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Calgary Flames (26-33-7, 59 pts) at Detroit Red Wings (36-23-8, 80 pts)<\/p>\n

Venue: Little Caesars Arena
Date: Monday, March 16
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+\/Prime\/FDSN DET
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Calgary Flames News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Flames suffered a 3-2 loss to the Islanders on Saturday. The loss dropped them to 2-5-1 in March, averaging 2.4 goals per game while allowing 4.4 goals per game.<\/p>\n

Detroit Red Wings News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Red Wings dropped their third straight on Saturday in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Stars. They\u2019ve dropped five of their last six and are 2-3-2 in March, averaging 2.4 goals per game while allowing 2.9 goals per game.<\/p>\n

Calgary Flames Projected Lines:<\/p>\n

Coleman-Backlund-Farabee
Gridin-Frost-Coronato
Sharangovich-Strome-Olofsson
Zary-Beecher-Klapka<\/p>\n

Bahl-Maatta
Kuznetsov-Parekh
Hanley-Parekh<\/p>\n

Wolf
Cooley<\/p>\n

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Detroit Red Wings Projected Lines<\/p>\n

DeBrincat-Compher-Kane
Perron-Kasper-Raymond
Leonard-Finnie-van Riemsdyk
Shine-Dries-Appleton<\/p>\n

Edvinsson-Seider
Chiarot-Faulk
Johansson-Bernard Docker<\/p>\n

Gibson
Talbot<\/p>\n

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Calgary Flames<\/p>\n

Joel Farabee had a goal in the Flames\u2019 loss to Detroit back in December.<\/p>\n

Detroit Red Wings<\/p>\n

Alex DeBrincat had two goals and an assist in the Red Wings\u2019 win over the Flames back on December 10th.<\/p>\n

Injury Report:<\/p>\n

Calgary Flames<\/p>\n

F\u00a0Jonathan Huberdeau\u00a0\u2013 IR
F\u00a0Samuel Honzek<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR
D\u00a0Jake Bean<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<\/p>\n

Detroit Red Wings<\/p>\n

F Michael Brandsegg Nygard \u2013 DTD
F Michael Rasmussen \u2013 DTD
F Andrew Copp \u2013 Out
F Dylan Larkin \u2013 Out<\/p>\n

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