Well, Tuesday's game sucked more than a herd of Hoovers, but the losing has to end sometime. The Flames seek to end the misery tonight when the Lighting visit the 'Dome.
some table-setting (
www.calgarysun.com)
Quote:
With a 34-13-3 record, the Lightning are perched atop the NHL’s overall standings, although their short list of setbacks does include a 5-1 thumping from the Flames in mid-January. The Bolts played host this past weekend to the 2018 NHL All-Star Game, and there was no shortage of local content, with goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy and forwards Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point and Steven Stamkos selected to Team Atlantic. Point was a replacement for teammate Victor Hedman, the stud blueliner who is now back in action after missing five games with a lower-body injury.
There’s one guy who has certainly been pulling his weight during the Flames five-game skid. Surging sophomore Matthew Tkachuk notched a sneaky wraparound goal Tuesday against the Golden Knights. The 20-year-old left-winger has now provided four of the Flames’ past eight lamp-lightings. Tkachuk totalled seven tallies in the month of January, tops on the team, and has become a regular on the first power-play unit, too.
Brayden Point wasn’t the biggest name at the all-star showcase, but this is a kid Calgary should be mighty proud of. The 21-year-old centre is a graduate of the Blackfoot minor-hockey system and the Buffaloes AAA program. He captained Team Canada at the world juniors in 2016 and is already a key piece for the Bolts. He’s posted 45 points so far as a sophomore and leads all Lightning forwards with a superb plus-20 rating.
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unconfirmed lineups (
www.dailyfaceoff.com)
FLAMES
Gaudreau - Monahan - Ferland
Tkachuk - Backlund - Frolik
Bennett - Jankowski - Brouwer
Lazar - Stajan - Hathaway
Giordano - Hamilton
Brodie - Hamonic
Kulak - Stone
Smith
LIGHTNING
Kunitz - Stamkos - Kucherov
Gourde - Point - Johnson
Killorn - Peca - Bournival
Namestnikov - Paquette - Callahan
Hedman - Dotchin
Sergachev - Stralman
Coburn - Girardi
Vasilevskiy
...and he's beyond frustrated with the losing, so it's no more Mister Nice Puppet! Our Hero has put the band together - the Toybox Gang, Puppet World Order, whatever - and has ordered for total destruction. Smashing Lighting is the order of the day:
Go Flames