The Calgary Flames have five games left on their schedule and their playoff hopes are more or less fantasy at this point. Thus, the club’s decision-making needs to shift into “get ready for next season” mode. That brings up a question regarding their goaltending: how many games should Jacob Markstrom start of their remaining five?
The remaining five games are fairly nicely spaced out: Sun., May 9, Thu., May 13, Sun., May 16, Tue., May 18 and Wed., May 19. There’s one set of back-to-backs in there, but it’s at the very end of the schedule. A single goalie could play all five games and burnout wouldn’t be an issue.