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Adjusting Course: Flames-Avalanche Game Day Preview, Notes, How to Watch

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Update: Markstrom has been listed as day-to-day with a lower body injury after tweaking something in practice. Dustin wolf has been recalled, and Vladar is likely to start.



 

The Calgary Flames will attempt to pull out of a minor tailspin tonight against a perennially-contending Colorado Avalanche team that hasn’t played since March 8. Here is your game day preview!

 

Calgary Flames (31-28-5, 67 pts) vsย Colorado Avalancheย (40-20-5, 85ย pts)ย ย ย  ย  ย ย ย 

Last Ten: Calgary (6-4-0) Colorado (7-2-1)ย ย  ย ย  ย ย ย 

Time: 7:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.ย ย ย ย ย ย  ย ย ย 

TV: Sportsnet One, Sportsnet West, Altitude, ESPN+ย 

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Bouncing Backย 

The Flames may have hit a season-low in their set of back-to-back matinee games over the weekend against Florida and Carolina. Two blowout losses. Outscored 12-3. Ouch. Seattle, St. Louis, and Minnesota have now passed them in the Western Conference Wildcard race. ย 

Given the trends that the Flames have been following since early December, a win over the Avalanche wouldnโ€™t be out of character. ย ย 

 

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Marty Returnsย 

Rookie forward Martin Pospisil will return to the lineup after serving a three-game suspension for the hit shown below. ย 


Pospisilโ€™s hardline speed and aggravating nature were sorely missed over the Flamesโ€™ three-game road trip through the Southwest United States.
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Miro Power Playย 

Recent acquisition out of Vegas, defenceman Daniil Miromanov, will be getting a look on the first power play unit tonight.ย 

Per Pat Steinberg, here is aย quick look at the revised units:ย 

PP1: Huberdeau, Kadri, Sharangovich, Kuzmenko, Miromanov ย 

PP2: Backlund, Pospisil, Mangiapane/Coleman, Andersson, Weegarย ย 

 

Topi Rรถnni

A dark cloud hangs over the organization today as news dropped that Flames prospect Topi Rรถnni has been found guilty of rape in an incident occurring when the forward was 17.

Not everyone wants to read about things like this, so if you’re looking for more information on the situation, head over to the other piece. [Flames Prospect Topi Rรถnni Sentenced to One Year of Probation for Rape]

 

Calgary Flames Projected Lineupย 

Pelletier-Kadri-Pospisil
Mangiapane-Backlund-Coleman
Huberdeau-Sharangovich-Kuzmenko
Hunt-Rooney-Coronato ย  ย 

Kylington-Andersson
Weegar-Miromanov
Hanley-Pachalย 

Vladar
Wolf

Colorado Avalanche Projected Lineupย 

Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Rantanen
Nichushkin-Mittelstadt-Drouin
Wood-Colton-Trenin
Duhaime-Cogliano-Kiviranta ย 

Toews-Makar
Girard-Manson
Johnson-Walker ย 

Annunen
Georgievย 

 

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