The longest road trip of the 2021-22 season begins tonight for the Calgary Flames (7-2-3, 17 points) as they face one of their historical rivals, the Montreal Canadiens (3-10-1, 7 points). The clubs have met in two Stanley Cup Finals and an outdoor game, and they always seem to have good games against each other.
The puck drops just after 5 p.m. MT and you can catch the action on television via Sportsnet West (with Rick Ball and Kelly Hrudey) or on radio via Sportsnet 960 The Fan (with Derek Wills and Peter Loubardias).
The Flames
Projected lines via Daily Faceoff:
Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk
Coleman – Backlund – Pitlick
Lucic – Monahan – Mangiapane
Dube – Richardson – Pitlick
Hanifin – Andersson
Kylington – Tanev
Zadorov – Gudbranson
Jacob Markström starts, backed up by Dan Vladar (who presumably starts in Toronto on Friday).