After a successful, if a bit frantic, two game road trip, the Calgary Flames (17-9-2, 36 points) are back at home and hope to build upon their recent success when they host the Minnesota Wild (15-10-2, 32 points). Can the Flames rein in their somewhat scattershot defensive play against a team that’s historically been quite tight-checking?
The puck drops just after 7 p.m. MT on Sportsnet West and Sportsnet 960 The Fan.
The Flames
Projected lines, via Daily Faceoff:
Gaudreau – Monahan – Lindholm Giordano – Brodie Mike Smith starts for the Flames, backed up by David Rittich – both goalies gave up three goals against Columbus in that wild 9-6 victory.
Tkachuk – Backlund – Bennett
Mangiapane – Ryan – Neal
Lomberg – Jankowski – Hathaway
Hanifin – Hamonic
Kylington – Andersson