NHL Game Preview: Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames with Line Combinations 12/31/2024

NHL Game Preview: Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames with Line Combinations 12/31/2024

Vancouver Canucks (17-10-8, 42 pts) at Calgary Flames (17-12-7, 41 pts)

Venue: Scotiabank Saddledome
Date: Tuesday, December 31
Time: 9:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/SNP/ SNW
Radio: 
Vancouver – Sportsnet 650 AM
Calgary – Sportsnet 96.0

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Vancouver: +1.5 ML -108
Calgary -1.5 ML -112
O/U 5.5

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Vancouver Canucks News & Notes:

The Canucks suffered a loss their last time out as they lost in overtime 5-4 to the Seattle Kraken on Saturday. They’ve now lost five of their last seven being outscored 25-19. Despite the recent skid they still hold the final Wild Card spot in the Western Conference by one point over the Flames.

Calgary Flames News & Notes: 

The Flames saw their two-game winning streak snapped on Sunday in a 3-0 loss to the Golden Knights. In December they are 5-3-2 but have been outscored 36-32 due to two games of allowing six or more goals.

Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines:

DeBrusk-Miller-Boeser
Hoglander-Suter-Garland
Heinen-Blueger-Sherwood
Joshua-Sasson-Di Guiuseppe
Forbort-Myers
Soucy-Juulsen
Brannstrom-Desharnais

Demko
Lankinen

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Calgary Flames Projected Lines:

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

Wolf
Vladar

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Players To Watch:

Vancouver Canucks

Brock Boeser this season has 24 points on 13 goals and 11 assists. He’s faced the Flames 34 times in his career recording 28 points on 14 goals and 14 assists; he faced them only once this season recording two goals in that game.

Calgary Flames

Rasmus Andersson this season has 16 points on six goals and ten assists. He’s faced the Canucks 30 times recording 15 points on six goals and nine assists; he has two points against the Canucks this season on a goal and an assist.

Injury Report:

Vancouver Canucks

D Filip Hronek – IR
F Elias Pettersson – DTD
D Quinn Hughes – DTD

Calgary Flames

F Anthony Mantha – IR
F Justin Kirkland – IR

Next game:

Vancouver – January 2 at Seattle Kraken
Calgary – January 2 vs. Utah Hockey Club

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