For the first time since mid-November, the Flames have lost back-to-back games in regulation. While they’re still in first place in the Western Conference, though – and playing mostly well, at that – there’s clearly no time to rest on their laurels, not when work still has to be done.
And so, the Flames are trying something new: another shakeup of their lines at practice. Whether they stick or not – for the next game, for the rest of the season, what have you will – there are certainly some interesting combinations in here.
The new lines are as follows:
| Gaudreau | Monahan | Tkachuk |
| Mangiapane | Backlund | Lindholm |
| Bennett | Jankowski | Czarnik |
| Frolik | Ryan | Hathaway |
| Lazar |
We’ve seen Matthew Tkachuk slide in alongside Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan a couple of times this season.