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<p>A few days after a win over Columbus, at the time the lowest-ranked team in the NHL standings, the <strong>Calgary Flames (23-16-9, 55 points)</strong> are back in action against&#8230; the new lowest-ranked team in the standings, the <strong>Chicago Blackhawks (14-28-4, 32 points)</strong>. It&#8217;s the first half of a back-to-back set that closes out the Flames&#8217; schedule heading into the extended All-Star Break!</p>
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<p>The broadcast begins at 7 p.m. MT on Sportsnet West and Sportsnet 960 The Fan!</p>
<p></p>
<h2><strong>The Flames</strong></h2>
<p>Projected lines courtesy Daily Faceoff:</p>
<p>Dube &#8211; Lindholm &#8211; Toffoli<br />
Lucic &#8211; Kadri &#8211; Huberdeau<br />
Mangiapane &#8211; Backlund &#8211; Coleman<br />
Pelletier &#8211; Lewis &#8211; Duehr</p>
<p>Hanifin &#8211; Andersson<br />
Zadorov &#8211; Weegar<br />
Mackey &#8211; Stone</p>
<p>We&#8217;re projecting Jacob Markstrom to start in net, backed up by Dan Vladar. (It&#8217;s the first half of a back-to-back, so presumably Vladar gets the Seattle game on Friday.) The projected extras are Dennis Gilbert and Adam Ruzicka. Brett Ritchie remains on the injury reserve, but Chris Tanev is not, but won&#8217;t play on Thursday or Friday. Connor Mackey dresses for the first time since Dec. 18 – he sat as a healthy scratch for the past 16 games.</p>
<p>The Flames have won back-to-back games, and <em>generally</em> they&#8217;ve been playing really well. They were full marks in a victory against a Tampa Bay team playing their fourth game in six nights, and then they were good against Columbus aside from a brief lapse that resulted in two power play goals against. If they can keep doing what they&#8217;re doing – and stay out of the penalty box – they&#8217;re probably going to keep getting favourable results more often than not.</p>
<h2><strong>The Blackhawks<br />
</strong></h2>
<p>Projected lines courtesy Daily Faceoff:</p>
<p>Athanasiou &#8211; Domi &#8211; Kane<br />
Kurashev &#8211; Toews &#8211; Raddysh<br />
Dickinson &#8211; Lafferty &#8211; Philp<br />
Blackwell &#8211; Entwhistle &#8211; R.Johnson</p>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">McCabe &#8211; S.Jones<br />
J.Johnson &#8211; Murphy<br />
Mitchell &#8211; C.Jones<br />
</span></p>
<p>We&#8217;re projecting Jaxson Stauber to start, backed up by Petr Mrazek. The projected extras are Filip Roos and Boris Katchouk. Former Flames prospect Luke Philp, who made his NHL debut last time out, likely plays in Calgary against his old parent club. He probably won&#8217;t get a tribute video, but hopefully a few fans go &#8220;Oh hey, I remember that guy!&#8221; when he shows up on the Energy Board.</p>
<p>Chicago is bad this year. Connor Bedard level bad. And yeah, we know, the Flames lost to them earlier this month in Chicago (in overtime). So the Flames will be motivated to prove that a bad team is actually bad.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-101226" src="https://publish.flamesnation.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/Betway_Rhomboid_doubleSided_EvenSpacing-svg.jpg" alt="" width="740" height="222" srcset="https://publish.flamesnation.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/Betway_Rhomboid_doubleSided_EvenSpacing-svg.jpg 740w, https://publish.flamesnation.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/Betway_Rhomboid_doubleSided_EvenSpacing-svg-300x90.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px" /></p>
<h2><strong>Unavailable players</strong></h2>
<p>The Flames are without Oliver Kylington, Brett Ritchie and Chris Tanev</p>
<p>The Blackhawks are without Jarred Tinordi, Jujhar Khaira, Tyler Johnson and Alex Stalock.</p>
<h2><strong>The numbers</strong></h2>
<table style="height: 132px" border="1">
<tbody>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">Flames</td>
<td style="height: 22px"></td>
<td style="height: 22px">Blackhawks</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">23</td>
<td style="height: 22px">Wins</td>
<td style="height: 22px">14</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">55 (.573)</td>
<td style="height: 22px">Points (%)</td>
<td style="height: 22px">32 (.348)</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">54.3</td>
<td style="height: 22px">xGF%</td>
<td style="height: 22px">40.3</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">19.7</td>
<td style="height: 22px">PP%</td>
<td style="height: 22px">19.3</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">82.0</td>
<td style="height: 22px">PK%</td>
<td style="height: 22px">75.7</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><strong>Head to head</strong></h2>
<p>This is the second of three games between these clubs this season. Chicago won in overtime at home a few weeks back despite getting wildly out-played by the Flames. (Alex Stalock was great.)</p>
<h2><strong>Social life</strong></h2>
<p>Here are your recommended follows from Blackhawks Twitter:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/MarkLazerus">Mark Lazerus</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/BenPopeCST">Ben Pope</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ByScottPowers">Scott Powers</a></li>
</ul>

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A few days after a win over Columbus, at the time the lowest-ranked team in the NHL standings, the <strong>Calgary Flames (23-16-9, 55 points)</strong> are back in action against... the new lowest-ranked team in the standings, the <strong>Chicago Blackhawks (14-28-4, 32 points)</strong>. It's the first half of a back-to-back set that closes out the Flames' schedule heading into the extended All-Star Break!

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The broadcast begins at 7 p.m. MT on Sportsnet West and Sportsnet 960 The Fan!


<h2><strong>The Flames</strong></h2>
Projected lines courtesy Daily Faceoff:

Dube - Lindholm - Toffoli
Lucic - Kadri - Huberdeau
Mangiapane - Backlund - Coleman
Pelletier - Lewis - Duehr

Hanifin - Andersson
Zadorov - Weegar
Mackey - Stone

We're projecting Jacob Markstrom to start in net, backed up by Dan Vladar. (It's the first half of a back-to-back, so presumably Vladar gets the Seattle game on Friday.) The projected extras are Dennis Gilbert and Adam Ruzicka. Brett Ritchie remains on the injury reserve, but Chris Tanev is not, but won't play on Thursday or Friday. Connor Mackey dresses for the first time since Dec. 18 – he sat as a healthy scratch for the past 16 games.

The Flames have won back-to-back games, and <em>generally</em> they've been playing really well. They were full marks in a victory against a Tampa Bay team playing their fourth game in six nights, and then they were good against Columbus aside from a brief lapse that resulted in two power play goals against. If they can keep doing what they're doing – and stay out of the penalty box – they're probably going to keep getting favourable results more often than not.
<h2><strong>The Blackhawks
</strong></h2>
Projected lines courtesy Daily Faceoff:

Athanasiou - Domi - Kane
Kurashev - Toews - Raddysh
Dickinson - Lafferty - Philp
Blackwell - Entwhistle - R.Johnson

<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">McCabe - S.Jones
J.Johnson - Murphy
Mitchell - C.Jones
</span>

We're projecting Jaxson Stauber to start, backed up by Petr Mrazek. The projected extras are Filip Roos and Boris Katchouk. Former Flames prospect Luke Philp, who made his NHL debut last time out, likely plays in Calgary against his old parent club. He probably won't get a tribute video, but hopefully a few fans go "Oh hey, I remember that guy!" when he shows up on the Energy Board.

Chicago is bad this year. Connor Bedard level bad. And yeah, we know, the Flames lost to them earlier this month in Chicago (in overtime). So the Flames will be motivated to prove that a bad team is actually bad.

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-101226" src="https://publish.flamesnation.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/Betway_Rhomboid_doubleSided_EvenSpacing-svg.jpg" alt="" width="740" height="222" />
<h2><strong>Unavailable players</strong></h2>
The Flames are without Oliver Kylington, Brett Ritchie and Chris Tanev

The Blackhawks are without Jarred Tinordi, Jujhar Khaira, Tyler Johnson and Alex Stalock.
<h2><strong>The numbers</strong></h2>
<table style="height: 132px" border="1">
<tbody>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">Flames</td>
<td style="height: 22px"></td>
<td style="height: 22px">Blackhawks</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">23</td>
<td style="height: 22px">Wins</td>
<td style="height: 22px">14</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">55 (.573)</td>
<td style="height: 22px">Points (%)</td>
<td style="height: 22px">32 (.348)</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">54.3</td>
<td style="height: 22px">xGF%</td>
<td style="height: 22px">40.3</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">19.7</td>
<td style="height: 22px">PP%</td>
<td style="height: 22px">19.3</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">82.0</td>
<td style="height: 22px">PK%</td>
<td style="height: 22px">75.7</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><strong>Head to head</strong></h2>
This is the second of three games between these clubs this season. Chicago won in overtime at home a few weeks back despite getting wildly out-played by the Flames. (Alex Stalock was great.)
<h2><strong>Social life</strong></h2>
Here are your recommended follows from Blackhawks Twitter:
<ul>
 	<li><a href="https://twitter.com/MarkLazerus">Mark Lazerus</a></li>
 	<li><a href="https://twitter.com/BenPopeCST">Ben Pope</a></li>
 	<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ByScottPowers">Scott Powers</a></li>
</ul>

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