Jokipakka has joined the Flames in Boston and is expected to play tonight. I would expect Wotherspoon will be scratched so Jokipakka can dress.
Jokipakka will wear #3 for the Flames.
Backstrom has not joined the team yet. Ortio expected to start.
Former Flames development camp invitee and Providence Friar Noel Accari has been called up by the Bruins and expected to make his NHL debut tonight.