After three wins in three games so far on this homestand, the Calgary Flames (12-15-4, 28 points) will be aiming for a clean sweep on Wednesday evening. But they’ll face a stiff test in the form of the Detroit Red Wings (16-11-3, 35 points), a young, talented team that finally seems to be turning the corner. Can the Flames torch the Wings? Or will their winning ways come to an end?

Today’s broadcast begins at 6:30 p.m. MT on Sportsnet’s national feed and Sportsnet 960 The Fan.

Projected lines via Daily Faceoff:

Yegor Sharangovich – Nazem Kadri – Joel Farabee
Jonathan Huberdeau – Morgan Frost – Matt Coronato
Connor Zary – Mikael Backlund – Blake Coleman
Ryan Lomberg – John Beecher – Adam Klapka

Yan Kuznetsov – MacKenzie Weegar
Kevin Bahl – Rasmus Andersson
Joel Hanley – Hunter Brzustewicz

Based on reports from the rink from Sportsnet’s Pat Steinberg, we’re projecting Devin Cooley to start in net, backed up by Dustin Wolf. The projected extras look to be Brayden Pachal and Dryden Hunt. It’ll be Brzustewicz’s first NHL game this season and the second of his NHL career.

The Flames are on a bit of a hot streak right now, posting a 7-2-1 record over their last 10 games. Their lineup has largely been stabilized since the injury to Sam Honzek and the arrival of Yan Kuznetsov, and we’ve seen merely slightly tweaks since mid-November. Consequently, we’ve also seen some of the most consistent play out of the Flames as a group as we’ve seen all season. Maybe there’s a connection there.

The Flames weren’t as bad as their opening 2-9-2 stretch suggested. We’re still trying to suss out just how good they are.

Projected lines via Daily Faceoff:

Emmitt Finnie – Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond
Alex Debrincat – Andrew Copp – Patrick Kane
Elmer Soderblom – Nate Danielson – Marco Kasper
James van Riemsdyk – J.T. Compher – Michael Rasmussen

Simon Edvinsson – Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot – Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Albert Johansson – Jacob Bernard-Docker

We’re projecting John Gibson to start in net, backed up by Cam Talbot. The projected extras are Jonatan Berggren and Travis Hamonic.

The Red Wings have won three of their past four outings. This is the fourth game of a six game road trip. They’re 2-0-1 so far on this trip, and beat Vancouver by a 4-0 score on Monday night.

Three Wings are scoring at over a point-per-game pace: Dylan Larkin (32 points in 30 games), Lucas Raymond (32 points in 28 games) and Alex Debrincat (31 points in 30 games).

The Flames are without Martin Pospisil, Zayne Parekh, Sam Honzek and Jake Bean.

The Red Wings are without Mason Appleton.

This is the first of two games between these teams this season. They’ll finish the season series in Detroit on Mar. 16.

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