Thursday, 6 p.m. MT, Enterprise Center TV: Sportsnet West. Radio: Sportsnet 960 The Fan Odds: Flames +122, Blues -146 The buzz This is a rarity during the NHL’s regular-season schedule — consecutive games against the same opponent in the same city.

Dan Vladar has received some of the toughest assignments for the Flames this season, but he may find himself with less crease time in the near future. The team needs to see how rookie sensation Dustin Wolf does with some stiffer tests.

Binnington be between the home pipes Tuesday versus the Flames, Lou Korac of NHL.com reports. Binnington has lost back-to-back games, and he has a 1-2-0 record, .907 save percentage and 2.42 GAA through three appearances in January.

Flames defender Kevin Bahl tries to locate the puck as Blues goalie Jordan Binnington gets ready for a shot in the second period of a game against the Calgary Flames

Radek Faksa scored the game-winning goal as the St. Louis Blues edged the visiting Calgary Flames 2-1 Tuesday night. Colton Parayko also scored for the Blues and Jordan Binnington made 26 saves.

Faksa redirected in a Tyler Tucker right point shot from the slot at 11:11 of the third to give the Blues a 2-1 lead. “It’s nice to contribute, especially in a big game like t

Bahl found the back of the net on three shots and went plus-1 in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to St. Louis. Bahl beat Jordan Binnington cleanly on the blocker side to tie the game at 1-1 early in the final frame,

The Flames are playing strong hockey of late, ripping a ton of shots on goal, which will cause problems for the Blues, especially if they draw penalties. St. Louis is scoring with relative ease as well, and Calgary will turn to Dan Vladar in net.

The Blues swept a back-to-back against the club directly ahead of them in the standings. Now they try for the elusive third win in a row.

Faksa tipped in a shot by Tyler Tucker with 8:49 left. It was Faksa's third goal of the season and first since Nov. 17.

[Jordan Binnington] made lots of ... Kevin Bahl scored for the Flames (21-15-7), who had their three-game winning streak end. Calgary won 5-2 against the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday to open ...

The Utah Hockey Club had an opportunity to play catch-up in the Western Conference playoff race during its seven-game January homestand. But Utah has gone 1-4-0 to fall six points behind Calgary in the race for the final playoff spot on their side of the league.