There will be comp and circumstance at Belmont Park on Saturday night, as UBS Arena finally opens. And after the confetti is swept up, the Calgary Flames (9-3-5, 23 points) will play the sixth game of their road trip against the New York Islanders (5-6-2, 12 points) to christen the new arena. Can the Flames spoil the Islanders’ big homecoming?
The puck drops just after 5 p.m. MT and you can catch the action on television via Sportsnet West or on radio via Sportsnet 960 The Fan.
The Flames
Projected lines via Daily Faceoff:
Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk
Coleman – Backlund – Mangiapane
Dube – Monahan – Pitlick
Lucic – Richardson – Lewis
Hanifin – Andersson
Kylington – Tanev
Zadorov – Gudbranson
Jacob Markström starts for Calgary, backed up by Dan Vladar – presumably Vladar plays tomorrow in Boston against his old team.