(SportsNetwork.com) - The Calgary Flames are spoilers once again. With losses in three straight and seven of their last 10 games, the Nashville Predators have seriously damaged their already slim playoff chances. The Predators hope to boost their fading postseason hopes when they visit the Flames for Fridays clash at the Saddledome. Calgary is one of only two teams behind the Predators in the Western Conference standings. With only 12 games left in its regular-season schedule, Nashville is 11 points behind Phoenix for the last wild card berth in the West. The Flames, who trail Nashville by five points in the standings, can win the season series against the Preds on Friday. Nashville earned a 4-2 home win on Jan. 14, but Calgary responded 10 days later with a 5-4 shootout victory at the Saddledome. Nashville has won six of nine in the series overall, but the Flames have claimed three straight and five of the last six encounters in Calgary. Although the Flames are headed for a fifth straight year out of the playoffs, the club has played solid hockey of late, picking up their third win in four games with Tuesdays home victory over Buffalo. Mike Cammalleri and Paul Byron scored in the third period to help the Flames earn the 3-1 decision, while Calgarys Joni Ortio, in his eighth NHL start, outdueled Buffalos Nathan Lieuwen. Ortio gave up one goal on four shots in the first period -- Drew Staffords wraparound after a Calgary turnover behind the net -- and only needed to record 13 saves for the win. Joe Colborne scored the other goal for the Flames in the second period. "The boys regrouped between the first and second and we skated so much better. We saw our team working and making great plays," Flames head coach Bob Hartley said. The win pushed Calgarys record on home ice this season to 16-16-3. The Flames will visit Edmonton on Saturday before returning to the Saddledome for a three-game homestand against San Jose, Anaheim and the New York Rangers. With an average of 2.34 goals per game, the Predators offence has been a sore spot for the club all season long. The problem has been magnified of late, as Nashville has been held to one goal or less in seven of its past 10 games. The Preds have notched a total of two goals during their current three-game slide and the club was shut out Wednesday night in Vancouver, dropping a 2-0 decision against the Canucks. That setback came one day after Nashville opened a four-game road trip with a 5-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers, the bottom team in the Western Conference. Rookie goaltender Eddie Lack of the Canucks made 30 saves to frustrate the Predators on Wednesday. Nashville failed to score despite having four power- play opportunities, including two in the third period. Carter Hutton turned aside 20-of-22 shots for the Predators to take a tough- luck loss. "Weve got to get some goals for our goaltender," Predators coach Barry Trotz said. "Carter Hutton had a good game for us. We need some production from our forwards. Weve got virtually zero. If our defense arent scoring, were not scoring it seems like." Nashville lost forward Paul Gaustad to an upper-body injury on Wednesday and he expects to miss tonights contest. Gaustad has nine goals and seven assists in 70 games this season. The Preds recalled Calle Jarnkrok from the Milwaukee Admirals of the AHL and the forward is set to make his NHL debut on Friday. Jarnkrok was acquired from Detroit before the trade deadline in the deal that sent David Legwand to the Red Wings. The 22-year-old Swede has compiled 43 points (18 goals, 25 assists) in 62 total AHL games with Milwaukee and the Grand Rapids Griffins this season. 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Brooks has made one relief appearance for the Royals this season, allowing six runs in two innings in a May 3 loss to Detroit.Liverpool and Manchester United clash live on Sky Sports on Monday Night Football - but who will come out on top? To try to answer that question weve taken a look at some of the most important duels on the pitch, from the midfield battle between Paul Pogba and Sadio Mane to the final-third flashpoints featuring Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Joel Matip at one end and Roberto Firmino and Eric Bailly at the other. The two most expensive signings for both clubs face-off in the first meeting of the season between Liverpool and Man Utd. Watch live on Sky Sports 1 HD Click on the videos to see some detailed stats relating to each match-up. The head-to-head between the two rivals will be as intense as ever on Red Monday, with Jurgen Klopps Liverpool one of the most exciting teams in the Premier League right now, having scored 18 goals from seven fixtures, while Jose Mourinhos United will be fired up to return to winning ways after stuttering against Stoke last time out. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. Zlatan Ibrahimovic will have to overcome the attentions of Liverpools Joel Matip on Monday Night Football.dddddddddddd. It will be the clashes on the field which decide the outcome, though. So take a look at how theyre shaping up with our video - and let us know your predictions using the comments section on the website or by tweeting @SkyFootball on Twitter. Who will come out on top between Liverpools frontman Roberto Firmino and Man Utds Eric Bailly? You can watch Liverpool v Man Utd, plus Englands tour of Bangladesh and the British Masters on Sky Sports. 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