Calgary Flames: (No official lineup yet)
Tkachuk-Lindholm-Mangiapane
Gaudreau-Monahan-Simon
Lucic-Bennett-Dube
Froese-Nordstrom-Leivo
Hanifin-Tanev
Giordano-Valimaki
Andersson-Mackey
Markstrom
Vancouver Nucks: (No official Lineup yet)
Pearson-Horvat-Hoglander
Bailey-Sutter-Gaudette
Miller-Pettersson-Boeser
Roussel-Beagle-MacEwen
Edler-Schmidt
Juolevi-Myers
Hughes-Benn
Demko
Connor Mackey
...in the case of Calgary Flames rookie defenceman Connor Mackey, his teammates didn’t seem to be in any rush to share the spotlight. He was out there by his lonesome for close to 30 seconds. “They were all excited for me, telling me to get out there, to lead us out, so I kind of knew it was coming,” Mackey said of Saturday’s solo spin at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. “But it was a long one. I was like, ‘Holy cow!’ It felt like forever. I’m thinking, ‘Where are the guys at?’
“But it was pretty cool and I think it made it more special that way. They teed it up, I guess.”
Mackey’s second NHL appearance — the Flames rebounded from Saturday’s lacklustre loss with a 4-3 overtime victory on Family Day — brought a little bit more alone time for the new guy in No. 3.
The 24-year-old was busted for three minor penalties.
Cross-checking. Then high-sticking. Then hooking.
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