Flames at Ducks preview

FLAMES (18-15-4) at DUCKS (16-14-8)
10 p.m. ET; FS-W, SNW, NHL.TV

The Flames are 3-0-3 in their past six road games, including a 3-2 shootout loss at the San Jose Sharks on Thursday.
Calgary won at Honda Center 2-0 on Oct. 9 to end a 29-game losing streak at Anaheim. Mike Smith made 43 saves then and will start Friday.
Neither the Flames nor the Ducks, who lost to the Vegas Golden Knights 4-1 on Wednesday, have won more than three games in a row this season.

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Players to watch

Flames forward Jaromir Jagr will play his 1,732nd regular-season NHL game to pass Ron Francis for third in League history, behind Gordie Howe (1,767) and Mark Messier (1,756).
Ducks forward Rickard Rakell has scored in each of the past three games to move into the Anaheim lead with 11. He had five points (two goals, three assists) with a plus-5 rating in the a Stanley Cup Playoff sweep of Calgary last season.

They said it

"We have to learn how to come up with more points than just one." -- Flames forward Garnet Hathaway
"We know this is the time we can climb the standings." -- Ducks defenseman Kevin Bieksa

Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Micheal Ferland
Matthew Tkachuk -- Mikael Backlund -- Curtis Lazar
Sam Bennett -- Mark Jankowski -- Garnet Hathaway
Jaromir Jagr -- Matt Stajan -- Troy Brouwer
Mark Giordano -- Dougie Hamilton
T.J. Brodie -- Travis Hamonic
Brett Kulak -- Michael Stone
Mike Smith
David Rittich
Scratched: Freddie Hamilton, Matt Bartkowski
Injured: Michael Frolik (jaw), Kris Versteeg (hip)

Ducks projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Ondrej Kase
Andrew Cogliano -- Ryan Kesler -- Chris Wagner
Kevin Roy -- Adam Henrique -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie -- Antoine Vermette -- Logan Shaw
Hampus Lindholm -- Josh Manson
Cam Fowler -- Kevin Bieksa
Francois Beauchemin -- Brandon Montour
John Gibson
Ryan Miller
Scratched: Derek Grant, Korbinian Holzer
Injured: Corey Perry (lower body), Patrick Eaves (illness), Mike Liambas (undisclosed)

Status report

Frolik was hit in the face with the puck and sustained a fractured jaw in the second period Thursday. He is returning to Calgary to see a surgeon and is out week to week. … Ducks forward Dennis Rasmussen was placed on waivers and cleared Friday. He has four points (one goal, three assists) in 27 games. Anaheim needed a roster spot after Kesler made his season debut Wednesday following offseason hip surgery.

Stat pack

Monahan is on a season-long eight-game goal drought. He has scored in five straight games against the Ducks, including all four of the Western Conference First Round sweep. … The Ducks have failed to win seven games when leading after two periods, most in the NHL.