<p>After one of their most complete games of the season, the <strong>Calgary Flames (31-25-11, 73 points)</strong> continue their swing through the New York metropolitan area on Thursday night when they face the <strong>New Jersey Devils (37-26-6, 80 points)</strong>. The Devils are missing a few key players, but they remain a pretty dangerous team. Can the Flames keep their strong play going?</p>
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<p>Today&#8217;s broadcast begins at 5 p.m. MT on Sportsnet One and Sportsnet 960 The Fan.</p>
<h1>The Flames</h1>
<p>Projected lines via Daily Faceoff:</p>
<p>Connor Zary &#8211; Nazem Kadri &#8211; Martin Pospisil<br />
Jonathan Huberdeau &#8211; Morgan Frost &#8211; Matt Coronato<br />
Joel Farabee &#8211; Yegor Sharangovich &#8211; Blake Coleman<br />
Ryan Lomberg &#8211; Kevin Rooney &#8211; Adam Klapka</p>
<p>Kevin Bahl &#8211; Rasmus Andersson<br />
Joel Hanley &#8211; MacKenzie Weegar<br />
Jake Bean &#8211; Daniil Miromanov</p>
<p>We&#8217;re projecting Dustin Wolf to start in net, backed up by Dan Vladar. The expected extras are Brayden Pachal and Dryden Hunt. We&#8217;re not expecting any changes from Tuesday&#8217;s win against the New York Rangers.</p>
<p>Are the Flames an offensive powerhouse? Nope. Are they a team that&#8217;s fully capable of scoring the goals they need to win if they play some really stifling defence? Yep. They need to play a particular way to win, and they&#8217;ve done that quite a bit this season. Yeah, they&#8217;ve gotten great goaltending – Wolf and Vladar have both impressed, especially lately – but when the Flames play smart, structured hockey and avoid penalty trouble, they&#8217;re hard to beat.</p>
<p>Keep an eye on Matt Coronato; he was flat-out excellent against the Rangers.</p>
<h1>The Devils</h1>
<p>Projected lines via Daily Faceoff:</p>
<p>Timo Meier &#8211; Nico Hischier &#8211; Stefan Noesen<br />
Erik Haula &#8211; Cody Glass &#8211; Jesper Bratt<br />
Ondrej Palat &#8211; Dawson Mercer &#8211; Tomas Tatar<br />
Paul Cotter &#8211; Curtis Lazar &#8211; Nathan Bastian</p>
<p>Luke Hughes &#8211; Brett Pesce<br />
Brian Dumoulin &#8211; Johnathan Kovacevic<br />
Brenden Dillon &#8211; Simon Nemec</p>
<p>We&#8217;re expecting Jacob Markstrom to start in net, backed up by Jake Allen. The projected extras are Kurtis MacDermid, Daniel Sprong, Justin Dowling and Dennis Cholowski. We may some changes for the Devils, though.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NJDevils?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NJDevils</a> HC Keefe says today&#39;s missing players are dealing with some bumps and bruises. </p>
<p>Added, he&#39;s also thinking of making line changes vs CGY.</p>
<p>&quot;We’ll see exactly what we’ll have tomorrow and solidify our lineup based on that and based on any changes I night want to make.” <a href="https://t.co/qi7gw6AXaR">https://t.co/qi7gw6AXaR</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Amanda Stein (@amandacstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/amandacstein/status/1902399863385469217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The Devils have lost some key players to injury lately. They&#8217;re a depleted bunch. However, they&#8217;ve managed to keep doing their thing. They&#8217;ve won four of the past five games, and while they haven&#8217;t run away with any of the games, they&#8217;ve played their game and managed to execute at key times. They shouldn&#8217;t be under-estimated, especially at this time of year.</p>
<h1>Unavailable players</h1>
<p>The Flames are without Anthony Mantha, Justin Kirkland and Mikael Backlund.</p>
<p>The Devils are without Jonas Siegenthaler, Jack Hughes and Dougie Hamilton.</p>
<h1>The numbers</h1>
<table border="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Flames</td>
<td></td>
<td>Devils</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>31</td>
<td>Wins</td>
<td>37</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>73 (.545)</td>
<td>Points (%)</td>
<td>80 (.580)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>48.8%<br />
(23rd)</td>
<td>xGF%</td>
<td>51.4%<br />
(12th)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>21.5%<br />
(19th)</td>
<td>PP%</td>
<td>27.4%<br />
(4th)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>74.0%<br />
(27th)</td>
<td>PK%</td>
<td>82.7%<br />
(3rd)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h1>Head to head</h1>
<p>This is the season series finale between Calgary and the Devils. The Flames beat the Devils by a 3-0 score in Calgary back in November.</p>
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After one of their most complete games of the season, the <strong>Calgary Flames (31-25-11, 73 points)</strong> continue their swing through the New York metropolitan area on Thursday night when they face the <strong>New Jersey Devils (37-26-6, 80 points)</strong>. The Devils are missing a few key players, but they remain a pretty dangerous team. Can the Flames keep their strong play going?
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Today's broadcast begins at 5 p.m. MT on Sportsnet One and Sportsnet 960 The Fan.
<h1>The Flames</h1>
Projected lines via Daily Faceoff:

Connor Zary - Nazem Kadri - Martin Pospisil
Jonathan Huberdeau - Morgan Frost - Matt Coronato
Joel Farabee - Yegor Sharangovich - Blake Coleman
Ryan Lomberg - Kevin Rooney - Adam Klapka

Kevin Bahl - Rasmus Andersson
Joel Hanley - MacKenzie Weegar
Jake Bean - Daniil Miromanov

We're projecting Dustin Wolf to start in net, backed up by Dan Vladar. The expected extras are Brayden Pachal and Dryden Hunt. We're not expecting any changes from Tuesday's win against the New York Rangers.

Are the Flames an offensive powerhouse? Nope. Are they a team that's fully capable of scoring the goals they need to win if they play some really stifling defence? Yep. They need to play a particular way to win, and they've done that quite a bit this season. Yeah, they've gotten great goaltending – Wolf and Vladar have both impressed, especially lately – but when the Flames play smart, structured hockey and avoid penalty trouble, they're hard to beat.

Keep an eye on Matt Coronato; he was flat-out excellent against the Rangers.
<h1>The Devils</h1>
Projected lines via Daily Faceoff:

Timo Meier - Nico Hischier - Stefan Noesen
Erik Haula - Cody Glass - Jesper Bratt
Ondrej Palat - Dawson Mercer - Tomas Tatar
Paul Cotter - Curtis Lazar - Nathan Bastian

Luke Hughes - Brett Pesce
Brian Dumoulin - Johnathan Kovacevic
Brenden Dillon - Simon Nemec

We're expecting Jacob Markstrom to start in net, backed up by Jake Allen. The projected extras are Kurtis MacDermid, Daniel Sprong, Justin Dowling and Dennis Cholowski. We may some changes for the Devils, though.

https://twitter.com/amandacstein/status/1902399863385469217

The Devils have lost some key players to injury lately. They're a depleted bunch. However, they've managed to keep doing their thing. They've won four of the past five games, and while they haven't run away with any of the games, they've played their game and managed to execute at key times. They shouldn't be under-estimated, especially at this time of year.
<h1>Unavailable players</h1>
The Flames are without Anthony Mantha, Justin Kirkland and Mikael Backlund.

The Devils are without Jonas Siegenthaler, Jack Hughes and Dougie Hamilton.
<h1>The numbers</h1>
<table border="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Flames</td>
<td></td>
<td>Devils</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>31</td>
<td>Wins</td>
<td>37</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>73 (.545)</td>
<td>Points (%)</td>
<td>80 (.580)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>48.8%
(23rd)</td>
<td>xGF%</td>
<td>51.4%
(12th)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>21.5%
(19th)</td>
<td>PP%</td>
<td>27.4%
(4th)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>74.0%
(27th)</td>
<td>PK%</td>
<td>82.7%
(3rd)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h1>Head to head</h1>
This is the season series finale between Calgary and the Devils. The Flames beat the Devils by a 3-0 score in Calgary back in November.

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