Flames at Blackhawks preview

FLAMES (26-13-4) at BLACKHAWKS (16-21-7)
8:30 p.m. ET; NBCSCH, SNW, NHL.TV

Calgary, which has scored at least four goals in three of its past four games, is 4-1-1 in its past six games.
The Blackhawks are on on the second half of a back-to-back and 6-2-1 in the past nine games. They skated to a 5-3 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday.

Players to watch

Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau has 11 points (five goals, six assists) in a four-game point streak and was named the NHL's First Star for the week ending Jan. 6.
Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane has 17 points (eight goals, nine assists) in his past 10 games and 24 points (10 goals, 14 assists) in his past 16.

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They said it

"We want to make this a really good trip, try to get our record to 3-1 on this road trip. Obviously, a skilled group over there, some good, high-skilled defensemen, skilled forwards, so you gotta be smart on the puck, try to get off to an early lead and play with a lead." -- Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau
"I think one thing we've established is we're not going to quit. We're going to play to the end. It was certainly not the start we wanted. We kind of gifted them a couple, but credit to those guys in there. They just kept playing and found a way to score on the power play. That was big. I was just really happy with how hard we competed. It was nice to see the guys get rewarded." -- Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton on Sunday's win

Flames projected lineup

Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Elias Lindholm
Matthew Tkachuk -- Mikael Backlund -- Sam Bennett
Michael Frolik -- Mark Jankowski -- James Neal
Garnet Hathaway -- Derek Ryan -- Austin Czarnik
Mark Giordano -- TJ Brodie
Noah Hanifin -- Travis Hamonic
Oliver Kylington -- Rasmus Andersson
David Rittich
Mike Smith
Scratched: Dalton Prout
Injured: Michael Stone (blood clot), Juuso Valimaki (lower body)

Blackhawks projected lineup

Brandon Saad -- Jonathan Toews -- Dominik Kahun
Artem Anisimov -- Dylan Strome -- Patrick Kane
Alex DeBrincat -- David Kampf -- Brendan Perlini
Drake Caggiula -- Marcus Kruger -- Chris Kunitz
Duncan Keith -- Erik Gustafsson
Brandon Davidson -- Brent Seabrook
Carl Dahlstrom -- Connor Murphy
Collin Delia
Cam Ward
Scratched: John Hayden
Injured: Corey Crawford (concussion), Gustav Forsling (upper-torso)

Status report

Caggiula made his Blackhawks debut on Sunday after being acquired in a trade with the Edmonton Oilers on Dec. 31. He had two shots on goal and three hits in 11:09 of ice time. His debut was delayed until he received visa clearance. … Forsling did not play in Pittsburgh due to an upper-torso injury.

Stat pack

Monahan has nine points (one goal, eight assists) in a four-game point streak. … Giordano needs one assist for 300 in NHL. … Toews has eight points (one goal, seven assists) in a six-game point streak. … Delia is 3-0-1 with a 1.98 goals-against average and a .952 save percentage in four starts this season.