Put on some coffee, gang, because we have some late night preseason hockey from the other side of the Pacific Ocean. The Calgary Flames face off with the Boston Bruins from Shenzhen, China as part of the 2018 ORG NHL China Games. It’s the first chance for some of the new faces to play with the Flames’ established players, and an opportunity for a few prospective Flames to make a good impression on new head coach Bill Peters.
The puck drops just after 12:30 a.m. on Sportsnet West and Sportsnet 960 The Fan.
The Flames
Here were the projected lines based on practice:
Johnny Gaudreau – Sean Monahan – Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk – Mikael Backlund – James Neal
Michael Frolik – Derek Ryan – Austin Czarnik
Sam Bennett – Mark Jankowski – Garnet Hathaway
Mark Giordano – TJ Brodie
Noah Hanifin – Travis Hamonic
Brett Kulak – Michael Stone
Mike Smith
Jon Gillies
Smith is expected to play the first two periods, with Gillies coming in for the third.