DUCKS (40-27-4) at FLAMES (30-34-7)
9:00 p.m. ET; SNW, KCOP-13, Victory+
Ducks projected lineup
Chris Kreider — Leo Carlsson — Troy Terry
Alex Killorn — Mikael Granlund — Beckett Sennecke
Jeffrey Viel — Ryan Poehling — Cutter Gauthier
Ian Moore — Mason McTavish — Frank Vatrano
Jackson LaCombe — Jacob Trouba
Pavel Mintyukov — John Carlson
Drew Helleson — Radko Gudas
Ville Husso
Lukas Dostal
Scratched: Tim Washe, Nathan Gaucher, Olen Zellweger
Injured: Ross Johnston (lower body), Jansen Harkins (upper body)
Flames projected lineup
Blake Coleman — Mikael Backlund — Joel Farabee
Matvei Gridin — Morgan Frost — Matt Coronato
Yegor Sharangovich — Ryan Strome — Victor Olofsson
Martin Pospisil — John Beecher — Adam Klapka
Kevin Bahl — Zach Whitecloud
Olli Maatta — Hunter Brzustewicz
Joel Hanley — Zayne Parekh
Devin Cooley
Dustin Wolf
Scratched: Ryan Lomberg, Tyson Gross, Brayden Pachal, Yan Kuznetsov
Injured: Jake Bean (undisclosed), Samuel Honzek (upper body), Jonathan Huberdeau (hip surgery), Connor Zary (upper body)
Status report
Vatrano will return after sitting out Anaheim’s past three games as a healthy scratch. … Ducks coach Joel Quenneville confirmed that Husso will start in net and there will be “one, maybe more (changes) on the back end.” … Harkins, a forward, sustained an upper-body injury during a 5-3 loss at the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. … The Ducks recalled forward Nathan Gaucher from San Diego of the American Hockey League on Thursday. … The Flames held an optional morning skate. … After sitting out Calgary’s past five games, Beecher will return in place of Lomberg.