{"id":536396,"date":"2026-04-02T10:57:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536396\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T10:57:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:57:22","slug":"nhl-game-preview-calgary-flames-at-vegas-golden-knights-with-line-combinations-04-02-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/536396\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Calgary Flames at Vegas Golden Knights with Line Combinations 04\/02\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: Calgary Flames at Vegas Golden Knights with Line Combinations 04\/02\/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\/04\/1775127435_8_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: Calgary Flames at Vegas Golden Knights with Line Combinations 04\/02\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-1-44.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press via AP<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames (31-35-8, 70 pts) at Vegas Golden Knights (33-26-16, 80 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: T-Mobile Arena<br \/>Date: Thursday, April 2<br \/>Time: 10:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+\/SN\/SN1\/SCRIPPS<br \/>Radio: Sportsnet 960 The Fan\/Fox Sports Las Vegas 94.7<\/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>Calgary Flames News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Flames suffered a 9-2 loss to the Avalanche on Monday. The loss snapped their points streak, which had reached six games. They were 5-0-1 entering Monday night\u2019s game. <\/p>\n<p>Vegas Golden Knights News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Knights snapped a three-game skid with a 4-2 win over the Canucks on Monday night. They are on a three-game point streak, averaging 3.7 goals per game while also allowing 3.7 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Coleman-Backlund-Farabee<br \/>Gridin-Frost-Coronato <br \/>Sharangovich-Strome-Olofsson<br \/>Othmann-Beecher-Klapka<\/p>\n<p>Bahl-Whitecloud<br \/>Maatta-Brzustewicz<br \/>Pachal-Parekh<\/p>\n<p>Wolf<br \/>Cooley<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/calgary-hockey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Get Calgary Hockey Merchandise Here:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Barbashev-Eichel-Stone <br \/>Howden-Marner-Dorofeyev<br \/>R.Smith-Hertl-Sissons<br \/>C.Smith-Dowd-Kolesar<\/p>\n<p>McNabb-Theodore<br \/>Hanifin-Hutton<br \/>Lauzon-Andersson<\/p>\n<p>Hill<br \/>Schmid<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=Vegas&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Get your Vegas Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames<\/p>\n<p>Mikael Backlund has three goals and an assist in two of the three games against the Golden Knights this season. <\/p>\n<p>Vegas Golden Knights<\/p>\n<p>Jack Eichel has six points in two games against the Flames this season, on two goals and four assists.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames<\/p>\n<p>F\u00a0Jonathan Huberdeau\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 \/>D Yan Kuznetsov \u2013 DTD<br \/>D Joel Hanley\u00a0\u2013 DTD<br \/>F Connor Zary\u00a0\u2013 DTD<\/p>\n<p>Vegas Golden Knights<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">G\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/carter-hart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carter Hart<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F William Karlsson\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>F Alexander Holtz\u00a0\u2013 DTD<\/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\/04\/1775127439_389_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-utah-mammoth-at-seattle-kraken-with-line-combinations-04-02-2026\/\" 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\/04\/1775127440_140_Untitled-design-2-22-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-utah-mammoth-at-seattle-kraken-with-line-combinations-04-02-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Game Preview: Utah Mammoth at Seattle Kraken with Line Combinations 04\/02\/2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth (38-30-6, 82 pts) at Seattle Kraken (32-30-11, 75 pts)Venue: Climate Pledge ArenaDate: Thursday, April 2Time: 10:00 pm ESTHow To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+\/HULURadio: KSL Sports Zone 1280 AM\/93.3 KJRPurchase tickets via Ticketmaster Utah Mammoth News and Notes: The Mammoth picked up a 6-2 win over the Kings on Saturday snapped a two-game skid. 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