<p>After an impressive win on Friday, the <strong>Calgary Flames (20-23-3, 43 points) </strong>will attempt to reel in a playoff spot, or at least inch closer, when they play the second of three games in a row against <strong>the Montreal Canadiens (20-16-9, 49 points)</strong>. The Flames absolutely need regulation wins, and more efforts like the other night&#8217;s could get them there.</p>
<p>The puck drops just after 5 p.m. MT and you can catch the game on Sportsnet West and City TV or on Sportsnet 960 The Fan.</p>
<p></p>
<h2><strong>The Flames</strong></h2>
<p>Projected lines, <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/calgary-flames/line-combinations/">via Daily Faceoff</a>:</p>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Gaudreau &#8211; Lindholm &#8211; Tkachuk<br />
Mangiapane &#8211; Monahan &#8211; Dube<br />
Lucic &#8211; Backlund &#8211; Nordstrom<br />
n/a &#8211; Ryan &#8211; Ritchie</span></p>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Giordano &#8211; Tanev<br />
Hanifin &#8211; Andersson<br />
Valimaki &#8211; Stone<br />
Nesterov<br />
</span></p>
<p>Jacob Markstrom starts, backed up by Louis Domingue. The projected extra is Buddy Robinson. The taxi squad is Artyom Zagidulin, Oliver Kylington, Zac Rinaldo, Byron Froese, Glenn Gawdin and Dominik Simon.</p>
<p>The Flames rolled with 11 forwards and seven defensemen last night in Josh Leivo&#8217;s absence – Darryl Sutter felt it would&#8217;ve been tough to throw Robinson in for Leivo – and it worked out pretty well, as the club just rolled forwards through their lines and seemed to catch the Habs off-guard with some interesting combinations. Expect the same set-up this evening.</p>
<h2><strong>The Canadiens<br />
</strong></h2>
<p>Projected lines, <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/montreal-canadiens/line-combinations/">via Daily Faceoff</a>:</p>
<p>Tatar &#8211; Danault &#8211; Anderson<br />
Toffoli &#8211; Suzuki &#8211; Armia<br />
Lehkonen &#8211; Kotkaniemi &#8211; Byron<br />
xx &#8211; Staal &#8211; Perry</p>
<p>Chiarot &#8211; Weber<br />
Edmundson &#8211; Petry<br />
Roman &#8211; Merrill<br />
Gustafsson</p>
<p>The expectation right now is that Cayden Primeau starts for Montreal, backed up by Jake Allen. (We&#8217;ll update once Montreal has their availability today.) Their extras are Carey Price (injured), Jonathan Drouin (illness) and Brett Kulak. Their taxi squad is Charlie Lindgren, Xavier Oullett, Jake Evans, Cole Caufield and Michael Frolik.</p>
<p>Drouin was a late scratch last night due to a non-COVID illness, but he&#8217;s likely a question mark for tonight. Barring anything odd happening, it seems like we&#8217;ll see the Habs go 11 forwards, seven defensemen like they did last night.</p>
<h2><strong>The numbers</strong></h2>
<table border="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>Calgary</td>
<td>Montreal</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Wins</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Points (%)</td>
<td>43 (.467)</td>
<td>49 (.544)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Adjusted Corsi For</td>
<td>52.3%</td>
<td>54.9%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Expected Goals For</td>
<td>52.9%</td>
<td>53.3%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Power Play</td>
<td>20.0%</td>
<td>18.9%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Penalty Kill</td>
<td>80.9%</td>
<td>77.2%</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><strong>Playoff hopes and dreams<br />
</strong></h2>
<p>The Flames&#8217; tragic number is 7.5. Any combination of 7.5 Calgary losses and Montreal wins eliminates the Flames from playoff contention. Their magic number is 14.5. Any combination of 14.5 Flames wins and Montreal losses clinch the Flames a playoff spot.</p>
<h2><strong>Unfit to play report</strong></h2>
<p>The Flames are without Josh Leivo.</p>
<p>The Canadiens are without Carey Price and Brendan Gallagher.</p>
<h2><strong>When last we met</strong></h2>
<p>The Flames have won five of their first seven games against Montreal. Including tonight, they face Montreal two more times before the end of the season.</p>
<h2><strong>Know thy enemy</strong></h2>
<p>Your recommended Twitter follows for tonight&#8217;s contest:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/HabsEOTP">Habs Eyes on the Prize</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.twitter.com/EricEngels">Eric Engels</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.twitter.com/arponbasu">Arpon Basu</a></li>
</ul>

After an impressive win on Friday, the <strong>Calgary Flames (20-23-3, 43 points) </strong>will attempt to reel in a playoff spot, or at least inch closer, when they play the second of three games in a row against <strong>the Montreal Canadiens (20-16-9, 49 points)</strong>. The Flames absolutely need regulation wins, and more efforts like the other night's could get them there.

The puck drops just after 5 p.m. MT and you can catch the game on Sportsnet West and City TV or on Sportsnet 960 The Fan.


<h2><strong>The Flames</strong></h2>
Projected lines, <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/calgary-flames/line-combinations/">via Daily Faceoff</a>:

<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Gaudreau - Lindholm - Tkachuk
Mangiapane - Monahan - Dube
Lucic - Backlund - Nordstrom
n/a - Ryan - Ritchie</span>

<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Giordano - Tanev
Hanifin - Andersson
Valimaki - Stone
Nesterov
</span>

Jacob Markstrom starts, backed up by Louis Domingue. The projected extra is Buddy Robinson. The taxi squad is Artyom Zagidulin, Oliver Kylington, Zac Rinaldo, Byron Froese, Glenn Gawdin and Dominik Simon.

The Flames rolled with 11 forwards and seven defensemen last night in Josh Leivo's absence – Darryl Sutter felt it would've been tough to throw Robinson in for Leivo – and it worked out pretty well, as the club just rolled forwards through their lines and seemed to catch the Habs off-guard with some interesting combinations. Expect the same set-up this evening.
<h2><strong>The Canadiens
</strong></h2>
Projected lines, <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/montreal-canadiens/line-combinations/">via Daily Faceoff</a>:

Tatar - Danault - Anderson
Toffoli - Suzuki - Armia
Lehkonen - Kotkaniemi - Byron
xx - Staal - Perry

Chiarot - Weber
Edmundson - Petry
Roman - Merrill
Gustafsson

The expectation right now is that Cayden Primeau starts for Montreal, backed up by Jake Allen. (We'll update once Montreal has their availability today.) Their extras are Carey Price (injured), Jonathan Drouin (illness) and Brett Kulak. Their taxi squad is Charlie Lindgren, Xavier Oullett, Jake Evans, Cole Caufield and Michael Frolik.

Drouin was a late scratch last night due to a non-COVID illness, but he's likely a question mark for tonight. Barring anything odd happening, it seems like we'll see the Habs go 11 forwards, seven defensemen like they did last night.
<h2><strong>The numbers</strong></h2>
<table border="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>Calgary</td>
<td>Montreal</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Wins</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Points (%)</td>
<td>43 (.467)</td>
<td>49 (.544)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Adjusted Corsi For</td>
<td>52.3%</td>
<td>54.9%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Expected Goals For</td>
<td>52.9%</td>
<td>53.3%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Power Play</td>
<td>20.0%</td>
<td>18.9%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Penalty Kill</td>
<td>80.9%</td>
<td>77.2%</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><strong>Playoff hopes and dreams
</strong></h2>
The Flames' tragic number is 7.5. Any combination of 7.5 Calgary losses and Montreal wins eliminates the Flames from playoff contention. Their magic number is 14.5. Any combination of 14.5 Flames wins and Montreal losses clinch the Flames a playoff spot.
<h2><strong>Unfit to play report</strong></h2>
The Flames are without Josh Leivo.

The Canadiens are without Carey Price and Brendan Gallagher.
<h2><strong>When last we met</strong></h2>
The Flames have won five of their first seven games against Montreal. Including tonight, they face Montreal two more times before the end of the season.
<h2><strong>Know thy enemy</strong></h2>
Your recommended Twitter follows for tonight's contest:
<ul>
 	<li><a href="https://twitter.com/HabsEOTP">Habs Eyes on the Prize</a></li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.twitter.com/EricEngels">Eric Engels</a></li>
 	<li><a href="https://www.twitter.com/arponbasu">Arpon Basu</a></li>
</ul>

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