1988 and 1990.  Getting a point or points tonight and Saturday in Columbus would tie the record.

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