After 142 days without a game, the Calgary Flames finally play another National Hockey League club in an actual game on Tuesday in Edmonton. And as luck would have it, the Flames get a playoff tune-up with an exhibition game against their most bitter rival of all, the Edmonton Oilers.
Play nice, everyone, the real action begins on Saturday.
The puck drops just past 8:30 p.m. MT on Sportsnet West (and the other Sportsnet regional feeds) and Sportsnet 960 The Fan.
The Flames
Projected lines for tonight:
Gaudreau – Monahan – Lindholm
Mangiapane – Backlund – Tkachuk
Lucic – Ryan – Dube
Bennett – Jankowski – Rieder
Rinaldo
Giordano – Brodie
Hanifin – Andersson
Forbort – Gustafsson
Stone or Kylington
The plan is for both David Rittich and Cam Talbot to play, but a starter hasn’t been announced yet.