<p>It&#8217;s a holiday Monday, and the <strong>Calgary Flames (29-13-6, 64 points)</strong> are chasing a slice of history when they host the <strong>Winnipeg Jets (22-19-8, 52 points)</strong>. The Flames are the hottest hand in hockey right now and have won nine in a row. They can tie a franchise record with another victory this afternoon against the Jets. Can the home side keep rolling, or will the Jets play spoiler on Family Day?</p>
<p>The puck drops just after 2 p.m. MT. Catch all the action on Sportsnet West or Sportsnet 960 The Fan!</p>
<p><em><strong><a href="http://www.jetsnation.ca">For a view from the other side, check out JetsNation!</a></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 />
Coleman &#8211; Backlund &#8211; Mangiapane<br />
Lucic &#8211; Monahan &#8211; Toffoli<br />
Dube &#8211; Ruzicka &#8211; Lewis</p>
<p>Hanifin &#8211; Andersson<br />
Kylington &#8211; Tanev<br />
Zadorov &#8211; Gudbranson</p>
<p>There&#8217;s no morning skate today because of the early start so we&#8217;ll see what we get at warm-ups. @Jacob Markstrom is expected to start for the Flames, backed up by @Daniel Vladar. Based on Sunday&#8217;s practice, the extras appear to be @Brett Ritchie, @Michael Stone and @Brad Richardson.</p>
<p>The Flames have been rolling of late. They&#8217;re winning games in different ways, but keep an eye on their defensive structure and breakouts in this one. They were a bit leaky against Seattle and they probably gave up too many odd-man rushes and strong scoring chances off turnovers for their coach&#8217;s liking. If they want to extend their winning streak to 10, they&#8217;ll need to keep paying attention to the details of their game.</p>
<h2><strong>The Jets<br />
</strong></h2>
<p>Projected lines <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/winnipeg-jets/line-combinations/">via Daily Faceoff</a>:</p>
<p>Stastny &#8211; Scheifele &#8211; Wheeler<br />
Connor &#8211; Dubois &#8211; Brooks<br />
Vesalainen &#8211; Lowry &#8211; Reichel<br />
Harkins &#8211; Toninato &#8211; Poganski</p>
<p>Morrissey &#8211; DeMelo<br />
Dillon &#8211; Pionk<br />
Stanley &#8211; Schmidt</p>
<p>@Connor Hellebuyck starts for the Jets, backed up by @Eric Comrie. The extra for Winnipeg looks to be @Evgeni Svechnikov. @Adam Brooks looks to suit up for Winnipeg, which bumps Svechnikov to the press box for this outing.</p>
<p>Since the beginning of February, here&#8217;s how the Jets have fared: loss, win, overtime loss, win, loss, win, win, loss. As you can see, they&#8217;re more or less in the win-one, lose-one muck lately. They open action seven points behind Los Angeles for the final wildcard playoff spot in the West, and they really don&#8217;t want that number to get much larger than it is. It&#8217;s not desperation time in the &#8216;Peg yet, but it&#8217;s getting close.</p>
<h2><strong>The numbers</strong></h2>
<table border="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>Calgary</td>
<td>Winnipeg</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Wins</td>
<td>29</td>
<td>22</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Points (%)</td>
<td>64 (.667)</td>
<td>52 (.531)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Adjusted Corsi For</td>
<td>57.3%</td>
<td>50.9%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Expected Goals For</td>
<td>55.9%</td>
<td>49.7%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Power Play</td>
<td>21.7%</td>
<td>21.2%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Penalty Kill</td>
<td>85.3%</td>
<td>75.2%</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><strong>Unfit to play</strong></h2>
<p>The Flames are healthy.</p>
<p>The Jets are without C.J. Seuss, Nathan Beaulieu, Bryan Little, Nikolaj Ehlers, Dylan Samberg, Andrew Copp and Cole Perfetti.</p>
<h2><strong>When last we met</strong></h2>
<p>The Flames lost to the Jets 4-2 at home back in late November.</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/WiebesWorld">Ken Wiebe</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/WPGMurat">Murat Ates</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/NHLJetsNation">Jets Nation</a></li>
</ul>
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It's a holiday Monday, and the <strong>Calgary Flames (29-13-6, 64 points)</strong> are chasing a slice of history when they host the <strong>Winnipeg Jets (22-19-8, 52 points)</strong>. The Flames are the hottest hand in hockey right now and have won nine in a row. They can tie a franchise record with another victory this afternoon against the Jets. Can the home side keep rolling, or will the Jets play spoiler on Family Day?

The puck drops just after 2 p.m. MT. Catch all the action on Sportsnet West or Sportsnet 960 The Fan!

<em><strong><a href="http://www.jetsnation.ca">For a view from the other side, check out JetsNation!</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
Coleman - Backlund - Mangiapane
Lucic - Monahan - Toffoli
Dube - Ruzicka - Lewis

Hanifin - Andersson
Kylington - Tanev
Zadorov - Gudbranson

There's no morning skate today because of the early start so we'll see what we get at warm-ups. @Jacob Markstrom is expected to start for the Flames, backed up by @Daniel Vladar. Based on Sunday's practice, the extras appear to be @Brett Ritchie, @Michael Stone and @Brad Richardson.

The Flames have been rolling of late. They're winning games in different ways, but keep an eye on their defensive structure and breakouts in this one. They were a bit leaky against Seattle and they probably gave up too many odd-man rushes and strong scoring chances off turnovers for their coach's liking. If they want to extend their winning streak to 10, they'll need to keep paying attention to the details of their game.
<h2><strong>The Jets
</strong></h2>
Projected lines <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/winnipeg-jets/line-combinations/">via Daily Faceoff</a>:

Stastny - Scheifele - Wheeler
Connor - Dubois - Brooks
Vesalainen - Lowry - Reichel
Harkins - Toninato - Poganski

Morrissey - DeMelo
Dillon - Pionk
Stanley - Schmidt

@Connor Hellebuyck starts for the Jets, backed up by @Eric Comrie. The extra for Winnipeg looks to be @Evgeni Svechnikov. @Adam Brooks looks to suit up for Winnipeg, which bumps Svechnikov to the press box for this outing.

Since the beginning of February, here's how the Jets have fared: loss, win, overtime loss, win, loss, win, win, loss. As you can see, they're more or less in the win-one, lose-one muck lately. They open action seven points behind Los Angeles for the final wildcard playoff spot in the West, and they really don't want that number to get much larger than it is. It's not desperation time in the 'Peg yet, but it's getting close.
<h2><strong>The numbers</strong></h2>
<table border="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>Calgary</td>
<td>Winnipeg</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Wins</td>
<td>29</td>
<td>22</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Points (%)</td>
<td>64 (.667)</td>
<td>52 (.531)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Adjusted Corsi For</td>
<td>57.3%</td>
<td>50.9%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Expected Goals For</td>
<td>55.9%</td>
<td>49.7%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Power Play</td>
<td>21.7%</td>
<td>21.2%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Penalty Kill</td>
<td>85.3%</td>
<td>75.2%</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><strong>Unfit to play</strong></h2>
The Flames are healthy.

The Jets are without C.J. Seuss, Nathan Beaulieu, Bryan Little, Nikolaj Ehlers, Dylan Samberg, Andrew Copp and Cole Perfetti.
<h2><strong>When last we met</strong></h2>
The Flames lost to the Jets 4-2 at home back in late November.
<h2><strong>Know thy enemy</strong></h2>
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 	<li><a href="https://twitter.com/WiebesWorld">Ken Wiebe</a></li>
 	<li><a href="https://twitter.com/WPGMurat">Murat Ates</a></li>
 	<li><a href="https://twitter.com/NHLJetsNation">Jets Nation</a></li>
</ul>
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