The Flames & Canucks Meet For The First Time This Season Tonight

Calgary Flames vs Vancouver Canucks, 8 PM MT, Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary AB

Calgary Flames 20-13-6 (46 pts) – Vancouver Canucks 19-19-5 (43 pts)

TV: SN, CITY, CBC – Radio: Sportsnet 960

Odds: Calgary (-110) Vancouver (-110) O/U: 5.5

Starting Goalies (E=Expected, C=Confirmed)

Calgary: Markstrom (E)- 15-10-5, 2.22 GAA, .923 SV%

Vancouver: Demko (E)- 17-14-1, 2.62 GAA, .917 SV%

Injury Report

Calgary: Tyler Pitlick (Undisclosed/Day To Day)

Vancouver: Brandon Sutter (Covid/IR-LT), Travis Hamonic (LBI, IR-LT), Tanner Pearson (Covid/IR-LT), Bo Horvat (Covid/IR-LT), Guillaume Brisebois (Undisclosed/IR), Tucker Poolman (Undisclosed/Day To Day), Brady Keeper (Leg/IR-LT), Kyle Burroughs (Leg/Out)

Just The Facts (Mostly Facts)

-It’s been 255 days since the Flames and Canucks last played each other where Calgary won 6-2.

-Vancouver went into a slight two game postponement with 10-1-1 record. Since coming out of that they are 3-4-2 and have dropped to 7th place in the Pacific Division standings.

-Calgary is 3-2-0 in their last five, the first time they’ve had more wins than losses in a stretch since a four game winning streak from Nov 18-23.

-With Darryl Sutter’s comments in the media after the 5-1 loss to St. Louis, expect Jacob Markstrom to be back in net again tonight. He’s started the last six Flames games and is an even 3-3-0, but has surrendered 13 goals in those three defeats.

-Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk will look to get back on the scoresheet after having their six game point streaks snapped. Over that stretch the two combined for 28 points.

-Mikael Backlund has scored goals in back to back games for the first time this season.

-Despite their current home struggles, the Flames are 7-3-0 in their last 10 games at the Dome against Vancouver.

Game Social

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What’s Happening With The Opposition?

Vancouver Canucks SBN Coverage: Nucks Misconduct

Last Time Out

Calgary Flames 1 – St. Louis Blues 5

Vancouver Canucks 5 – Winnipeg Jets 1

Players To Watch

Calgary Flames

Mikael Backlund (C): points in four of his last five games

Vancouver Canucks

J.T. Miller (C): 8 points in last 5 games

On The Struggle Bus

Calgary Flames

Dillon Dube (F): 1 point in last 13 games

Vancouver Canucks

Alex Chiasson (F): 2 points in last 15 games

Last Time They Tangled

5/19/21: Calgary Flames 6 – Vancouver Canucks 2

by Mark Parkinson