Hurricanes at Flames preview

HURRICANES (23-20-5) at FLAMES (32-13-5)
9 p.m. ET; SNW, FS-SE, NHL.TV

Ferland and Hamilton were traded to Carolina along with defenseman prospect Adam Fox for Lindholm and Hanifin on June 23.
Coach Bill Peters also will face his former team for the first time. Peters was hired by the Flames on April 23, 2018, three days after he resigned as coach of the Hurricanes.
Calgary, first in the Western Conference, is 7-0-1 in its past eight games and has scored at least four goals in nine of the past 11 games.
Carolina is 8-3-0 in the past 11 games and has scored at least four goals in seven of the past 10 games.

Players to watch

Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho has nine points (five goals, four assists) in the past five games.
Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau has 22 points (10 goals, 12 assists) in an NHL career-high 11-game point streak.

They said it

"You always want to play good against your friends and then challenge them. You want to play your best. I'm sure there will be a lot of guys who are trying to have some good games out there." -- Hurricanes defenseman Dougie Hamilton
"It's going to be a little weird at first; at the end you're so into the game. At first it'll be a little nervous maybe, but at the end of the day it's going to come down to two points and we need them." -- Flames forward Elias Lindholm

Hurricanes projected lineup

Nino Niederreiter -- Sebastian Aho -- Justin Williams
Micheal Ferland -- Lucas Wallmark -- Teuvo Teravainen
Brock McGinn -- Greg McKegg -- Andrei Svechnikov
Jordan Martinook -- Saku Maenalanen -- Warren Foegele
Jaccob Slavin -- Dougie Hamilton
Justin Faulk -- Brett Pesce
Calvin de Haan -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Petr Mrazek
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched:Haydn Fleury
Injured:Jordan Staal (upper body), Curtis McElhinney (knee)

Flames projected lineup

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

Status report

Ferland, who missed the 7-4 win at the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday because of an upper-body injury, is expected to play. …McGinn and Martinook did not participate in morning skate but are expected to play.

Stat pack

Svechnikov had three points (one goal, two assists) against the Oilers; he had one goal in his previous 14 games. … Monahan has seven points (four goals, three assists) in a five-game point streak. …Tkachuk has 10 points (six goals, four assists) during an eight-game point streak.