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CALGARY, Alberta -- The Calgary Flames struggled to win with Johnny Gaudreau. Now they face a long stretch in which they must win without him.The Flames play their second game without their injured star on Friday, hosting a Chicago Blackhawks squad that is infinitely better than the team they defeated in their first game without Gaudreau on Wednesday, the Arizona Coyotes.Every guy recognizes that we lost a really good player and now collectively we have to play a certain way to get ourselves in a position to get points in this league, Calgary coach Glen Gulutzan said. Its certainly hurt us as a hockey club, but we look at it as something we can rally around and try to find a true identity here.Gaudreau underwent surgery Wednesday afternoon after breaking a finger the night before when slashed by Minnesota Wild defenseman Ryan Suter. He is expected to miss about six weeks, Calgary general manager Brad Treliving said.The Flames (7-10-1) beat the Wild 1-0 on Tuesday on Gaudreaus goal and followed it up the next night by eking out a 2-1 overtime victory over Coyotes, who are last overall in the 30-team league.Up next, however, is one of the leagues elite squads, Chicago, which is third overall entering Fridays play. The Blackhawks (11-4-2) began a seven-game road trip with a 4-0 loss in Winnipeg on Tuesday, which ended their seven-game winning streak and marked the first time they failed to gain at least a point in 11.Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville is very conscious that the chasing teams arent far behind.Theres a real big pack in the middle; everybody seems to be just around the .500 mark, he told the Chicago Tribune. The way weve been playing, were fortunate where we are in the standings. Its a tremendous pack where everybodys in the mix and there are no easy games.The Flames took Thursday off from both skating and answering questions about how they were going to overcome the loss of Gaudreau, who after struggling to start the season appeared to be rounding into form. He had three goals in his last two games.Were sort of working around a six-week timeframe (for his absence), Treliving said. Hopefully its shorter. ...We dont have time to feel sorry for ourselves. We have to come together. ... Everyone has injuries. You deal with them.The Blackhawks began their 13-day road trip unhappy with their play despite not having lost in regulation since Oct. 21 prior to the Winnipeg setback. Expectations certainly are higher for a team chasing first place overall than they are for someone like the Flames, who are just trying to stay in the hunt for a playoff spot.Its not how you want to start (the trip) at all, Quenneville told the Chicago Sun-Times. 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Its been an injury-plagued season for Datsyuk, who has suited up for just 39 games. Nike Shox Outlet Sale .Y. -- The Buffalo Sabres have placed centre Cody Hodgson on injured reserve and recalled two players from their AHL affiliate in Rochester. Vans Shoes Outlet Sale . -- Sergey Tolchinksy scored his second goal of the game 3:56 into overtime as the Sault Ste. Ten-man Stoke City hung on for a deserved 0-0 draw on Wednesday after Marko Arnautovic is sent off in the first half at the bet365 Stadium.Southampton started the better before the game swung massively in their favour on 23 minutes. After a string of strong challenges had flown in, Marko Arnautovic went in high on Sofiane Boufal and the ref had no choice but to brandish a red card.For the remainder of the first 45 it was all the Saints as they tried to break down Stoke, but they struggled to test Lee Grant who was protected by a well-organised back line. In the second half, Stoke continued to frustrate the visitors and with just over 20 minutes left, Claude Puel turned to two attackeers on his bench.ddddddddddddDusan Tadic and Jay Rodriguez came on, and it was the latter who should have opened the scoring just seconds after his introduction on 68 minutes. The ever-improving Boufal picked out the former Burnley striker in the box but he couldnt finish from close range under pressure.The Saints continued to try and find a way through the organised 10 men of Stoke but could only test Lee Grant from range. In the final few minutes, a frustrated Southampton failed to produce a big finish and Stoke comfortable hung on for a deserved point. ' ' '