The Calgary Flames (20-10-2, 42 points) haven’t historically had a contentious rivalry with the Minnesota Wild (17-12-2, 36 points), who they play today. But in their last meeting the Flames lost alternate captain Mikael Backlund and the Wild lost captain Mikko Koivu. The rematch will probably be a bit more emotional than most Flames/Wild games.
The action kicks off at 11:30 a.m. MT on Sportsnet West and Sportsnet 960 The Fan.
The Flames
Projected lines, via Daily Faceoff:
Gaudreau – Monahan – Lindholm Giordano – Brodie David Rittich starts for the Flames, backed up by Jon Gillies.
Tkachuk – Ryan – Bennett
Mangiapane – Jankowski – Neal
Czarnik – Quine – Hathaway
Hanifin – Hamonic
Kylington – Andersson