As part of a promotion, the Flames look the jerseys off their back Thursday night giving them to 24 lucky fans, whose names were drawn at random.  They didn’t give any goals away shutting out Ottawa, 2-0.

  The club extended it winning streak to 4 games with some great shot blocking.  Led by defensemen Marc Giorando and Cory Sarich with 6 and 5 blocks respectively, the Flames skaters got in front of 30 Senators shots.  The 32 that got through, Miikka Kiprusoff handled flawlessly for his 4th shutout of the season.

  Plus, two defensive forwards — Jamal Mayers and Christopher Higgins — scored the goals.

  In winning their 3 previous games, the #1 line of Iginla-Stajan-Bourque supplied half the goals.  In this one, they got none, but didn’t to.

   Standingwise, the Flames started the night in 8th place in the Western Conference.  Dropped to 9th by the end of the first period when Detroit won at home over Minnesota. By the end of the evening, the Flames were in 7th spot with Nashville after the Predators lost in San Jose.

   The Flames get Friday and Saturday before facing 4 keys games in 6 days starting Sunday in Vancouver.  Then home on Monday vs Detroit before going to Colorado for a Wednesday date and then back home to face the Sharks next Friday.

  Some big challenges as the Flames seek to keep their winning ways going.

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