<p>For the second consecutive outing, it could be a &#8220;win and they&#8217;re in&#8221; scenario for the <strong>Calgary Flames (45-20-9, 99 points)</strong> as they host a Western Conference foe at the Saddledome. On Thursday, they lost 6-1 to Vegas. Tonight, they host the <strong>Arizona Coyotes (22-47-5, 49 points)</strong>, and depending on what happens in the afternoon games the Flames could punch their ticket to the post-season with a good performance. Heck, they could even clinch home ice in round one.</p>
<p>The puck drops just a shade after 8 p.m. MT and you can catch the action on CBC, Sportsnet&#8217;s national feed (and Sportsnet One), and City TV, or on the radio via 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>@Johnny Gaudreau &#8211; @Elias Lindholm &#8211; @Matthew Tkachuk<br />
@Andrew Mangiapane &#8211; @Mikael Backlund &#8211; @Tyler Toffoli<br />
@Dillon Dube &#8211; @Calle Jarnkrok &#8211; @Blake Coleman<br />
@Milan Lucic &#8211; @Adam Ruzicka &#8211; @Trevor Lewis</p>
<p>@Noah Hanifin &#8211; @Rasmus Andersson<br />
@Oliver Kylington &#8211; @Chris Tanev<br />
@Nikita Zadorov &#8211; @Erik Gudbranson</p>
<p>After getting yanked in each of the past two games, we&#8217;re expecting @Jacob Markstrom to return to the net and be backed up by @Daniel Vladar. The expected scratches are @Brett Ritchie, @Connor Mackey, @Michael Stone and @Ryan Carpenter. If Ruzicka plays, it seems likely that his emergency recall will be converted into a &#8220;regular&#8221; recall.</p>
<p>On Thursday night, here&#8217;s what head coach Darryl Sutter said was missing from his team: &#8220;Urgency, energy, emotion, those things. One team was way more focused and urgent.&#8221; That&#8217;s not a great thing to be missing against a divisional foe, and the Flames will be looking to prove that their flat performance against Vegas was a one-off, an aberration, a fluke, and not some signal for doom and gloom with the playoffs around the corner.</p>
<p>The Flames&#8217; magic number against Los Angeles is 0.5 and against Vegas is 1.5.</p>
<ul>
<li>No matter what anybody else does, the Flames clinch a playoff berth with a point in this game (because the Kings couldn&#8217;t pass them in the standings).</li>
<li>If Edmonton beats Vegas in regulation on Saturday afternoon, the Flames also clinch (because the Golden Knights couldn&#8217;t pass them in the standings).</li>
<li>If both of those things happen, the Flames clinch second place in the Pacific (because then the Kings <em>and</em> Golden Knights couldn&#8217;t pass them in the standings).</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>The Coyotes<br />
</strong></h2>
<p>Projected lines <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/arizona-coyotes/line-combinations/">via Daily Faceoff</a>:</p>
<p>@Nick Ritchie &#8211; @Travis Boyd &#8211; @Nick Schmaltz<br />
@Michael Carcone &#8211; @Barrett Hayton &#8211; @Phil Kessel<br />
@Matias Maccelli &#8211; @Nathan Smith &#8211; @Andrew Ladd<br />
@Jay Beagle &#8211; @Jack McBain &#8211; @Loui Eriksson</p>
<p>@Shayne Gostisbehere &#8211; @Dysin Mayo<br />
@Janis Moser &#8211; @Anton Stralman<br />
@Cam Dineen &#8211; @Vladislav Kolyachonok</p>
<p><strong>@Harri Sateri starts for Arizona, backed up by @Karel Vejmelka. </strong>Their extras are @Alex Galchenyuk and @Kyle Capobianco.</p>
<p>The Coyotes have lost five games in a row and six of their past seven games. Over their five game losing skid, they&#8217;ve been out-scored 29-6. They&#8217;re in last place in the entire NHL. They&#8217;re looking ahead to next season already.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re hoping for a Flames reset game, the Coyotes may be an ideal opponent. They&#8217;re not <em>bad</em>, necessarily, but they&#8217;ve been less of the sum of their parts this season and they are a team that a systems-based checking team like the Flames can grind down over the course of three periods.</p>
<h2><strong>The numbers</strong></h2>
<table border="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>Calgary</td>
<td>Arizona</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Wins</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>22</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Points (%)</td>
<td>99 (.669)</td>
<td>49 (.331)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Adjusted Corsi For</td>
<td>57.4%</td>
<td>42.5%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Expected Goals For</td>
<td>55.6%</td>
<td>42.6%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Power Play</td>
<td>23.7%</td>
<td>14.2%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Penalty Kill</td>
<td>83.8%</td>
<td>72.8%</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><strong>Unfit to play</strong></h2>
<p>The Flames are without Sean Monahan.</p>
<p>The Coyotes are without Bryan Little, Liam O&#8217;Brien, Clayton Keller, Antoine Roussel, Conor Timmins, Dmitrij Jaskin, Lawson Crouse, Jakob Chychrun and Christian Fischer.</p>
<h2><strong>When last we met</strong></h2>
<p>The Flames have beaten Arizona twice by identical 4-2 scores, the most recent being in Calgary on Mar. 25.</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/craigsmorgan">Craig Morgan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/catmsilverman">Cat Silverman</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/RomeroJoseM">Jose Romero</a></li>
</ul>
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For the second consecutive outing, it could be a "win and they're in" scenario for the <strong>Calgary Flames (45-20-9, 99 points)</strong> as they host a Western Conference foe at the Saddledome. On Thursday, they lost 6-1 to Vegas. Tonight, they host the <strong>Arizona Coyotes (22-47-5, 49 points)</strong>, and depending on what happens in the afternoon games the Flames could punch their ticket to the post-season with a good performance. Heck, they could even clinch home ice in round one.

The puck drops just a shade after 8 p.m. MT and you can catch the action on CBC, Sportsnet's national feed (and Sportsnet One), and City TV, or on the radio via 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>:

@Johnny Gaudreau - @Elias Lindholm - @Matthew Tkachuk
@Andrew Mangiapane - @Mikael Backlund - @Tyler Toffoli
@Dillon Dube - @Calle Jarnkrok - @Blake Coleman
@Milan Lucic - @Adam Ruzicka - @Trevor Lewis

@Noah Hanifin - @Rasmus Andersson
@Oliver Kylington - @Chris Tanev
@Nikita Zadorov - @Erik Gudbranson

After getting yanked in each of the past two games, we're expecting @Jacob Markstrom to return to the net and be backed up by @Daniel Vladar. The expected scratches are @Brett Ritchie, @Connor Mackey, @Michael Stone and @Ryan Carpenter. If Ruzicka plays, it seems likely that his emergency recall will be converted into a "regular" recall.

On Thursday night, here's what head coach Darryl Sutter said was missing from his team: "Urgency, energy, emotion, those things. One team was way more focused and urgent." That's not a great thing to be missing against a divisional foe, and the Flames will be looking to prove that their flat performance against Vegas was a one-off, an aberration, a fluke, and not some signal for doom and gloom with the playoffs around the corner.

The Flames' magic number against Los Angeles is 0.5 and against Vegas is 1.5.
<ul>
 	<li>No matter what anybody else does, the Flames clinch a playoff berth with a point in this game (because the Kings couldn't pass them in the standings).</li>
 	<li>If Edmonton beats Vegas in regulation on Saturday afternoon, the Flames also clinch (because the Golden Knights couldn't pass them in the standings).</li>
 	<li>If both of those things happen, the Flames clinch second place in the Pacific (because then the Kings <em>and</em> Golden Knights couldn't pass them in the standings).</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>The Coyotes
</strong></h2>
Projected lines <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/arizona-coyotes/line-combinations/">via Daily Faceoff</a>:

@Nick Ritchie - @Travis Boyd - @Nick Schmaltz
@Michael Carcone - @Barrett Hayton - @Phil Kessel
@Matias Maccelli - @Nathan Smith - @Andrew Ladd
@Jay Beagle - @Jack McBain - @Loui Eriksson

@Shayne Gostisbehere - @Dysin Mayo
@Janis Moser - @Anton Stralman
@Cam Dineen - @Vladislav Kolyachonok

<strong>@Harri Sateri starts for Arizona, backed up by @Karel Vejmelka. </strong>Their extras are @Alex Galchenyuk and @Kyle Capobianco.

The Coyotes have lost five games in a row and six of their past seven games. Over their five game losing skid, they've been out-scored 29-6. They're in last place in the entire NHL. They're looking ahead to next season already.

If you're hoping for a Flames reset game, the Coyotes may be an ideal opponent. They're not <em>bad</em>, necessarily, but they've been less of the sum of their parts this season and they are a team that a systems-based checking team like the Flames can grind down over the course of three periods.
<h2><strong>The numbers</strong></h2>
<table border="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>Calgary</td>
<td>Arizona</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Wins</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>22</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Points (%)</td>
<td>99 (.669)</td>
<td>49 (.331)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Adjusted Corsi For</td>
<td>57.4%</td>
<td>42.5%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Expected Goals For</td>
<td>55.6%</td>
<td>42.6%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Power Play</td>
<td>23.7%</td>
<td>14.2%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Penalty Kill</td>
<td>83.8%</td>
<td>72.8%</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2><strong>Unfit to play</strong></h2>
The Flames are without Sean Monahan.

The Coyotes are without Bryan Little, Liam O'Brien, Clayton Keller, Antoine Roussel, Conor Timmins, Dmitrij Jaskin, Lawson Crouse, Jakob Chychrun and Christian Fischer.
<h2><strong>When last we met</strong></h2>
The Flames have beaten Arizona twice by identical 4-2 scores, the most recent being in Calgary on Mar. 25.
<h2><strong>Know thy enemy</strong></h2>
Your recommended Twitter follows for tonight's contest:
<ul>
 	<li><a href="https://twitter.com/craigsmorgan">Craig Morgan</a></li>
 	<li><a href="https://twitter.com/catmsilverman">Cat Silverman</a></li>
 	<li><a href="https://twitter.com/RomeroJoseM">Jose Romero</a></li>
</ul>
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