Vancouver Canucks (36-14-9, 81 pts) at Calgary Flames (18-34-7, 43 pts)
Venue: Scotiabank Saddledome
Date: Saturday, March 28th
Time: 10:00 pm ET / 7:00 pm PT

TV: ESPN+ / Sportsnet
Radio: 
Calgary Flames – Sportsnet 960 The FAN
Vancouver Canucks – Sportsnet 650 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Calgary Flames -1.5 ML -166
Vancouver Canucks +1.5 ML +140
O/U 5.5

Vancouver Canucks News and Notes:

The Vancouver Canucks took a tough 0-4 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday, making it their fourth straight loss. The Canucks now head on the road for the first time since a back-to-back on March 6th and March 7th, where they took on the Chicago Blackhawks and the Winnipeg Jets. They were able to squeak out of that road trip with three points, but now in a slump and taking on a division rival in the Calgary Flames, a different outcome may be in question.

Calgary Flames News and Notes:

The Calgary Flames aren’t going down quietly and are still fighting for a wild card spot in the Western Conference. Going into Thursday’s game against the Anaheim Ducks, the Flames were riding a four-game winning streak, and although they lost to the Ducks, they scratched out a point in a 2-3 overtime loss. The Flames have now gained nine points in the last two weeks, have surpassed the Chicago Blackhawks, and are only ten points out from a Playoff birth. It’s a big mountain, but they’re not going down without a fight.

Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines:

O’Connor-E. Pettersson-Kane
Ohgren-Rossi-Boeser
Sasson-Blueger-Karlsson
Hoglander-Raty-DeBrusk

E. N. Pettersson-Hronek
M. Pettersson-Willander
Buium-Joseph

Lankinen
Tolopilo

Calgary Flames Projected Lines:

Coleman-Backlund-Farabee
Gridin-Frost-Coronato
Sharangovich-Strome-Olafsson
Pospisil-Beecher-Klapka

Bahl-Whitecloud
Maatta-Brzustewicz
Hanley-Parekh

Wolf
Cooley

Players to Watch:

Vancouver Canucks:

Although scoreless over the last two games, Marco Rossi has still been on a tear, scoring ten points in the last seven games. He has been a force to be reckoned with and a new leader for the rest of this new Vancouver Canucks locker room to look up to. Pierre-Olivier Joseph is officially back from injury as well, rounding out the defensive core for the Vancouver Canucks, and is still searching for his first points since coming back on Tuesday against the Ducks.

Calgary Flames:

Victor Olofsson has proven to be a great value, being the return in the Nazem Kadri to the Colorado Avalanche trade. Olofsson has put up three points in the last four games and is always a threat to produce more. Matvei Gridin has also taken advantage of a promotion with the Calgary Flames forward core being heavily injured, with names like Jonathan Huberdeau, Connor Zary, and Samuel Honzek out of the lineup. Gridin has put up five points in the last six games and looks to continue a four-game point streak.

Injury Report:

Vancouver Canucks:

C Filip Chytil – IR
D Derek Forbort – LTIR
G Thatcher Demko – LTIR

Calgary Flames:

C Connor Zary – Day to Day
D Yan Kuznetsov – Day to Day
LW Jonathan Huberdeau – IR
LW Samuel Honzek – IR
D Jake Bean – IR

Next Game:

Canucks: Monday, March 30 at Vegas Golden Knights – 10 pm ET
Flames: Monday, March 30 at Colorado Avalanche – 8:30 pm ET

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