After four days without a game, the Calgary Flames (13-12-4, 30 points) are back in action at palatial Scotiabank Saddledome. Their guests on this occasion are the Buffalo Sabres (13-10-5, 31 points), who the Flames beat two games ago on the road in Geoff Ward’s first functional game as bench boss.
This one begins at 7 p.m. MT on Sportsnet West and Sportsnet 960 The Fan!
The Flames
Projected lines, via Daily Faceoff:
Tkachuk – Lindholm – Mangiapane Giordano – Brodie David Rittich starts for the Flames, backed up by Cam Talbot.
Monahan – Backlund – Dube
Lucic – Ryan – Gaudreau
Rieder – Jankowski – Frolik
Hanifin – Hamonic
Kylington – Andersson