Pre-Season BOA Game Thread #1 (And #2): Flames@Oilers, Oilers@Flames

Well, here we are at last.

Almost five months since the Flames wrapped up the shortened 2012-13 season, and less than three months since the Saddledome was submerged under water up to its 10th row, hockey is back.

Tonight, the Flames take on the Oilers in split squad games, with half the roster playing at the 'Dome while the other half will hit the ice at Rexall.

Here are the expected lines and pairings for tonight's contest(s). The game in Edmonton will be streamed live on the Flames' website at 8 p.m. MT.

EDM@CGY

Flames

Curtis Glencross - Matt Stajan - Lee Stempniak

Mike Cammalleri - Mikael Backlund - David Jones

Michael Ferland - Sean Monahan - Emile Poirier

Blair Jones - Corban Knight - Greg Nemisz

Mark Giordano - TJ Brodie

Ryan Culkin - Shane O'Brien

Patrick Sieloff - John Ramage

Joey MacDonald

Joni Ortio

Oilers

Jordan Eberle - Sam Gagner - Ryan Hamilton

David Perron - Boyd Gordon - Ryan Jones

Ben Eager - Will Acton - Tyler Pitlick

Greg Chase - Travis Ewaynk - Tyler Bilcke

Ladislav Smid - Jeff Petry

Nick Schultz - Taylor Fedun

Martin Marincin - Phillip Larsen

Jason LaBarbera

Richard Bachman

CGY@EDM

Flames

Sven Baertschi - TJ Galliardi - Jiri Hudler

Ben Hanowski - Roman Horak - Tim Jackman

Lance Bouma - Ben Street - Josh Jooris

Paul Byron - Markus Granlund - Brian McGrattan

Chris Butler - Dennis Wideman

Brett Kulak - Kris Russell

Keegan Kanzig - Derek Smith

Karri Ramo

Reto Berra

Oilers

Ales Hemsky - Taylor Hall - Ryan Smyth

Linus Omark - Mark Arcobello - Nail Yakupov

Jesse Joensuu - Ryan Martindale - Mike Brown

Brandon Davidson - Justin Schultz

Darnell Nurse - Andrew Ference

David Musil - Denis Grebeshkov

Devan Dubnyk

Olivier Roy

Go Flames!