Calgary Flames
Projected Lines: CGY vs COL
Homeward Bound!
Projected Lines
Calgary Flames versus Colorado Avalanche
Scotiabank Saddledome
Calgary, Alberta
The Flames are back home after wrapping their five-game road trip on Monday in Nashville with a regulation loss. All told, it was their only regulation loss on the trip and theyโll try to keep turning the corner tonight in familiar quarters as the defending Stanley Cup Champions come to town.
We start our projections in the crease, where we wonโt see any change from Monday.
Per Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960:
A lack of run support sank Markstrom against the Predators, so heโll get another crack at it tonight after stopping 27 of 29 shots on Monday. Heโll now go back-to-back after Dan Vladar did it for a pair on the 10th & 12th. Markstrom carries an .894 Save Percentage matched with a 2.81 Goals Against Average so far this year. He has a 13-11-5 record overall.
In other recent roster news, Dennis Gilbert and Radim Zohorna were sent back down to the AHL as of December 29th, but Zohorna was recalled one day later on December 30th. Other Wranglers making the trip down the hallway are Walker Duehr and Jakob Pelletier who were recalled on January 7th. With Zohorna heading back down the other way as of January 13th, this leaves the active roster at 22 for the time being.
With no changes in the crease, we also expect no changes to forward lines or defensive pairings.
Lineup Looks:
Projections:
Barring any major changes when lineups are submitted, they are projected as follows:
FORWARD 1: Dube-Lindholm-Toffoli
FORWARD 2: Lucic-Kadri-Huberdeau
FORWARD 3: Mangiapane-Backlund-Coleman
FORWARD 4: Lewis-Ruzicka-Duehr
D1: Hanifin-Andersson
D2: Tanev-Weegar
D3: Zadorov-Stone
GOALTENDERS: Markstrom (starter), Vladar (backup)
by MilhouseFirehouse