CANUCKS (22-23-12) at FLAMES (25-28-3)
TV: 9 p.m. ET; SNP, SNW, NHL.TV
Season series: The Calgary Flames have won two of three games against the Vancouver Canucks, including a 3-2 overtime victory at Rogers Arena on Oct. 10. Jiri Hudler and Johnny Gaudreau each has a goal and three assists to lead Calgary. Alexandre Burrows and Daniel Sedin each has a goal and two assists to lead Vancouver.
Canucks team scope: Vancouver has lost three in a row after a 5-2 home loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday. "All we can do is stick up for each other and play for each other," said forward Daniel Sedin, who had two assists and is on a three-game point streak (one goal, three assists). "That's key right now. I think we did that better today, way better than the last two games. That's the only way you get out of this. Everyone comes to the rink with a positive attitude, play hard and things will be better. But obviously it's tough right now." Goalie Jacob Markstrom likely will start after Ryan Miller allowed four goals on 32 shots against the Ducks.
Flames team scope: Defenseman Ladislav Smid sustained an upper-body injury in a 5-3 home loss to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday and is day-to-day. Calgary, which has lost three in a row, is already thin on defense; Dennis Wideman has served eight of his 20-game suspension for hitting a linesman Jan. 27 against the Nashville Predators, and Kris Russell is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. The Flames did not practice Thursday. Goalie Jonas Hiller, who made 34 saves in a 4-1 win against the Canucks in Vancouver on Feb. 6, likely will make his fourth straight start since Karri Ramo sustained a season-ending knee injury Feb. 11. Hiller allowed four goals on 23 shots against Minnesota. He is 8-7-1 with a 3.27 goals-against average and .886 save percentage in 20 games (17 starts). Goalie Joni Ortio, who the Flames recalled from Stockton of the American Hockey League after Ramo was injured, is 0-3-1 with a 4.14 GAA and .862 save percentage. He allowed two goals on 11 shots in a 6-4 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Monday, his lone appearance since being recalled. "I've gotta be ready every night," Ortio told the Calgary Herald on Wednesday for a report published Thursday. "As a backup, you can get tossed in at any point. You have to be prepared for that."
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