NHL Game Preview: Calgary Flames at San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 4/7/2025

NHL Game Preview: Calgary Flames at San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 4/7/2025

Calgary Flames (36-27-13, 85 pts) at San Jose Sharks (20-46-10, 50 pts)

Venue: SAP Center
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 10:30 ET
TV: ESPN+/NBCSCA/SNW
Radio:
San Jose – Sharks Audio Network
Calgary – Sportsnet 96.0

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Calgary -1.5 ML -180
San Jose: +1.5 ML +150
O/U 5.5

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Calgary Flames News & Notes: 

The Flames suffered a 3-2 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday. They are still in the thick of the Western Conference playoff race and need points to keep pace with the Minnesota Wild who they are currently chasing.

San Jose Sharks News & Notes:

The Sharks have lost five straight games losing most recently 5-1 to the Seattle Kraken on Saturday. They’ve allowed an average of 5.2 goals per game while scoring only 1.6 goals per game. They have six games left to their season as they look to build toward 2025-26.

Calgary Flames Projected Lines:

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

Hanley-Weegar
Bahl-Andersson
Bean-Pachal

Wolf
Vladar

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San Jose Sharks Projected Lines:

Toffoli-Celebrini-Smith
Eklund-Wennberg-Graf
Grundstrom-Dellandrea-Lund
Goodrow-Ostapchuk-Gregor

Ferraro-Thompson
Carlsson-Liljegren
Thrun-Vlasic

Georgiev
Romanov

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Players To Watch:

Calgary

Jonathan Huberdeau this season has 58 points on 27 goals and 31 assists. He’s faced the Sharks 23 times in his career, recording 22 points on five goals and 17 assists; he has two goals and an assist between two meetings this season.

San Jose

Tyler Toffoli this season has 50 points on 28 goals and 22 assists. He’s faced the Flames 44 times in his career, recording 25 points on 17 goals and eight assists; this season, he has a goal in two assists between the two meetings.

Injury Report:

Calgary

F Anthony Mantha – IR
F Connor Zary – DTD

San Jose

D Jan Rutta – IR
D Vincent Desharnais – Out
C Logan Couture – LTIR
D Shakir Mukhamadullin – Out

Next Game:

Calgary – April 9 at Anaheim Ducks
San Jose – April 9 at Minnesota Wild

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