Two Canadian franchises on distinctly different trajectories meet tonight at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
The Calgary Flames (45-21-7, 97 points) host the cellar-dwelling Ottawa Senators (25-42-6, 56 points). The Flames are tops in the Western Conference, while the Senators are the National Hockey League’s worst club.
The puck drops at 7 p.m. MT on Sportsnet West and Sportsnet 960 The Fan. The Flames opened as a heavy (-300) favourite per Oddshark’s moneyline.
The Flames
Guesswork projected lines, via Daily Faceoff:
Gaudreau – Monahan – Lindholm Giordano – Brodie Mike Smith starts tonight, backed up by David Rittich.
Tkachuk – Backlund – Frolik
Bennett – Jankowski – Czarnik
Mangiapane – Ryan – Hathaway
Hanifin – Hamonic
Fantenberg – Andersson