"If there's been one consistent for the Flames this season, it's been injuries.

And that's not the constant you need to be a winning team.

Add Lee Stempniak to the long list. And it isn't short-term.

Thanks to a high-ankle sprain suffered during the first period of Tuesday's loss to the Detroit Red Wings, the Flames winger will be on the shelf at least six weeks.

Not good news for a team struggling to find the offence to support their stellar goaltending in recent weeks."