Tri-City At Spokane Chiefs

Time: Tonight at 7:05 in the Arena.

Records: Spokane (33-16-3), Tri-City Americans (33-17-2).

Tickets: $6, $8, $10, $12. Radio: KGA-AM (1510) 6:05 p.m. Hockey Tonight with Craig West. Chiefs coach Mike Babcock 6:20 (approximate).

Key players: Spokane: C Darren Sinclair (26 goals, 32 assists), C Jason Podollan (24, 15), D Sean Gillam (9, 40), C Trent Whitfield (27, 39), RW John Cirjak (20, 33), D Hugh Hamilton (6, 42), LW Dmitri Leonov (24, 38), LW Greg Leeb (28, 17), GK David Lemanowicz (3.08 goals-against), C Jan Hrdina (22, 30), LW Joe Cardarelli (13, 11), RW Jay Bertsch (12, 17).

Tri-City: C Daymond Langkow (17 goals, 36 assists), RW Jaroslav Svejkovsky (43, 29), LW Terry Ryan (28, 27), C Brent Ascroft (28, 39), GK Brian Boucher (3.62 goals-against), LW Mark Hurley (25, 40), D Alexandre Boikov (2, 30), D Dan Smith (1, 15), D Byron Briske (8, 30), LW Sean Gervais (14, 18).

At a glance: The season-long race for home-ice advantage in the playoffs continues, with the Chiefs trying to extend their edge in this series. Spokane leads 4-3. Americans are still without D Zenith Komarniski (broken arm), but acquisition of Gervais and RW Mike Dubinsky have added depth. Tri-City is 5-2 since those two arrived in trades. Langkow is scoring nearly two points per game, but the power play has fizzled of late. Americans had scored on only three of their last 53 power-play opportunities heading into Friday night’s 3-2 win over Portland. Gillam plays in 262nd game as a Chief, two shy of Steve Junker’s club record.

, DataTimes