Ollie Jokinen takes a 2-game goal scoring streak into Friday’s Saddledome date with Columbus. History suggests, he won’t extend it to three but could start another scoring steak on Saturday at Vancouver.

  The big centreman from Finland notched one goal each at Nashville and Minnesota earlier this week as the Flames split the encounters.

  Scoring on-the-road has been Jokinen’s forte since he joined the Flames last March 4 in a trade with Phoenix.

  Jokinen has now played 62 games with the Flames. He collected a total of 43 points — 31 of them have come away from Calgary.

  Last season over the final 19 regular-season games, Jokinen had 14ts — 12 of them on the road including all 8 goals.  This campaign in the centre has 20 of his 29 points as a visiting player where he’s a +6. In the ‘Dome he has 9 of his 29pt and is a -7.

  It’s a most unusual scoring breakdown. Many players have better stats at home than on the road, but if its the other way around the percentage split is greatly lower than the 72% swing Jokinen has.  If he had as many points at home this season as he did on the road, he’d be on pace to match his 75-point average in his last 5 seasons with Florida.  That would make him the Flames #2 scorer and the team likely would have a few points in standing.

  The other Flame player this season with much more production away from home is David Moss. The winger has 10 of his 13 points on the road including 6 of his 7 goals.  Last season it was the opposite for Moss where he had 12 of his 20 goals at home.

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