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Flames look to move closer to first in Northwest

Mar 12, 2007 - 4:10 PM St. Louis (29-29-10) at Calgary (36-22-10) 9:30 pm EDT

CALGARY, Alberta (Ticker) -- The Calgary Flames look to move closer to the top of the Northwest Division when they host the St. Louis Blues on Monday.

Calgary trails Minnesota by three points and first-place Vancouver by five in the division.

The Flames' 27 home wins are the most in the league despite a 3-2 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. Jeff Friesen and Craig Conroy scored for Calgary, which is 6-1-1 in its last eight contests.

The Blues are 10th in the West, 14 points out of the final playoff spot. They have lost three of their last four and try to rebound from a 4-3 defeat to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. Doug Weight, rookie David Backes and Glen Metropolit scored for St. Louis.

Weight scored twice in a 5-3 win over Dallas on Thursday and has three goals in his last two games. The veteran center has 16 goals and 59 points in 60 career games against the Flames.