Flames finishing their four-game homestand against a Boston squad on a two-game winning streak

Calgary Flames (26-25-5, 55 points) versus Boston Bruins (34-12-11 points)

The Flames, who sit three points out of the Western Conference’s second wild-card position, end a four-game homestand against a Beast From The East.

The Bruins arrive on the heels of a thrilling — and wild — 6-5 overtime victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday, a game in which they blew leads of 4-1 and 5-4 but recovered thanks to Charlie McAvoy’s winner.

Calgary shocked the Bruins in their first meeting of the season, a 4-1 game in Beantown in the first clash for both squads after the all-star break.

The Flames are not expected to make any lineup changes from Monday’s 6-3 comeback win over the Winnipeg Jets. Injured forward Jakob Pelletier took part in the morning skate, but his return is a few days away.

Boston, already without defenceman Hampus Lindholm due to injury, will likely be without another blueliner in Matt Grzelcyk, who was injured in the first period in Edmonton. Considering how the Flames have a handful of pending unrestricted free-agent defencemen who could be traded away, the trade winds are blowing harder through Calgary right now, too. Noah Hanifin, one of the players the Bruins likely would have great interest in, has recorded a point in seven of nine games against his hometown team, and netted three goals and five assists in those clashes.

Here are the likely lineups for both squads:

Calgary:
Forwards:
Jonathan Huberdeau-Yegor Sharangovich-Andrei Kuzmenko
Connor Zary-Nazem Kadri-Martin Pospisil
Andrew Mangiapane-Mikael Backlund-Blake Coleman
Dryden Hunt-Kevin Rooney-Walker Duehr
Defence:
MacKenzie Weegar-Rasmus Andersson
Noah Hanifin-Chris Tanev
Oliver Kylington-Brayden Pachal
Extras: Dennis Gilbert, Jordan Oesterle
Goal:
Jacob Markstrom
Dan Vladar
Markstrom has an 5-5-1 career record against the Bruins with a 2.86 goals-against average and .903 save percentage. Vladar has a 1-1-0 mark against his former club with a 1.72 GAA and .933 SvPct. His win came via shutout.

Boston did not have a morning skate after playing the night before, so this is our best guess:
Forwards:
Jake DeBrusk-Pavel Zacha-David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand-Charlie Coyle-Danton Heinen
James van Riemsdyk-Morgan Geekie-Anthony Richard
Trent Frederic-Jesper Boqvist-Justin Brazeau
Defence:
Parker Wotherspoon-Charlie McAvoy
Mason Lohrei-Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort-Kevin Shattenkirk
Goal:
Linus Ullmark
Jeremy Swayman
Ullmark boasts a 4-1-1 record with a 2.64 GAA and .928 SvPct. against Calgary. Swayman sports a 0-2-0 mark with a 4.01 GAA and .869 SvPct.

ICE CHIPS: Flames G Jacob Markstrom is slated to make his 200th career start for Calgary. He has a 100-70-25 career record with the club ... In 20 career games against Calgary, Brad Marchand has netted 13 goals and 19 points. David Pastrnak has collected six goals and 15 points in 16 games versus the Flames. Pastrnak's next point will be the 700th of his career and Marchand is two goals shy of 400 ... Calgary's penalty killers have surrendered five goals against in the last three games ... The Bruins have outscored opponents 60-36 in the first period ... Four of Boston's last five games have gone into extra time. Both victories in the club's two-game streak required more than 60 minutes ... Bruins coach Jim Montgomery's next victory will be his 100th behind the Boston bench, quite the feat since it's only his second season in that role. 

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