The first real roadie of the year ends tonight in Denver. A dominant game in Nashville, a disappointing night in St Louis, what will the Flames bring to the table tonight? Whatever it is, they'll bring it on HNIC.
Not a lot of news so far this morning, so a few points from
www.calgarysun.com:
Quote:
Avalanche ace Nathan MacKinnon is riding a four-game goal-scoring spree and can log his name in the club history books with a snipe against the Flames. The franchise record for the longest lamp-lighting streak to start a new season is five straight dates, set by Hockey Hall-of-Famer Mats Sundin back in the Quebec Nordiques era.
Flames centre Mikael Backlund was M.I.A. for Friday’s practice in the Mile High City, with bench boss Bill Peters characterizing it as a “maintenance day” and telling reporters he is optimistic No. 11 will be ready to roll against the Avalanche. It’s not a sure-thing, though. If Backlund needs a night off, Mark Jankowski would return to the lineup.
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Lineups, courtesy of
www.calgarysun.com. Subject to change:
FLAMES
Gaudreau – Monahan – Lindholm
Tkachuk – Backlund – Czarnik
Bennett – Dube – Neal
Frolik – Ryan – Peluso
Giordano – Brodie
Hanifin – Stone
Valimaki – Andersson
Rittich
AVALANCHE
Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
Kerfoot – Jost – Wilson
Nieto – Soderberg – Bourque
Kamenev – Compher – Calvert
Girard – Johnson
Cole – Barrie
Zadorov – Nemeth
Varlamov
That Darn Puppet has been enjoying a few days off, but he's ready to go tonight. While getting in a little exercise, he still manages to greet some adversaries in his usual style:
Go Flames