Calgary Flames (19-14-7, 45 Pts) at Los Angeles Kings (23-10-5, 51 Pts)
Venue: crypto.com Arena
Date: Wednesday, January 8
Time: 10:30 pm EST
TV: ESPN+/SNW/FDSNW
Radio:
Calgary – Sportsnet 96.0
Los Angeles – 710 ESPN
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Calgary +1.5 ML +190
Los Angeles -1.5 ML -230
O/U 5.5
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Calgary Flames News & Notes:
The Flames will play the second have of a back-to-back tonight as they snapped their two game skid with a 3-2 overtime win over the Anaheim Ducks last night. Jonathan Huberdeau scored the game winner as the Flames also got goals from Nazem Kadri and Mackenzie Weegar. With last night’s win they are now tied for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:
The Kings have won four straight games averaging 3.5 goals per game and allowing an average of two goals per game. Darcy Kuemper is 7-0-2 in his last nine starts with a 1.76 goals against average and a .937 save percentage as well as posting a shutout. The offense has been led by Quinton Byfield, Warren Foegele, and Adrian Kempe who each have five points in the last four games, Byfield and Kempe have three goals and two assists, Kempe is on a five-game point streak and Foegele has two goals, and three 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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Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines:
Turcotte-Kopitar-Kempe
Moore-Byfield-Foegele
Fiala-Danault-Laferriere
Jeannot-Lewis-Englund
Anderson-Gavrikov
Edmunson-Clarke
Moverare-Spence
Kuemper
Rittich
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Players To Watch:
Calgary Flames
Mikael Backlund this season has 18 points on eight goals and ten assists. He’s faced the Kings 47 times in his career recording 21 points on eight goals and 13 assists; in the previous matchup this season he had two points on a goal and an assist.
Los Angeles Kings
Quinton Byfield this season has 20 points on nine goals and 11 assists. He’s faced the Flames nine times in his career recording six points on two goals and four assists; he had an assist in the previous matchup this season.
Injury Report:
Calgary Flames
F Anthony Mantha – IR
F Justin Kirkland – IR
Los Angeles Kings
D Drew Doughty – LTIR
Next Game
Calgary – January 11 vs Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles– January 10 at Winnipeg Jets
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