[GDT] Flames @ Habs 4:00PM SportnetWest and Fan 960

[Lanny'sDaMan]

Flames projected lineup
Johnny Gaudreau -- Elias Lindholm -- Matthew Tkachuk
Andrew Mangiapane -- Sean Monahan -- Dillon Dube
Milan Lucic -- Mikael Backlund -- Joakim Nordstrom
Josh Leivo -- Derek Ryan -- Brett Ritchie


Mark Giordano -- Christopher Tanev
Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson
Juuso Valimaki -- Michael Stone


Jacob Markstrom
Louis Domingue


Scratched: Nikita Nesterov, Artyom Zagidulin
Injured: None


Canadiens projected lineup
Tomas Tatar -- Phillip Danault -- Paul Byron
Tyler Toffoli -- Nick Suzuki -- Joel Armia
Jonathan Drouin -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Josh Anderson
Artturi Lehkonen -- Eric Staal -- Corey Perry


Brett Kulak -- Shea Weber
Joel Edmundson -- Jeff Petry
Alexander Romanov -- Xavier Ouellet



Jake Allen
Carey Price



Scratched: Jake Evans, Michael Frolik
Injured: Brendan Gallagher (broken thumb), Ben Chiarot (broken hand)

COVID-19 protocol: Jon Merrill, Erik Gustafsson



Status report
The Flames were not scheduled to hold a morning skate Friday. ... Price, who has missed five games because of a lower-body injury, could return; he was on the ice for a second straight day Thursday though Montreal was off. ... Merrill and Gustafsson, each a defenseman, will join the Canadiens prior to two games at the Edmonton Oilers on Monday and Wednesday.


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[Toonage]

Keys to success:

Contain Brett Kulak

[ComixZone]

I fully expect the Canadiens to absolutely fall on their faces as they go down the stretch here. The Habs suck.

Our march to our first round victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs continues forward tonight.

Flames win 3-1

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Jake Allen will be in net again for Montreal.

[Strange Brew]

Win this and you're two points back. Games in hand or not, I'd call that a playoff race.

Then we get to start watching the OOT scoreboard with some serious interest. Go Sens on Saturday!

[CroFlames]

I have the weirdest feeling about things this season. I felt like we were out a 1.5 months ago.

Yet here we are chasing the hapless Habs.

In those mid-2000s years I kept thinking what's the point of making 8th just to get obliterated in the first round?

Yet this year I feel like we could easily beat the Leafs. And the Oil for that matter if it came to it.

[Puppet Guy]

Saruman the Wise, eat your heart out!

Spoiler!

Go Flames

[WhiteTiger]

Go Flames go

[Knut]

4:00 start time.. What the deuce!

[PaperBagger'14]

[agulati]

What’s the reasoning behind the weird start time? I guess because the habs have an afternoon game tomorrow

[dissentowner]

Keep it goin boys! Playoffs first, then SC.

[bigrangy]

Game 4 of the pre-first round, hopefully the series is tied after tonight.

[kyuss275]

Go flames!!!

[blankall]

Montreal was lucky to get out of the last game with the score only being 4-1. Keep up the intensity. Destroy the Canadiens and take over this playoff race! If the Flames can keep up their recent high energy play, they can easily take out Montreal.

Gaudreau has found his game again too. Keep it up Johnny!

[Buff]

Hey, Montreal....

[Vinny01]

Another convincing win would really start getting me excited. A loss almost ends it entirely. Keep the dream alive flames

[troutman]

Montréal n'est pas bon.

[AustinL_NHL]

A win tonight and I'm sucked right back in.

Dammit.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by bigrangy

Game 4 of the pre-first round, hopefully the series is tied after tonight.

I don't get it.