My WESTERN CONFERENCE NHL UNDERDOG OF THE MONTH is on the Calgary Flames at 10:00 EST. Calgary sits five games back of St. Louis and Minnesota for the 7th/8th spot. The Flames will need to win their remaining four games to have any shot at the Playoffs. The Wild have a chance to end the Flames season tonight, but I believe they'll stumble after back-to-back difficult overtime victories at home, most recently a marathon 8-7 OT win over the Sharks. With a game at Vancouver tomorrow, the visitors could also be caught "looking ahead" here. Typically I would avoid playing on a team that's already beaten the other side twice in the same season, but the overall situation supercedes that factor. Calgary has beaten Minnesota twice this year, and everything points to the Flames pulling off a third win the regular-season series here at home tonight as well. Great value play on Calgary on Friday.