Flames at Maple Leafs preview

FLAMES (14-12-1) at MAPLE LEAFS (17-10-1)
7:30 p.m. ET; SN, TVA Sports, NHL.TV

Jagr is day to day with a lower-body injury. Flames coach Glen Gulutzan said Jagr, who has seven points (one goal, six assists) in 17 games this season, re-aggravated an injury that caused him to miss a 4-1 loss, also against the Maple Leafs, on Nov. 28. Calgary has lost two straight and is 2-4-1 in its past seven games.
Toronto will attempt to win for the 10th time in 14 games; the Maple Leafs are 9-3-1 in their past 13.

Players to watch

Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau has two points (one goal, one assist) in his past five games after having 27 points (10 goals, 17 assists) in his previous 17 games.
Maple Leafs center Nazem Kadri has 12 points (seven goals, five assists) in his past 13 games, with points in 11 of 13.

They said it

"It hasn't been a warm and fuzzy message but we had a good practice yesterday and needed to go over some things. Had a lot of meetings even yesterday before we left, but we're done with those and we're moving on. I think we've learned, I thought we had really good energy today, you could tell with our guys. We'll be ready to go tonight." -- Flames coach Glen Gulutzan
"There's no question about it, the team that starts first usually wins. We saw that in Vancouver [in a 2-1 loss against the Canucks on Saturday] so that's important for us. We've had time to recover though, so it should be no issue. We've had good practices and we should be ready to play here tonight. They're a hungry team, we're a hungry team, it should be fun." -- Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock

Flames projected lineup

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

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Zach Hyman -- Auston Matthews -- Connor Brown
Patrick Marleau -- Nazem Kadri -- Leo Komarov
James van Riemsdyk -- Tyler Bozak -- Mitchell Marner
Matt Martin -- Dominic Moore -- William Nylander
Morgan Rielly -- Ron Hainsey
Jake Gardiner -- Nikita Zaitsev
Andreas Borgman -- Roman Polak
Frederik Andersen
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched: Josh Leivo, Nikita Soshnikov, Connor Carrick
Injured:None

Status report

Bozak will play after missing the game against the Canucks on Saturday because of food poisoning.

Stat pack

Monahan has one goal in his past four games after having 10 points (six goals, four assists) in his previous five games. … Matthews has five points (one goal, four assists) in his past five games… Andersen is 8-2-1 in his past 11 starts and has held opponents to two goals or fewer in eight of 11. … Marleau is one point shy of 1,100 in the NHL.