This is a 10* WESTEREN-CONFERENCE GAME OF THE WEEK on the Flames puckline.

Believe it or not, this home game against the lowly Blackhawks here at home at the end of the season is arguably the Flames most important game of the entire season.

Calgary is currently in ninth spot in the standings, sitting just two games back of Winnipeg for the eighth spot, with five games remaining.

Calgary is in fact in Winnipeg tonight, so a loss here to Chicago would be basically too big of a hole to climb out of, with just not enough time to do it in.

The Flames also play with revenge here after a 5-1 loss to Chicago here as a -415 favorite back in January, and note that Calgary is 4-1 in its last five in trying to avenge a home loss as a favorite vs. an opponent.

I expect Calgary to take full advantage here and to go up early and to keep the foot on the gas from start to finish. The Flames have won four in a row, and I say that momentum continues here.

I say Calgary not only wins this game, but it does so in commanding blowout fashion.

Lay the price and the 1.5 goals, the play is the FLAMES on the puckline.

Good luck, NP