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Calgary Flames (18-21-4) at Boston Bruins (22-19-2)
Venue: TD Garden
Date: Thursday, January 7
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch: NESN, ESPN+
Radio: Sportsnet 960 The Fan, 98.5 The Sports Hub
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Calgary Flames News & Notes:
The Flames defeated the Bruins 2-1 in overtime on December 30. Calgary is playing the second of a back-to-back.
Boston Bruins News & Notes:
The Bruins lost the last game of a five-game road trip to Seattle 7-4 on Tuesday. Boston is starting a five-game homestand.
Calgary Flames Projected Lines
Zary-Kadri-Farabee
Huberdeau-Frost-Sharangovich
Coleman-Backlund-Coronato
Lomberg-Kirkland-Klapka
Bahl-Andersson
Kuznetsov-Weegar
Hanley-Pachal
Wolf
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Boston Bruins Projected Lines:
Geekie-E. Lindholm-Pastrnak
Khusnutdinov-Minten-Steeves
Mittelstadt-Zacha-Arvidsson
Jeannot-Kuraly-Kastelic
Aspirot-McAvoy
Zadorov-Jokiharju
Lohrei-Peeke
Korpisalo
Swayman
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Players To Watch:
Calgary Flames
Nazem Kadri leads the Flames with 32 points. Defenseman Rasmus Andersson is second on the team with 27 points.
Boston Bruins
David Pastrnak scored two goals in the loss to Seattle and has 19 on the season. Morgan Geekie has 25 goals to lead the Bruins but has gone seven games without a goal.
Injury Report:
Calgary Flames
F Martin Pospisil – IR
F Samuel Honzek – IR
D Jake Bean – IR
F John Beecher – Day to day
G Devin Cooley – Day to day
Boston Bruins
D Jordan Harris – IR
D Hampus Lindholm – IR
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