{"id":445149,"date":"2026-02-04T13:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/445149\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T13:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T13:39:15","slug":"nhl-game-preview-edmonton-oilers-vs-calgary-flames-with-line-combinations-2-4-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/445149\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers vs. Calgary Flames with Line Combinations 2\/4\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Untitled-design-13.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dallas Stars Linked to Nazem Kadri\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Curtis Comeau\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/svani\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edmonton Oilers (28-19-8, 64 pts) at Calgary Flames (22-27-6, 50 pts)<br \/>Venue: Scotiabank Saddledome<br \/>Date: Wednesday, February 4th<br \/>Time: 10:00 pm ET \/ 9:00 pm CT \/ 8:00 pm MT<\/p>\n<p>TV: \/ Sportsnet<br \/>Radio:<br \/>Calgary Flames \u2013 CFAC\u00a0(Sportsnet 960 The Fan)<br \/>Edmonton Oilers \u2013 CHED 880 AM<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Oilers are second in the Pacific Division with 64 points and ended their eight-game homestand last night with a 4-4 record. This is their last game before the Winter Olympics break.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Flames are 14th in the Western Conference with 50 points, but have a 2-1 record against the Oilers this season. This is their last game before the Winter Olympics break.<\/p>\n<p>Flames Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Sharangovich\/Backlund\/Coronato<br \/>Zary\/Kadri\/Farabee<br \/>Huberdeau\/Frost\/Gridin<br \/>Lomberg\/Pospisil\/Klapka<\/p>\n<p>Kuznetzov\/Weegar<br \/>Bahl\/Whitecloud<br \/>Hanley\/Parekh<\/p>\n<p>Wolf<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Nugent-Hopkins\/McDavid\/Hyman<br \/>Podkolzin\/Draisaitl\/Mangiapane<br \/>Roslovic\/Samanski\/Savoie<br \/>Frederic\/Janmark\/Mangiapane<\/p>\n<p>Ekholm\/Bouchard<br \/>Nurse\/Walman<br \/>Emberson\/Stastney<\/p>\n<p>Jarry<\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames<\/p>\n<p>35-year-old centerman <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/nazem-kadri\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1348\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nazem Kadri<\/a> leads his team with 37 points through 55 games this season, and has 5 points through his last 10 games. Against the Oilers in his career, he has 23 points through 29 games.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers<\/p>\n<p>26-year-old defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-evan-bouchard\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"92184\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Evan Bouchard<\/a> is third on his team in points with 60 through 57 games this season and tied for first among all defensemen. Two Saturdays ago, he became the first NHL defenseman since Bobby Orr to record 6 points and 8 shots on net in a single game. When his defense partner, <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/matias-ekholm\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"5125\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mattias Ekholm<\/a>, had a three-goal game two days later, the Oilers became the first NHL team to have a defenseman record a hat-trick in two straight games.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames<\/p>\n<p>LW \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/blake-coleman\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2342\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blake Coleman<\/a> \/IR<br \/>C \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-john-beecher\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"56103\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Beecher<\/a> \/ IR<br \/>LW \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/samuel-honzek\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4572\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel Honzek<\/a> \/ IR<br \/>D \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/jake-bean\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2489\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Bean<\/a> \/ IR<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers<\/p>\n<p>C \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/adam-henrique\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2112\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Henrique<\/a> \/ IR<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames \u2013 February 26 at San Jose Sharks<br \/>Edmonton Oilers \u2013 February 25 at Anaheim Ducks<\/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\/svani\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770212355_247_10cb874b3bb4bbaad7014622cd26d4be4b0cbe394c575e70d51e4d086efdb11a.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/svani\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Vani<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oilers fan in Toronto. Staying up past my bedtime for Western games since the mid 2000s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Curtis Comeau\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Edmonton Oilers (28-19-8, 64 pts) at Calgary Flames (22-27-6, 50 pts)Venue: Scotiabank&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[425,5,868,2054,4,5573],"class_list":{"0":"post-445149","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-evan-bouchard","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-mattias-ekholm","11":"tag-nazem-kadri","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-nhl-game-preview"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116012645087041406","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}