NHL Game Preview: Calgary Flames at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 3/29/2025

Calgary Flames (34-26-11, 79 pts)at Edmonton Oilers (41-26-5, 87 pts)

Venue: Rogers Place
Date: Saturday, March 29
Time: 10:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+CBC/SN
Radio: 
Calgary – Sportsnet 96.0
Edmonton – Oilers Radio 880 CHED

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Calgary: +1.5 ML +136
Edmonton: -1.5 ML -162
O/U 6.5

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Calgary Flames News & Notes: 

The Flames had their four game win streak snapped on Thursday in a 5-2 loss to the Dallas Stars. They are now 6-5-2 in March, averaging 2.6 goals per game while allowing 3.1 goals per game. Despite the loss Nazem Kadri extended his goal streak to five games in which he has seven goals in that stretch.

Edmonton Oilers News & Notes: 

The Oilers dropped their second straight game on Thursday in a 6-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken. They’ve dropped two of their three games with Connor McDavid and Leon Draistil out of the lineup. In that span they’re averaging three goals a game while allowing 4.7 goals per game. Zach Hyman is on a five game point streak recording five goals and two assists.

Calgary Flames Projected Lines:

Zary-Kadri-Pospisil
Huberdeau-Frost-Coronato
Farabee-Backlund-Coleman
Lomberg-Rooney-Klapka

Hanley-Weegar
Bahl-Andersson
Bean-Miromanov

Wolf
Vladar

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Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines

Podkolzin-Nugent-Hopkins-Arvidsson
Perry-Henrique-Hyman
Skinner-Janmark-Brown
Jones-Kapanen-Stetcher

Walman -Bouchard
Nurse-Emberson
Kulak-Klingberg

Pickard
Rodrigue

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Players To Watch:

Calgary Flames

Rasmus Andersson this season has 28 points on ten goals and 18 assists. He’s faced the Oilers 31 times in his career, recording ten points on two goals and eight assists; in two games against Edmonton this season he has three points on a goal and two assists.  

Edmonton Oilers

Jeff Skinner this season has 24 points on 14 goals and ten assists. He’s faced the Flames 24 times in his career recording 13 points on six goals and seven assists; in the two meetings this season he’s got two goals

Injury Report:

Calgary Flames

F Anthony Mantha – IR

Edmonton Oilers

C Leon Draisaitl – DTD
C Connor McDavid – DTD
F Evander Kane – IR
D Matthias Ekholm – Out
G Stuart Skinner – DTD
D Alec Regula – IR
C Trent Frederic – IR   

Next game:

Calgary – March 21 at Colorado Avalanche  
Edmonton – April 1 at Vegas Golden Knights

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