Two days after a disappointing loss to the North Division’s worst team, the Calgary Flames (15-15-3, 33 points) are back at .500 and really hoping to start another run of wins when they play the Ottawa Senators (11-20-3, 25 points) in a strangely-timed afternoon game. (Sportsnet originally had the Edmonton/Montreal game scheduled for 5:30, followed by a San Jose/Los Angeles late game, but then Edmonton’s game got postponed.)
The puck drops just after 3:00 p.m. MT and you can catch the game on Sportsnet West or on Sportsnet 960 The Fan.
The Flames
Projected lines, via Daily Faceoff:
Tkachuk – Lindholm – Dube
Gaudreau – Monahan – Bennett
Lucic – Backlund – Mangiapane
Rinaldo – Ryan – Leivo
Giordano – Andersson
Hanifin – Tanev
Valimaki – Nesterov
Our expectation right now is no big changes for the Flames, at least based on comments from head coach Darryl Sutter.