The Aeros welcome the Abbotsford Heat for their first ever meeting today, 4:05 p.m. at Toyota Center. The Aeros return home off a three games in three days road trip in which they went 1-1-1-0 including a 6-2 victory over Milwaukee Friday. The Heat finish up their own three-in-three road trip today in Houston. The Heat defeated San Antonio last night 3-2 in a shootout. Houston and Abbotsford will meet three more times this season. Watch tonight's game live on ahllive.com or listen at 1070 AM-KNTH. Follow the in-game blog right here at aeros.com.

TONIGHT'S GAME NOTES

GAMEDAY AUDIO:
Cody Almond
Mark LeRose

BEHIND THE BENCH:
Kevin Constantine

HEAD-TO-HEAD
Record - Aeros: 18-15-3-1, 40 pts (5th West); Heat: 17-16-2-3, 39 pts (5th North)
Aeros Home - 10-9-1-0
Heat Road - 10-10-0-2
Powerplay - Aeros: 24-160, 15% (20th); Heat: 28-193, 14.5% (23rd)
Penalty Kill: Aeros: 115-130, 88.5% (2nd); Heat: 175-217, 80.6% (25th)
Goals For/Game: Aeros: 2.62 (20th); Heat: 2.61 (21st)
Goals Against/Game: Aeros: 2.49 (5th); Heat: 2.84 (14th)
Shots For/Game: Aeros: 27.32 (26th); Heat: 31.58 (8th)
Shots Against/Game: Aeros: 24.43 (1st); Heat: 30.95 (19th)
PIM/Game: Aeros: 15.08 (6th); Heat: 26.24 (29th)
Scoring First: Aeros: 14-3-0-1; Heat: 12-2-1-1

AEROS NOTES

Multiplicity - Forwards Jon DiSalvatore and Nathan Smith each have recorded two straight multi-point games each tallying a goal and an assist. C Cody Almond registered his first career multi-point game to go along with his first career goal Friday at Milwaukee.

Off the Snide - LW Matt Kassian registered an assist Friday in Milwaukee. His first point in 37 games dating back to last season.

Lighting the Lamp - The Aeros have scored 4+ goals in six of their last 10; however, they've also allowed 4+ goals in five of the last seven.

Squadron Leaders - DiSalvatore took over the club lead in goals scored netting his 13th of the season at Milwaukee Friday. RW J-M Daoust leads the team with 16 assists and points with 28 (12-16=28) after recording two helpers Friday. Kassian continues to lead Houston with 73 PIM.

Special Teams - The Aeros are four for their last seven on the powerplay as their numbers on the man advantage continue to improve. They're now 24 of 160 for an even 15% (20th AHL). RW Danny Irmen scored the club's fourth shorthanded goal Friday at Milwaukee.

Milestones - D Justin Falk is two games away from his 100th in an Aeros sweater. Irmen is two points away from his 100th career AHL point.

Home Sweet Home - Tonight is only one of four home games in the month of January for the Aeros.