NHL Game Preview: Calgary Flames at Anaheim Ducks with Line Combinations 1/7/2025

NHL Game Preview: Calgary Flames at Anaheim Ducks with Line Combinations 1/7/2025

Calgary Flames (18-14-7, 43 Pts) at Anaheim Ducks (17-18-4, 38 Pts)

Venue: Honda Center
Date: Tuesday, January 7
Time: 10:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+/FDSN/KCOP-13
Radio:
Calgary – Sportsnet 96.0
Anaheim – KLAA 830 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Calgary -1.5 ML -135
Anaheim: +1.5 ML +114
O/U 6.5

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Calgary Flames News & Notes: 

The Flames dropped their second straight on Saturday and are now 4-4-2 in their last ten and are averaging 2.7 goals per game in that span while allowing 3.3 goals per game. They enter play one point back of the final Wild Card spot in the Western Conference tonight.

Anaheim Ducks News & Notes:

The Ducks are coming in off a win and have won four of their last five averaging 3.6 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.4 goals per game. John Gibson is 2-0 in his last two starts with a 1.94 goals-against average and a .940 save percentage, while his counterpart Lukas Dostal is 2-1-0 with a 2.71 goals-against average and a .904 save percentage. The offense has been led by Troy Terry, Ryan Strome, and Frank Vatrano; Terry and Stome have seven points in the last five games with Terry recording four goals and three assists while Strome has two goals and five assists and is on a five-game point streak, Vatrano has six points in the last five games on two goals and four assists.

Calgary Flames Projected Lines:

Huberdeau-Kadri-Pospisil
Coleman-Backlund-Coronato
Sharangovich-Zary-Pelletier
Lomberg-Rooney-Kuzmenko

Bahl-Andersson
Weegar-Hanley
Bean-Pachal

Vladar
Wolf

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Anaheim Ducks Projected Lines

Vatrano-Strome-Terry
Gauthier-McTavish-Fabbri
Killorn-Carlsson-Leason
Nesterenko-Lundestrom-Harkins

Lacombe-Gudas
Trouba-Dumoulin
Zellweger-Helleson

Dostal
Gibson

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Players To Watch:

Calgary Flames

Nazem Kadri this season has 27 points on 14 goals and 13 assists. He’s faced the Ducks 31 times in his career recording 30 points on 11 goals and 19 assists; last season in three meetings he had six points on a goal and five assists.

Anaheim Ducks

Troy Terry this season has 33 points on 14 goals and 19 assists. He’s faced the Flames 15 times recording eight points on one goal and seven assists; last season in the three meetings he had four points on a goal and three assists.

Injury Report:

Calgary Flames

F Anthony Mantha – IR
F Justin Kirkland – IR

Anaheim Ducks

F Trevor Zegras – IR
F Brock McGinn – IR

Next Game

Calgary – January 8 at Los Angeles Kings
Anaheim – January 9 at St. Louis Blues

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