From frosty Minnesota to sunny Florida, the Flames look to build on their win streak tonight in Tampa Bay. A tall order against the top team in the NHL, but everything's a battle from now on.
Setting the table: (
www.calgarysun.com)
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With his second-period marker in Tuesday’s 3-2 overtime win against the Minnesota Wild, Sean Monahan became the second player in franchise history to score at least 20 goals in each of his first five NHL seasons with the Flames. The 23-year-old has 20 goals and 19 assists in 42 games this season as Monahan joined Kent Nilsson who did so in each of his first six seasons with the franchise from 1979-80 to 1984-85. He was also tied with Brayden Point for first in the NHL with seven game-winning goals (heading into Wednesday’s action).
Defenceman Dougie Hamilton came up in overtime, potting the winner with 2:21 remaining in the extra frame to lift the Flames to a 3-2 win over the Wild. It was the 24-year-old blueliner’s first overtime winner of the season, but it wasn’t the first time he’s answered the bell. Hamilton is currently tied with Mark Giordano with three game-winners. But given his penchant for making a difference when it matters, perhaps he should be tapped on the shoulder in OT more often. The Flames have played 12 overtime games this season, and Hamilton has only played 1:10 of ice time.
The Flames are 12-4-0-0 when Sean Monahan scores a goal in a game … D TJ Brodie is one point away from 200 in his NHL career … The Calgary club is riding its first four-game win streak this season and is undefeated in 2018 (so far) … RW Micheal Ferland is having a career season with 18 goals and eight assists in 41 games … The Flames continue a four-game road trip which also sees stops in Florida on Friday and Carolina on Sunday.
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lineups, subject to change (
www.dailyfaceoff.com)
FLAMES
Gaudreau - Monahan - Ferland
Tkachuk - Backlund - Brouwer
Bennett - Jankowski - Hathaway
Mangiapane - Stajan - Lazar
Giordano - Hamilton
Brodie - Hamonic
Kulak - Stone
Smith
LIGHTNING
Kunitz - Stamkos - Kucherov
Palat - Point - Johnson
Gourde - Namestnikov - Killorn
Brown - Paquette - Callahan
Hedman -Dotchin
Stralman - Sergachev
Girardi - Coburn
Vasilevskiy
The stars meet tonight for some wars on the ice. Emperor Puppetine will make young Stamkoswalker and his friends pay for their lack of vision:
Go Flames