medatswhoP Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Calgary Flames Game Day Welcoming the Washington Capitals (6:30pm M.S.T. / 8:30 E.S.T.) Winners of two in a row, the Calgary Flames (33-29-5, 71 points) are mathematically still alive in the playoff race, the best kind of alive. They’ll aim to stick around for a little longer when they host the Washington Capitals (32-25-9, 73 points), a team in the thick of the Eastern Conference playoff battle. Can the Flames play spoiler for the Capitals while keeping themselves in the playoff conversation? The broadcast begins at 6:30 p.m. MT on Sportsnet’s national feed and Sportsnet 960 The Fan. Projected lines via Sportsnet’s Pat Steinberg: The Flames Mangiapane – Backlund – Coleman Huberdeau – Kadri – Pospisil Hunt – Sharangovich – Kuzmenko Greer – Rooney – Coronato Kylington – Andersson Weegar – Miromanov Hanley – Pachal We’re projecting Dustin Wolf to start in net, backed up by Dan Vladar. We’re anticipating that the healthy extras for this game are Jakob Pelletier, Walker Duehr, Dennis Gilbert and Nikita Okhotiuk. On one hand, veteran netminder Jacob Markstrom is out day-to-day with an injury. On the other hand, Markstrom’s absence has allowed top prospect Dustin Wolf an opportunity to be up with the big club and play regularly. He’s played the last five periods and performed quite well. He made 28 saves against Vegas on Thursday and 36 saves against Montreal on Saturday. Moreover, the Flames seem to have found their rhythm again with Wolf in net. Sometimes we see teams get a bit skittish playing in front of an unfamiliar goaltender – for Miikka Kiprusoff’s run, the Flames seemed like a much different team playing in front of his backups – but the team seems to play the same game in front of Wolf as with Markstrom. That bodes well for the club’s future as it delves head-long into their retool. The Capitals Projected lines courtesy Daily Faceoff: Ovechkin – McMichael – Oshie Miroshnichenko – Strome – Wilson Pacioretty – Lapierre – Milano Malenstyn – Dowd – Protas Fehervary – Carlson Sandin – Jensen Alexeyev – van Riemsdyk We’re projecting Charlie Lindgren to start in net, backed up by Darcy Kuemper. The projected extra skaters are Ethan Bear, Michael Sgarbossa and Nicolas Aube-Kubel. The Capitals begin action on Monday a single point behind Detroit for the second Eastern Conference wild card playoff spot with two games in hand. The New York Islanders are tied with Washington but have played one more game. The three teams are in the midst of a battle for that last spot, and Monday’s game could legitimately decide who makes the post-season and who doesn’t. As always, keep an eye on Alex Ovechkin. A goal-scoring machine, he’s slowed down a bit this year offensively, but he remains a really dangerous offensive player. And who knows how many more visits he’ll make to the Saddledome? "Let's go Flames, show the NHL what were made of missing half of our elite!" Make it count! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Man Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Thanks for the GDT MeDats! One of the few Flames games to be televised here this season! 🔥 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medatswhoP Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 21 minutes ago, Ryan Man said: Thanks for the GDT MeDats! One of the few Flames games to be televised here this season! 🔥 Thats great, enjoy the game from down under! Good to see the Wolf kid again get some experience 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medatswhoP Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 Wolfman should have had that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebrewcrew Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 1 minute ago, medatswhoP said: Wolfman should have had that one. Quite a bit of time for Strome to pick his spot there. It’s a tough one. If he stops it, probably an incredible glove save 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medatswhoP Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 Like to see Wilson do a face plant in the glass next period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Tribal Chief Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 still only one goal if calgary picks it up they can tie this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Tribal Chief Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 No chance for wolfie on that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Two goals. Expected Ovi to score. The first one was maybe a bad glove attempt, but the 2nd one was no chance. The Flames were doing better in the first until the goal. Now can't seem to defend against the big bodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Intent to blow the whistle, 2 seconds after the puck was in. You blow it easy every other time. And it wasn't a half whistle. If it was dead, why you delay? Seen that called a goal tons of times. Intent to blow rarely used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Tribal Chief Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 why did they call it no goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Tribal Chief Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 WTF ARE YOU KIDDING ME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Tribal Chief Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 WE HAVE A GOOD GOAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Man Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 A common sense result from the review. Let's add another! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Tribal Chief Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Yeah but ryan he did his the Stick of the goalie so they could of called it back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Man Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 5 minutes ago, The_Tribal Chief said: Yeah but ryan he did his the Stick of the goalie so they could of called it back Agreed. There was contact to the stick but common sense would say that the contact was minimal and it did not impede Lindgren from getting across. Right call, good goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 We have bigger problems. Players leaving the zone and Huberdeau serves up a pizza. Crazy golf shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 I am glad Ovi is getting goals again. Need to contunue for a few years yet to pass the Great One. He slowed down last year into this year. Unfortunately, it's against us; the slumpbusters. WAS needs points in the biggest way, so they are desperate. The win means more to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Man Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Weegs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 4th line the best on the ice. Not liking Huberdeau with Kadri and Pospisil. The result is Hunt with Sharky and Kuzmenko. Not loving that either. If Zary still out for a bit, give RW to Coronato and move Pospisil to LW. Top line is back to Hiberdeau-Sharky-Kuzmenko. Hunt is better for the dump chase and forecheck style of the 4th line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Andersson, you got to be kidding me. Can you ever shoot, or even just tap it in. Tap tap tappy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 Empty net and we run Backlund with Coleman and Sharky? Very odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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