<p>There are three more periods, plus possibly overtime, left in the 2020-21 regular season. The <strong>Calgary Flames (25-27-3, 53 points)</strong> face the <strong>Vancouver Canucks (23-28-4, 50 points)</strong> in a regular season finale taking place several days after the playoffs have begun for the first time ever. It&#8217;s history in the making as these two clubs play out the string, in the latest regular season game in either team&#8217;s history.</p>
<p>The puck drops just after 1:30 p.m. MT and you can catch the action on Sportsnet West or on Sportsnet 960 The Fan.</p>
<p><em><strong>For a view from the other side, visit <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/">the fine folks over at Canucks Army</a>!<br />
</strong></em></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>Gaudreau &#8211; Lindholm &#8211; Tkachuk<br />
Dube &#8211; Backlund &#8211; Mangaipane<br />
Lucic &#8211; Ryan &#8211; Leivo<br />
Nordstrom &#8211; Gawdin &#8211; Ritchie</p>
<p>Giordano &#8211; Tanev<br />
Nesterov &#8211; Andersson<br />
Valimaki &#8211; Stone</p>
<p>There&#8217;s no morning skate again, so we&#8217;re guessing. The starting goalie will be Jacob Markstrom, with Louis Domingue backing up. The active extras are Byron Froese, Buddy Robinson and Oliver Kylington. We&#8217;ll see which new faces get in tonight; Adam Ruzicka, Connor Mackey and Dominik Simon were brought up on emergency recalls yesterday, so we&#8217;ll see if they get in again. Matthew Phillips, Alexander Yelesin and Colton Poolman were added to the taxi squad yesterday from the AHL group, so either that&#8217;s a clue that they might get in today or it&#8217;s just a clerical thing.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s the 56th and final game of this accursed 2020-21 season. It&#8217;s featured frustrating play from the Flames at times, three different official coaches, and the Flames never quite kicking their game into full gear. Perhaps this game helps them get themselves to a better place in the fall, or perhaps it&#8217;s a precursor to significant changes in the off-season.</p>
<h2><strong>The Canucks<br />
</strong></h2>
<p>Projected lines, <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/vancouver-canucks/line-combinations/">via Daily Faceoff</a>:</p>
<p>Hoglander &#8211; Miller &#8211; Boeser<br />
Pearson &#8211; Horvat &#8211; Highmore<br />
Michaelis &#8211; Graovac &#8211; Hawryluk<br />
Vesey &#8211; Boyd &#8211; Lockwood</p>
<p>Edler &#8211; Hamonic<br />
Hughes &#8211; Schmidt<br />
Rathbone &#8211; Myers</p>
<p>Braden Holtby starts for the Canucks, backed up by Thatcher Demko. Beyond that, who knows? Yesterday&#8217;s extras were Olli Juolevi, Jalen Chatfield and Zack MacEwen. Perhaps we see some of them rotate in.</p>
<p>The Canucks are completing their interminable season, which included everyone getting sick, and they should be commended for surviving. They weren&#8217;t especially good this season, and changes are surely afoot, but they were handed some pretty bad cards mid-season and did their level best to roll with it. With a few smart tweaks and a few players getting healthy, they could be a growing concern in 2021-22.</p>
<h2><strong>The numbers</strong></h2>
<table style="height: 154px" border="1">
<tbody>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px"></td>
<td style="height: 22px">Calgary</td>
<td style="height: 22px">Vancouver</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">Wins</td>
<td style="height: 22px">25</td>
<td style="height: 22px">23</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">Points (%)</td>
<td style="height: 22px">53 (.482)</td>
<td style="height: 22px">50 (.444)</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">Adjusted Corsi For</td>
<td style="height: 22px">52.9%</td>
<td style="height: 22px">45.7%</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">Expected Goals</td>
<td style="height: 22px">53.5%</td>
<td style="height: 22px">45.2%</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">Power Play</td>
<td style="height: 22px">18.5%</td>
<td style="height: 22px">17.3%</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">Penalty Kill</td>
<td style="height: 22px">80.2%</td>
<td style="height: 22px">79.6%</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><strong>Talkin&#8217; lottery<br />
</strong></h2>
<p>The Flames cannot finish lower than Buffalo, Anaheim, New Jersey, Detroit, Columbus, San Jose, Los Angeles, Ottawa or Vancouver. They cannot finish higher than, among non-playoff teams, Philadelphia, Dallas or the NY Rangers.</p>
<ul>
<li>If the Flames get zero points, they enter the lottery with the 11th-best odds at a lottery pick.</li>
<li>If they get one point, they pass Arizona and have the 12th-best odds.</li>
<li>If they get two points, they pass Arizona and Chicago and have the 13th-best odds.</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Unfit to play report</strong></h2>
<p>The Flames are without Noah Hanifin and Sean Monahan.</p>
<p>The Canucks are without Micheal Ferland, Justin Bailey, Elias Pettersson, Jay Beagle, Antoine Roussel and Brandon Sutter (Darryl&#8217;s nephew).</p>
<h2><strong>When last we met</strong></h2>
<p>The Flames are 6-3-1 against Vancouver so far this season.<em><br />
</em></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/CanucksArmy">Canucks Army</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ThomasDrance">Thomas Drance</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/QuadreIli">David Quadrelli</a></li>
</ul>

There are three more periods, plus possibly overtime, left in the 2020-21 regular season. The <strong>Calgary Flames (25-27-3, 53 points)</strong> face the <strong>Vancouver Canucks (23-28-4, 50 points)</strong> in a regular season finale taking place several days after the playoffs have begun for the first time ever. It's history in the making as these two clubs play out the string, in the latest regular season game in either team's history.

The puck drops just after 1:30 p.m. MT and you can catch the action on Sportsnet West or on Sportsnet 960 The Fan.

<em><strong>For a view from the other side, visit <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/">the fine folks over at Canucks Army</a>!
</strong></em>


<h2><strong>The Flames</strong></h2>
Projected lines, <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/calgary-flames/line-combinations/">via Daily Faceoff</a>:

Gaudreau - Lindholm - Tkachuk
Dube - Backlund - Mangaipane
Lucic - Ryan - Leivo
Nordstrom - Gawdin - Ritchie

Giordano - Tanev
Nesterov - Andersson
Valimaki - Stone

There's no morning skate again, so we're guessing. The starting goalie will be Jacob Markstrom, with Louis Domingue backing up. The active extras are Byron Froese, Buddy Robinson and Oliver Kylington. We'll see which new faces get in tonight; Adam Ruzicka, Connor Mackey and Dominik Simon were brought up on emergency recalls yesterday, so we'll see if they get in again. Matthew Phillips, Alexander Yelesin and Colton Poolman were added to the taxi squad yesterday from the AHL group, so either that's a clue that they might get in today or it's just a clerical thing.

It's the 56th and final game of this accursed 2020-21 season. It's featured frustrating play from the Flames at times, three different official coaches, and the Flames never quite kicking their game into full gear. Perhaps this game helps them get themselves to a better place in the fall, or perhaps it's a precursor to significant changes in the off-season.
<h2><strong>The Canucks
</strong></h2>
Projected lines, <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/vancouver-canucks/line-combinations/">via Daily Faceoff</a>:

Hoglander - Miller - Boeser
Pearson - Horvat - Highmore
Michaelis - Graovac - Hawryluk
Vesey - Boyd - Lockwood

Edler - Hamonic
Hughes - Schmidt
Rathbone - Myers

Braden Holtby starts for the Canucks, backed up by Thatcher Demko. Beyond that, who knows? Yesterday's extras were Olli Juolevi, Jalen Chatfield and Zack MacEwen. Perhaps we see some of them rotate in.

The Canucks are completing their interminable season, which included everyone getting sick, and they should be commended for surviving. They weren't especially good this season, and changes are surely afoot, but they were handed some pretty bad cards mid-season and did their level best to roll with it. With a few smart tweaks and a few players getting healthy, they could be a growing concern in 2021-22.
<h2><strong>The numbers</strong></h2>
<table style="height: 154px" border="1">
<tbody>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px"></td>
<td style="height: 22px">Calgary</td>
<td style="height: 22px">Vancouver</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">Wins</td>
<td style="height: 22px">25</td>
<td style="height: 22px">23</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">Points (%)</td>
<td style="height: 22px">53 (.482)</td>
<td style="height: 22px">50 (.444)</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">Adjusted Corsi For</td>
<td style="height: 22px">52.9%</td>
<td style="height: 22px">45.7%</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">Expected Goals</td>
<td style="height: 22px">53.5%</td>
<td style="height: 22px">45.2%</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">Power Play</td>
<td style="height: 22px">18.5%</td>
<td style="height: 22px">17.3%</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22px">
<td style="height: 22px">Penalty Kill</td>
<td style="height: 22px">80.2%</td>
<td style="height: 22px">79.6%</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><strong>Talkin' lottery
</strong></h2>
The Flames cannot finish lower than Buffalo, Anaheim, New Jersey, Detroit, Columbus, San Jose, Los Angeles, Ottawa or Vancouver. They cannot finish higher than, among non-playoff teams, Philadelphia, Dallas or the NY Rangers.
<ul>
 	<li>If the Flames get zero points, they enter the lottery with the 11th-best odds at a lottery pick.</li>
 	<li>If they get one point, they pass Arizona and have the 12th-best odds.</li>
 	<li>If they get two points, they pass Arizona and Chicago and have the 13th-best odds.</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Unfit to play report</strong></h2>
The Flames are without Noah Hanifin and Sean Monahan.

The Canucks are without Micheal Ferland, Justin Bailey, Elias Pettersson, Jay Beagle, Antoine Roussel and Brandon Sutter (Darryl's nephew).
<h2><strong>When last we met</strong></h2>
The Flames are 6-3-1 against Vancouver so far this season.<em>
</em>
<h2><strong>Know thy enemy</strong></h2>
Your recommended Twitter follows for tonight's contest:
<ul>
 	<li><a href="https://twitter.com/CanucksArmy">Canucks Army</a></li>
 	<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ThomasDrance">Thomas Drance</a></li>
 	<li><a href="https://twitter.com/QuadreIli">David Quadrelli</a></li>
</ul>

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