Chicago Blackhawks (12-19-2, 26 pts) at Calgary Flames (15-11-7, 37 pts)
Venue: Scotiabank Saddledome
Date: Saturday, December 21
Time: 4:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/CHSN/ Sportsnet
Radio:
Chicago Blackhawks – WGN 720
Calgary Flames – Sportsnet 96.0
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Chicago Blackhawks +1.5 ML +140
Calgary Flames -1.5 ML -166
O/U 5.5
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Chicago Blackhawks News & Notes:
The Blackhawks won their third straight game on Thursday night as they took down the Seattle Kraken. Through the course of their three-game winning streak, they’ve outscored their opponents 11-6, and the offense has been led by Ilya Mikheyev and Teuvo Teravainen; Mikheyev has five points in the last three games with four goals and an assist while Teravainen has eight points in the last three games on a goal and seven assists. Arvid Soderblom has started in all three games posting a 2.00 goals against average and a .928 save percentage in the recent stretch.
Calgary Flames News & Notes:
The Flames dropped their second straight game on Thursday as well as their second straight overtime loss; they do however have a three-game point streak entering tonight’s game.
Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines:
Foligno-Bedard- Donato
Hall-Nazar-Bertuzzi
Teravainen-Dickinson-Mikheyev
Maroon-Reichel-Anderson
Vlasic-Crevier
Allan-Murphy
Korchinski-Brodie
Mrazek
Soderblom
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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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Players To Watch:
Chicago Blackhawks
Nick Foligno has 13 points, seven goals, and six assists this season. Earlier this season he had a goal when they last played. He’s faced the Flames 26 times in his career recording 14 points on eight goals and six assists.
Calgary Flames
Matt Coronato this season has 16 points on eight goals and eight assists. The matchup earlier this season has two goals in the Flames 3-1 win. He’s faced the Blackhawks three times in his career and those two goals earlier this season are his only points against them.
Injury Report:
Chicago Blackhawks
F Craig Smith – DTD
D Alec Martinez – IR
D Seth Jones – IR
G Laurent Brossoit – IR
Calgary Flames
F Anthony Mantha – IR
F Justin Kirkland – IR
Next game:
Chicago Blackhawks – December 23 at Minnesota Wild
Calgary Flames – December 28 at San Jose Sharks
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