(36-14-2-3) takes on (11-36-3-4) in Western Hockey League action. Friday, February 24, 7pm PST. Spokane, Washington. You can stream the game via the and audio. Portland is on a 5-game losing streak. On that streak they’ve been outscored 4-16. But in the 5 losses Portland has outshot their opponents 175-149. The real difference has been the goaltending. Portland’s save percentage is . 890, the opposition save percentage is . 977. Portland’s goalie numbers have been a little low, their opponents’ numbers are out of this world. When the numbers are like that, you can’t judge anything until they even out a bit. And they will. No team shoots . 023 over more than a handful of games. They’re 3 points now behind Kamloops for 2nd place in the conference, giving up 2 games in hand, and Kamloops clearly has the player-by-player advantage. They’re not out of it mathematically, but it would be a massive upset if they pulled Kamloops back. On the other hand, they’re 16 points ahead of Tri-City, the next-highest team in the standings. They’re pretty much locked in 3rd. There’s not a lot left to play for in the regular season’s last 13 games. Litke missed the last game against Prince George, and most of the one before that. In the 5 games: Fromm-Delorme, 0 for 20; Stefan, 1 for 24; Klassen, 1 for 19; Chyzowski, 0 for 12; O’Brien, 0 for 15. For the season, they’re a lot better than that. They’ll get out of it. Stefan (59 points/53 games), Klassen (58/51), Fromm-Delorme (57/52), O’Brien (49/54), Litke (36/50). Cagnoni scored Portland’s only goal in the 125 minutes in Prince George. Cagnoni (54/54), McCleary (26/53), Sotheran (21/55). Despite the . 890 overall save percentage, Giannuzzi was quite good over the last two games. There’s a good chance he’ll sit this one, in favor of Špunar, who had a poor game Saturday against Kelowna, only stopping 12 of 15. He did have a good game against Spokane last week after Giannuzzi was hooked, stopping all 14 shots in what was essentially garbage time. Giannuzzi . 905, Špunar . 901. Their win over Portland last week was finally a breakthrough after playing some decent hockey but not getting results. They’ve followed it up with a win, a regulation loss, and an overtime loss. So they’re playing better, which wasn’t totally obvious when they ambushed Portland. They continue to get decent goaltending, after it was a disaster for so much of the season, and that’s been the biggest difference. Catton and Hayes each had 3-point nights against Portland last time, and they’ve stayed productive, both having 7 points in their last 4 games. Bertholet broke a scoreless streak against Portland, and has 4 points in his last 4. Gizowski plays game 100, 99 of them in the regular season. Bertholet (54/53), Catton (41/49), De Luca (40/52), Cheveldayoff (40/54), Hayes (36/52). Wiles (32/51), Gross (22/54), Weinstein (17/54). They’ve been alternating goalies per game, in which case it would be Cowan, who stopped 25 of 27 in Spokane’s last win over Portland. Michaluk . 880, Cowan . 887. .