Calgary @ Toronto preview

Last Meeting ( Oct 21, 2016 ) Toronto 13, Calgary 31

The Calgary Stampeders look to build off their record-breaking performance when they hit the road to take on the Toronto Argonauts on Thursday. The Stampeders routed the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 60-1 in Week 6 to register their largest margin of victory in franchise history while extending their home winning streak to 13 games, and hope to continue their dominance of the Argonauts by notching their seventh consecutive victory in the series.

Calgary has won the last four meetings in Toronto, including an emphatic 48-20 triumph at BMO Field in 2016, and hope to scorch an Argonauts' defence, which has surrendered 31.7 points over their last three contests overall. Toronto looks to bounce back from a disappointing 38-27 setback to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The first-place Argonauts seemed poised to create some separation at the top of the East Division, but were outscored 18-3 in the fourth quarter, and hope to rebound by notching their first win against Calgary since a 33-27 victory Sept. 21, 2013. "We came up short and we're disappointed but we're not discouraged as we're ready to move on," Toronto coach Marc Trestman told reporters. "We have a game in a couple of days so our guys have to have amnesia right now and put it behind them."

TV: 7:30 p.m. ET, TSN

ABOUT THE STAMPEDERS (4-1-1): Bo Levi Mitchell threw for 197 yards and a score in two quarters against Hamilton to extend his touchdown passing streak to 18 games in a row and Jerome Messam rushed for 91 yards and three touchdowns to take his league-leading total to 414. Marken Michel had a career night as he hauled in six passes for 190 yards and a touchdown off the bench after Kamar Jorden, who leads the league with four TD catches, suffered an ankle injury in the first quarter. "Unfortunately KJ went down but hopefully it isn't a bad injury," Michel told reporters. "Coach (Dave Dickenson) preaches the next man up and you have to have that mentality."

ABOUT THE ARGONAUTS (3-3): Ricky Ray completed 28-of-38 passes for 386 yards and three touchdowns against Saskatchewan to become Toronto's all-time leader in passing yards (16,634), eclipsing Condredge Holloway long-standing mark of 16,619. Ray (305) also moved past Matt Dunigan (303) for fifth place on the CFL's all-time passing touchdowns list with a 14-yard scoring strike to S.J. Green in the second quarter. Linebacker Bear Woods showed no ill effects of the head injury he suffered in the 27-24 victory over the Ottawa Redblacks on July 24 as he led the team with eight tackles against the Roughriders.

EXTRA POINTS

1. The Stampeders are 8-2-1 in their last 11 games against East Division opponents.

2. Argonauts RB Anthony Coombs has caught eight or more passes in each of his last three contests.

3. Ray has thrown for more than 300 yards in six straight games, which is the longest streak of his career.

PREDICTION: Stampeders 33, Argonauts 31