After laying an egg against the hapless Oilers on Saturday night, the local hockey heroes are back in action tonight against the visiting Philadelphia Flyers. The home side will be looking to get back into the win column after an ugly 7-5 loss; meanwhile, the Flyers have not won in 10 (!) straight games, including a 5-4 OT loss against the Flames on November 18.
Tonight also marks the return of former Flame Brian Elliott to the Saddledome. After seeing two sharp angle goals leak through Laurent Brossoit on Saturday, look for the Flames to try to match that total tonight against the struggling Flyers netminder.
Who's hot? Sam Bennett -- #93 is coming off of a two-goal performance, and will be looking to continue that momentum tonight.
Who's not? Glen Gulutzan -- another poor showing against a weak opponent and Treliving will seriously need to consider putting him on waivers and calling up someone from Stockton.
Lineups: Will be posted as they are announced. Mark Giordano's skate is listed as questionable after a poor outing on Saturday.
EDIT: Calgary lines from the morning skate per Derek Wills twitter:
Quote:
Gaudreau-Monahan-Ferland
Tkachuk-Backlund-Frolik
Bennett-Jankowski-Jagr
Hathaway-Lazar-Brouwer
Giordano-Hamilton
Brodie-Hamonic
Kulak-Stone
Smith (Starter)
Rittich
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Lazar in for Stajan; no change to the D-pairings.