Calgary Flames Head To Raleigh To Face Carolina Hurricanes

Game day for the Calgary Flames, and an early start to this one in Raleigh, North Carolina as they take on Eric Staal and the dangerous Carolina Hurricanes.

Coming off of a 4-2 win, the Calgary Flames look to continue their winning ways against a scrappy yet talented Hurricanes team.

The Flames will be dressing a somewhat similar line-up, minus one key attribute in Micheal Ferland.

Ferland went down against the Blue Jackets with what is now being called an upper-body injury and find himself listed as day-to-day.

Judging by the morning skate, here’s what the Calgary Flames lines will look like come puck-drop:

Johnny Gaudreau – Sean Monahan – David Jones

Sam Bennett – Mikael Backlund – Michael Frolik

Joe Colborne – Markus Granlund – Jiri Hudler

Lance Bouma – Matt Stajan – Josh Jooris

Mark Giordano – T.J. Brodie

Kris Russell – Dougie Hamilton

Ladislav Smid – Dennis Wideman

Starter: Karri Ramo

Scratches: Deryk Engelland, Brandon Bollig, Mason Raymond

Lance Bouma is set to return from injury, after suffering a laceration on his leg. Bouma starts on what seems to be the Calgary Flames big energy line centered by veteran Matt Stajan, accompanied by Josh Jooris.

Ladislav Smid slots in for his 14th game of the year in place of Engelland, while Brandon Bollig sits in favour of the returning Bouma.

With David Jones on the Calgary Flames top line, you would expect a ton of energy from the 31-year-old winger alongside Gaudreau and Monahan. Jones has refined his game nicely while staying healthy since the play-offs last year.

Reports on the Hurricanes starting lineup are as follows:

Kris Versteeg – Eric Staal – Elias Lindholm

Joakim Nordstrom – Jordan Staal – Andrej Nestrasil

Jeff Skinner – Victor Rask – Phillip Di Giuseppe

Nathan Gerbe – Jay McClement – Brad Malone

Ron Hainsey – Justin Faulk

John-Michael Liles – Brett Pesce

Noah Hanifin – Jaccob Slavin

Starter: Eddie Lack

Tonight will see a battle between the fifth overall pick, Elias Lindholm and the Calgary Flames sixth overall pick, Sean Monahan from the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. A tale of two centers, who will no doubt play their hardest for this late January game.

Expect a tightly contested, fast-paced, hard-hitting game tonight. Carolina is no team to sleep on; I anticipate this will be a great game.

Puck-drop is at 4PM MST.

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Calgary Flames Head To Raleigh To Face Hurricanes

By Darcy Hume | Jan 24, 2016

Game day for the Calgary Flames, and an early start to this one in Raleigh, North Carolina as they take on Eric Staal and the dangerous Carolina Hurricanes.