NHL Game Preview: Calgary Flames at San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 12/28/2024

NHL Game Preview: Calgary Flames at San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 12/28/2024

Calgary Flames (16-11-7, 39 pts) at San Jose Sharks (11-21-6, 28 pts)

Venue: SAP Center
Date: Saturday, December 28
Time: 10:00 ET
TV: ESPN+/NBCSCA/CBC/SN
Radio:
Calgary – Sportsnet 96.0
Sharks – Sharks Audio Network

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Calgary: -1.5 ML -166
San Jose: +1.5 ML +140
O/U 6

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Calgary Flames News & Notes: 

The Flames snapped a two-game losing streak on Saturday with a 6-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Calgary is 4-3-3 in their last ten and has been outscored 38-31. They rank in the bottom of the league in penalty kill and face-off percentage.

San Jose Sharks News & Notes:

The Sharks dropped their sixth straight last night. They are now 2-8-1 in December and have been outscored 43-26. Despite the rough stretch San Jose has a star on their hands in Macklin Celebrini who this season has 26 points on 11 goals and 15 assists; he has a point in three straight games and seven of his last eight games.

Calgary Flames Projected Lines:

Huberdeau-Kadri-Pospisil
Coleman-Backlund-Coronato
Sharangovich-Zary-Pelletier
Lomberg-Rooney-Duehr
Bahl-Andersson
Hanley-Weegar
Bean-Pachal

Wolf
Vladar

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San Jose Sharks Projected Lines:

Goodrow-Granlund-Toffoli
Zetterlund-Celebrini-Smith
Kovalenko-Wennberg-Kunin
Grundstrom-Sturm-Dellandrea
Thrun-Ceci
Ferraro-Liljegren
Mukhamadullini-Rutta

Georgiev
Askarov

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Players To Watch:

Calgary Flames

Nazem Kadri this season has 22 points on 13 goals and nine assists. He’s faced San Jose 30 times in his career recording 27 points on 11 goals and 16 assists; last season in three games against San Jose he had three points on two goals and assists.

San Jose Sharks

Mikael Granlund this season has 34 points on 11 goals and 23 assists. He’s faced the Flames 30 times in his career recording 21 points on five goals and 16 assists; last season in three games against the Flames he had three points on a goal and two assists.

Injury Report:

Calgary Flames

F Anthony Mantha – IR
F Justin Kirkland – IR

San Jose Sharks

C Klim Kostin – IR
D Marc-Edouard Vlasic – IR (Non Roster)
F Logan Couture – LTIR –
F William Eklund – DTD –
G Vitek Vanecek – Out
D Jake Walman – DTD

Next Game:

Calgary – December 29 @ Vegas Golden Knights
San Jose – December 31 vs. Philadelphia Flyers

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