Ducks at Flames preview
Anaheim is 4-1-2 in past seven; Calgary looks for first home win in six games
by Aaron Vickers / NHL.com Independent Correspondent
DUCKS (24-27-7) at FLAMES (30-24-6)
4 p.m. ET; ESPN+, SNW, PRIME, NHL.TV
The Game
The Calgary Flames will look for their first home win in six games when they host the Anaheim Ducks at Scotiabank Saddledome on Monday.
Calgary is 0-4-1 in its past five games at home and is coming off an 8-4 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday. The Flames are tied with the Arizona Coyotes for the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference, two points behind the Vegas Golden Knights for third place in the Pacific Division.
Anaheim, which is playing the second of a back-to-back following a 5-1 win at the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday, is 4-1-2 in its past seven games.
This will be the second game in five days between the teams after the Flames defeated the Ducks 6-0 on Feb. 13.
Players to watch
Ducks forward Adam Henrique has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past four games.
Flames forward Elias Lindholm has 12 points (seven goals, five assists) in a 10-game point streak.
They said it
"Well, we hope so, and I'm glad it's the team that just kicked the crap out of us too, because that should be enough to at least rev up our minds. We'll see where our legs are. These guys suffered through a painful practice just a couple of days ago, but they responded very very well (Sunday) and we'll see how we go (Monday)." -- Ducks coach Dallas Eakins
"We're not happy, we're not content with where we are, but we are in a playoff spot right now. We've just got to take care of our own business. We know that we're not going to want to depend too much on other teams to give us help, but we've just got to go out and win the games that we're supposed to, and Monday is a game that we need to win." -- Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk
Ducks projected lineup
Max Jones -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Rickard Rakell
Devin Shore -- Sam Steel -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie -- Adam Henrique -- Troy Terry
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Derek Grant -- Carter Rowney
Hampus Lindholm -- Josh Manson
Cam Fowler -- Brendan Guhle
Jacob Larsson -- Korbinian Holzer
Ryan Miller
John Gibson
Scratched: Michael Del Zotto
Injured: Ondrej Kase (illness), Erik Gudbranson (upper body)
Flames projected lineup
Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Elias Lindholm
Andrew Mangiapane -- Mikael Backlund -- Matthew Tkachuk
Milan Lucic -- Derek Ryan -- Dillon Dube
Sam Bennett -- Mark Jankowski -- Tobias Rieder
Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson
TJ Brodie -- Michael Stone
Oliver Kylington -- Brandon Davidson
Cam Talbot
David Rittich
Scratched: Zac Rinaldo, Buddy Robinson, Alexander Yelesin
Injured: Mark Giordano (hamstring), Travis Hamonic (upper body)
Status report
Miller could start after Gibson made 37 saves against Vancouver. … Calgary could be without Ryan and Backlund because of illness. … Talbot could start after Rittich was pulled in the loss to Chicago.
Stat pack
Miller needs one win to pass Mike Vernon (385) for 15th in NHL history. … Tkachuk has six points (two goals, four assists) in a six-game point streak. … Backlund has eight points (four goals, four assists) in his past six games.