{"id":540727,"date":"2026-04-04T18:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/540727\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T18:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:37:26","slug":"one-last-trip-to-orange-county-8pm-mt-sn1-citytv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/540727\/","title":{"rendered":"One last trip to Orange County (8pm MT, SN1\/CityTV)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Calgary Flames (31-36-8, 70 points) are two games into their final road trip of the season, a six game mammoth trip that features several strong opponents. They\u2019ve already lost to Colorado and Vegas by a combined 15-5 score. They\u2019ll try to bounce back when they visit the\u00a0Anaheim Ducks (41-30-5, 87 points), a likely playoff-bound team who hosted (and lost to) the St. Louis Blues on Friday night and are playing on back-to-back nights.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s broadcast begins at 8 p.m. MT on Sportsnet One, City TV and Sportsnet 960 The Fan.<\/p>\n<p>The Flames<\/p>\n<p>Blake Coleman \u2013 Mikael Backlund \u2013 Joel Farabee<br \/>Matvei Gridin \u2013 Morgan Frost \u2013 Matt Coronato<br \/>Yegor Sharangovich \u2013 Ryan Strome \u2013 Victor Olofsson<br \/>Martin Pospisil \u2013 Connor Zary \u2013 Adam Klapka<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Bahl \u2013 Zach Whitecloud<br \/>Olli Maatta \u2013 Brayden Pachal<br \/>Yan Kuznetsov \u2013 Zayne Parekh<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re projecting Devin Cooley to start in net, backed up by Dustin Wolf. The projected healthy extras for Calgary look like Hunter Brzustewicz, Tyson Gross, Ryan Lomberg, John Beecher, Brennan Othmann and Aydar Suniev. (Yeah, we know, the Flames are carrying a lot of extra bodies right now. It\u2019s audition season and they\u2019re largely rotating through their forwards.)<\/p>\n<p>The Flames closed out their homestand against a very bad Vancouver team and played loose\u2026 but still beat them handily. They were looser against Colorado than is optimal and got walloped in that outing. They were much better in Vegas, generally playing two pretty strong periods of hockey and then fading in the third period. If the Flames play like they did against Vegas, they\u2019ll be pretty competitive against the Ducks. We\u2019ll see if they can transport Thursday\u2019s formula to the Honda Center.<\/p>\n<p>The Ducks<\/p>\n<p>Chris Kreider \u2013 Leo Carlsson \u2013 Troy Terry<br \/>Alex Killorn \u2013 Mikael Granlund \u2013 Beckett Sennecke<br \/>Mason McTavish \u2013 Ryan Poehling \u2013 Jeffrey Viel<br \/>Frank Vatrano \u2013 Tim Washe \u2013 Nathan Gaucher<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Lacombe \u2013 Jacob Trouba<br \/>Ian Moore \u2013 John Carlson<br \/>Olen Zellweger \u2013 Drew Helleson<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re projecting Ville Husso to start in net, backed up by Lukas Dostal. Friday\u2019s extra healthy body was Ross Johnston, so we\u2019ll see if they make any changes.<\/p>\n<p>On one hand: the Ducks are tied with Edmonton for first place in the Pacific Division. On the other hand, they\u2019re banged up, missing some key players right now, and they were not especially good on Friday night in a 6-2 home loss to St. Louis. They allowed four even strength goals and two power play goals and spent most of the game chasing. They\u2019ll need to be better against Calgary to avoid a poor result.<\/p>\n<p>Unavailable players<\/p>\n<p>The Flames are without Sam Honzek, Jake Bean, Jonathan Huberdeau and Joel Hanley.<\/p>\n<p>The Ducks are without Petr Mrazek, Jansen Harkins, Cutter Gauthier, Radko Gudas and Pavel Mintyukov.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers<\/p>\n<p>Flames<\/p>\n<p>Ducks<\/p>\n<p>31<\/p>\n<p>Wins<\/p>\n<p>41<\/p>\n<p>70 (.467)<\/p>\n<p>Points (%)<\/p>\n<p>87 (.580)<\/p>\n<p>47.9%<br \/>(25th)<\/p>\n<p>xGF%<\/p>\n<p>50.1%<br \/>(17th)<\/p>\n<p>16.4%<br \/>(31st)<\/p>\n<p>PP%<\/p>\n<p>18.1%<br \/>(23rd)<\/p>\n<p>79.7%<br \/>(13th)<\/p>\n<p>PK%<\/p>\n<p>77.7%<br \/>(24th)<\/p>\n<p>Head to head<\/p>\n<p>This is the fourth and final meeting between these two clubs. 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