| The Calgary Flames visit the San Jose Sharks for the seventh and deciding game of their Western Conference quarterfinal series Tuesday night.
Calgary evened the series at 3-3 with 2-0 shutout win in Game 6 at home on Sunday. The Flames were a +110 underdog, and the score went under the total of 6.
Miikka Kiprusoff made 21 saves for the shutout, while Evgeni Nabokov stopped 23-of-25 shots for San Jose in the loss. Both goalies will start tonight in San Jose.
Calgary has won six of the past nine meetings, but is just 8-12-3 SU in the past 23 clashes in San Jose. Calgary is 3-6 SU in its past nine overall on the road.
San Jose is 7-1 SU in its past eight at home, and 18-7 SU in its past 25 overall.
San Jose, coming off its first Pacific Division title since 2004, will be hosting a Game 7 for the first time in franchise history. The Sharks are 3-2 all-time in Game 7s, but lost their last one against the Colorado Avalanche in the 2002 conference semifinals.
The Flames are 5-6 all-time in Game 7s and have lost five of their past six. Calgary played two Game 7s in 2004, beat the Vancouver Canucks in the opening round but lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup finals.
Betting Line: The Sharks are a -200 favorite at Bodog and the over/under total is 5.
Betting Consensus: About 63 per cent of the nearly 15,000 bets placed on this game is on the Sharks.
Pick: Take Calgary in a huge upset.
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