{"id":412544,"date":"2026-01-17T12:14:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/412544\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T12:14:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:14:25","slug":"nhl-game-preview-new-york-islanders-at-calgary-flames-with-line-combinations-1-17-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/412544\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: New York Islanders at Calgary Flames with Line Combinations 1\/17\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: New York Islanders at Calgary Flames with Line Combinations 1\/17\/2026 | Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764203590_941_Clean-Logo-1.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Inside The Rink Logo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768651962_882_cropped-Life-Insurance.png .webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" itemprop=\"item\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/\" itemprop=\"item\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>NHL Game Preview: New York Islanders at Calgary Flames with Line Combinations 1\/17\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-66.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"NHL Game Preview: New York Islanders at Calgary Flames with Line Combinations 1\/17\/2026\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP<\/p>\n<p>New York Islanders (26-16-5, 57 pts) at Calgary Flames (20-23-4, 44 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Scotiabank Saddledome<br \/>Date: Saturday, January 17<br \/>Time: 3:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+\/MSGSN\/SN\/TVAS\/CBC<br \/>Radio:\u00a0103.9 FM LI News\/Sportsnet 960<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New York Islanders News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Islanders picked up a 1-0 win over the Oilers on Thursday. They\u2019re 4-2-1 in January, averaging 3.6 goals per game while allowing 2.9 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Flames\u00a0picked up a 3-1 win over the Blackhawks on Thursday. They\u2019re 2-5-0 in January, averaging two goals per game while allowing 3.4 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>New York Islanders Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Lee-Barzal-Duclair<br \/>Drouin-Ritchie-Heineman<br \/>Shabanov-Pageau-Holmstrom<br \/>Maclean-Cizikas-Gatcomb<\/p>\n<p>Schaefer-Pulock<br \/>Pelech-DeAngelo<br \/>Boqvist-Mayfield<\/p>\n<p>Sorokin<br \/>Rittich<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=isles+hockey&amp;_pos=1&amp;_psq=isles&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0&amp;_gl=1*1cyq10s*_gcl_au*OTM3MDgzMjI1LjE3NjU4MjU4OTI.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your Isles Hockey merchandise here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Zary-Kadri-Klapka<br \/>Sharangovich-Backlund-Coronato<br \/>Huberdeau-Frost-Farabee<br \/>Lomberg-Kirkland-Hunt<\/p>\n<p>Bahl-Andersson<br \/>Kuznetsov-Weegar<br \/>Hanley-Brzustewicz<\/p>\n<p>Wolf<br \/>Cooley<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/calgary-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=calgary&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Calgary Hockey Merchandise Here:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>New York Islanders<\/p>\n<p>Kyle MacLean scored a goal against the Flames last season.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames<\/p>\n<p>Rasmus Andersson against the Islanders last season had a goal and three assists.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>New York Islanders<\/p>\n<p>F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/pierre-engvall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pierre Engvall<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>G\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/semyon-varlamov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Semyon Varlamov<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>D\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/alexander-romanov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Romanov<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/kyle-palmieri\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Palmieri<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/bo-horvat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bo Horvat<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Out<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames<\/p>\n<p>F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/martin-pospisil\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Pospisil<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/samuel-honzek\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel Honzek<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>D\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/jake-bean\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Bean<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-john-beecher\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Beecher<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F Blake Coleman \u2013 IR<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/clavallee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768652021_913_276326315b493f582c4d87a8721917f57a6f9df6b8a3bc8ca3c490d0be2e9c6e.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-montreal-canadiens-at-ottawa-senators-with-line-combinations-1-17-2025\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-2-15-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"NHL Game Preview: Montreal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators with Line Combinations 1\/17\/2025\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-montreal-canadiens-at-ottawa-senators-with-line-combinations-1-17-2025\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Game Preview: Montreal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators with Line Combinations 1\/17\/2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Montreal Canadiens (26-15-7, 59 pts)\u00a0 at Ottawa Senators (22-19-5, 49 pts) Venue: Canadian Tire CentreDate: Saturday, January 17Time: 7:00 pm ESTHow To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+\/CITY\/SNE\/TVASRadio: TSN 690\/1200 TSN Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster Montreal Canadiens News &amp; Notes: The Canadiens dropped their second straight on Thursday in a 5-3 loss to the Sabres. 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