Stopping the Fresh-Start Wild: Flames-Wild Preview, Notes, How to Watch

A suddenly red-hot Minnesota Wild team will be visiting the Scotiabank Saddledome looking for their fourth straight win on Tuesday night in what will be a battle of two teams seeking to redeem their poor start and crawl back into the playoff picture.

With 1A starter Jacob Markstrom unexpectedly dropping out of the picture due to a hand injury sustained during Monday’s practice, the Flames will ride a duo of Daniel Vladar and rookie Dustin Wolf until the 33-year-old recovers.  

Calgary Flames (10-11-3, 23 pts) vs Minnesota Wild (8-10-4, 20 pts) 

Time: 7 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.  

TV: Sportsnet One, Sportsnet West, Bally Sports Midwest

Flames Game Day Hits 

-Elias Lindholm leads the Flames in goals (7) and points (17) in 24 games played.  

-Jonathan Huberdeau leads the Flames in assists (11). 

-Daniel Vladar is expected to get the start. Vladar is 4-2-1 with a 3.20 GAA and a .883 save percentage.   

Special Teams 

Calgary’s 26th ranked PP has suddenly caught fire after a 2-for-5 outting against Vancouver. Tonight they face a penalty killing group that ranks 32nd across the league in success rate – but also one that wont be in last place for long. The Wild are 90.9% in their last three games under new Head Coach John Hynes.

Pysyk clears waivers 

Sherwood Park-born Mark Pysyk cleared waivers on Monday and will report to the Calgary Wranglers. The 31-year-old played eight games with the Wilkes-Barre Penguins this season before being released from a 25-game AHL Tryout Agreement.  

Calgary Flames Projected Lineup 

*Update at morning skate. 

Mangiapane-Lindholm-Sharangovich 

Zary-Kadri-Pospisil 

Huberdeau-Backlund-Coleman 

Greer-Ruzicka-Dube 

Weegar-Andersson 

Hanifin-Tanev 

Solovyov-Oesterle 

Vladar 

Wolf 

Minnesota Wild Projected Lineup 

*Update at morning skate.

Kaprizov-Rossi-Zuccarello  

Johansson-Eriksson Ek-Boldy  

Foligno-Gaudreau-Maroon  

Duhaime-Dewar-Hartman  

Middleton-Spurgeon  

Brodin-Faber  

Merrill-Goligoski  

Fleury 

Gustavsson 

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