Flames Game Day 19: One last ‘Dome visit for the New York Rangers (6:30pm ABT, Amazon Prime)

The Calgary Flames (8-9-1, 17 points) will try to get back to the .500 mark for the first time this season as they conclude a three game homestand when they host the New York Rangers (10-8-1, 21 points) at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Wednesday night. It’s the final appearance at the Saddledome for the Rangers, who are the only team in the NHL currently playing out of an older building than the Flames. Can the Rangers say goodbye to the ‘Dome with a road win? Or will the Flames get back to even keel in the standings with another strong home effort?

Today’s broadcast begins at 6:30 p.m. Alberta Time on Amazon Prime’s Wednesday Night Hockey and QR Calgary! Tune in for Warmies before the game and After Burner following the game on the Barn Burner YouTube channel!

Projected lines via Daily Faceoff:

Aydar Suniev – Morgan Frost – Yegor Sharangovich
Joel Farabee – Mikael Backlund – Matt Coronato
Matvei Gridin – Martin Pospisil – Ryan Strome
Brennan Othmann – Jonathan Castagna – Adam Klapka

Joel Hanley – Simon Nemec
Jake Middleton – Zach Whitecloud
Yan Kuznetsov – Zayne Parekh

Devin Cooley is slated to start in net, backed up by Dustin Wolf. The expected extras are Brayden Pachal, William Strömgren and Maxim Tsyplakov. Brennan Othmann returns to the lineup after missing six games following an injury against the Oilers – ironically enough, on the last Flames broadcast on Amazon Prime.

The Flames were really good in the first period against Anaheim, then faded in a loss. They were kinda good in the first 40 minutes against Philadelphia, but then found another gear late to power themselves to a comeback win. Bless ’em, even when the Flames don’t play perfect hockey, they’re scrappy. They know what they are, they know what they aren’t, and they do what they can to go down swinging when they don’t win.

A win pushes them to the .500 mark for the first time this season.

Projected lines via Daily Faceoff:

Gabriel Perreault – Mika Zibanejad – Alexis Lafreniere
Tye Kartye – J.T. Miller – Pavel Dorofeyev
Will Cullye – Noah Laba – Oliver Bjorkstrand
Eeli Tolvanen – Glenn Gawdin – Jaroslav Chmelar

Vladislav Gavrikov – Adam Fox
Marcus Pettersson – Braden Schneider
Matthew Robertson – Scott Morrow

We’re projecting Joonas Korpisalo to start in net, backed up by Dylan Garand. The projected extras are Luke Glendening, Marc del Gaizo and Matt Rempe. Glenn Gawdin, a former Flame, was called up for the Rangers and looks to be in against his old team.

It’s a return to Calgary for 2016 draft choice Adam Fox, who was traded to Carolina, then traded to the Rangers, where he’s become a fixture. Fun fact: since being selected in 2016, no Rangers player has registered more points at the Saddledome than Fox does.

This is the third game of four game western swing for the Blueshirts that finishes in Vancouver on Friday. They beat the Kraken but lost to Edmonton – they’ve lost twice in November, both times to the Oilers.

The Flames are without Jonathan Huberdeau, Sam Honzek and Kevin Bahl.

The Rangers are without Adam Sykora, Joe Veleno, Sean Durzi, Alberts Smits and Igor Shesterkin.

This is the first of two meetings between Calgary and NY Rangers. They’ll finish off their season series on Nov. 28 in Madison Square Garden.