Flames finally have an opportunity to feast on 'Dome cooking having played 14 of 21 so far on the road
The chance for the Calgary Flames to make up some ground with home games is here.
After starting the season with 14 of 21 games on the road, the Flames (8-10-3) have six straight at the Saddledome, although starting it off against the defending Stanley Cup-champion Vegas Golden Knights is no freebie.
That’s even with Vegas (14-5-2) scuffling lately with a 3-5-1 run and having been shutout in two of the last three games.
Here’s a look at Calgary’s expected lineup:
Forwards:
Yegor Sharangovich-Elias Lindholm-Andrew Mangiapane
Jonathan Huberdeau-Mikael Backlund-Blake Coleman
Connor Zary-Nazem Kadri-Martin Pospisil
A.J. Greer-Adam Ruzicka-Dillon Dube
Extra: Walker Duehr.
Defence:
MacKenzie Weegar-Rasmus Andersson
Noah Hanifin-Chris Tanev
Nikita Zadorov-Denis Gilbert
Extra: None
Goal:
Jacob Markstrom
Dan Vladar
Markstrom has a career 5-9-1 record against Vegas with a 3.51 goals-against average and .894 save percentage
Here is the expected roster for Vegas:
Forwards:
Ivan Barbashev-Jack Eichel-Jonathan Marschessault
Brett Howden-Chandler Stephenson-Mark Stone
Paul Cotter-William Karlsson-Mike Amadio
Will Carrier-Nicolas Roy-Keegan Kolesar
Defence:
Nicolas Hague-Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb-Zach Whitecloud
Ben Hutton-Brayden Pachal
Goal:
Adin Hill
Logan Thompson
Hill’s career numbers against Calgary are 2-1-0, 3.37, 898; Thompson’s career marks against the Flames are 2-1-0, 2.09, .948.
