FAST FACTS - FLAMES @ CAPITALS

THE MATCH-UP

RIGHT ON THE MONY

Monahan is coming off one of the best games of his career thanks to his second period hat trick in Philadelphia on Saturday afternoon. Monahan's first career hat trick now has him at 118 goals in 338 career games. All three of the 23-year-old's goals came on the powerplay, making him the first player in Calgary's history to net three goals with the man advantage in one period. Claude St. Sauveur is the only other player in franchise history to do so, posting his three powerplay goals with the Atlanta Flames on Dec. 19, 1975 against the New York Rangers.

ON CLOUD NINE

Gaudreau heads into this evening's match-up on a nine-game point streak, with seven goals and 17 points during that stretch. During that span, he has six multi-point games and is riding a four-game streak with two or more points. The Flames are 8-1-0 when Gaudreau has two or more points in a game this year.

SO EXTRA

The Flames have been perfect in extra time this season, going 5-0. That run carries over from last year's tremendous play in the extra frame/shootout - in 2016-17 they were 13-4 in extra time.

MILESTONES WITHIN REACH

Mikael Backlund needs 2 goals for 100.
Curtis Lazar needs 5 games for 200.
TJ Brodie needs 5 points for 200.
Matthew Tkachuk needs 6 games for 100.
Mark Giordano needs 8 games for 700.
Michael Frolik needs 11 assists for 200.
Jaromir Jagr needs 47 games to become the NHL's all-time leader in games played.

BROADCAST INFO

Tonight's game will be on Sportsnet West (TV) and Sportsnet 960 The FAN at 5:00 p.m. MT.

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