NHL Game Preview: Calgary Flames at Vegas Golden Knights with Line Combinations 12/29/2024

Calgary Flames (17-11-7, 39 pts) at Vegas Golden Knights (24-8-3, 51 pts)

Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Date: Sunday, December 29
Time: 8:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN + /SN/ SCHRIPPS
Radio:
Calgary – Sportsnet 960 AM
Vegas – Fox Sports Radio 98.9 FM / 1340 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Calgary +1.5 ML +200
Vegas -1.5 ML -245
O/U 6

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Calgary Flames News & Notes:

Calgary won their second straight game last night and are now 5-2-3 in their last ten. They are tied with Dallas for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Vegas Golden Knights News & Notes:

Vegas won their fifth straight on Friday and their ninth in their last ten. They’ve outscored their opponents 35-20 in that ten game stretch. Jack Eichel has a point in each of the last three games and 11 points in the last ten games on two goals and nine assists.

Calgary Flames Projected Lineup:

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

Vladar
Wolf

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Vegas Golden Knights Projected Lineup

Olofsson -Eichel-Stone
Hertl-Karlsson-Kolesar
Dorofeyev-Howden-Holtz
Pearson-Laczynski-Schwindt
Hanifin-Pietrangelo
McNabb-Theodore
Hague-Whitecloud

Hill
Samsonov

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Players To Watch:

Calgary Flames

Jonathan Huberdeau this season has 27 points on 15 goals and 12 assists. He’s faced Vegas 17 times in his career recording 13 points on two goals and 11 assists; he didn’t record a point in the matchup earlier this season as the Flames were shutout.

Vegas Golden Knights 

Keegan Kolesar this season has 15 points on nine goals and six assists. He’s faced Calgary ten times in his career recording three points on two goals and an assist; those three points came in the matchup earlier this season.

Injury Report:

Calgary Flames

F Anthony Mantha – IR
F Justin Kirkland – IR

Vegas Golden Knights

D Ben Hutton – IR
F Ivan Barbashev – DTD
F Nicholas Roy – DTD

Next game

Calgary – December 31 vs. Vancouver Canucks
Vegas – December 31 at Montreal Canadiens

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