It's the second of back-to-back games for Chicago, which lost 5-2 to the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday. The Blackhawks have lost five of their past six games, allowing at least four goals in each of the six. They are 3-11-3 in their past 17 games. The Flames are 5-1-1 in their past seven games. Goalie Mike Smith is 2-0-0 with 1.00 goals-against average and a .953 save percentage in his past two starts.
Players to watch
Calgary forward Johnny Gaudreau has scored in back-to-back games. He has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in his past seven games. Chicago forward Artem Anisimov has goals in two straight games. He has 14 points (five goals, nine assists) in 27 games this season.
They said it
"Obviously really skilled up front, they have some pretty good defensemen back there as well too and a good goaltender. I don't come in here thinking you're going to win like that. Obviously you have to come out hard and play hard, but we're playing well right now." -- Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau "It wasn't a good start tonight. At the end of the day you can talk and talk, but it's about actions and we all have to be better. That's the bottom line." -- Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith on allowing four first-period goals in the loss at Nashville
Mangiapane, who was recalled from Stockton of the American Hockey League on Thursday, will make his season debut. He played 10 games with the Flames last season.
Stat pack
Monahan has eight points (five goals, three assists) in his past seven games. … Keith's 29 penalty minutes on Saturday were the most he's taken in a single game, as well as the most by a member of the Blackhawks in one game since David Koci's 30 on March 16, 2007 against the Los Angeles Kings. Chicago has allowed 13 goals within the first five minutes of a game this season, the most in the NHL. Kane is on a four-game point streak (one goal, four assists).
