Overview
- Puck drop is 8 p.m. CT at Scotiabank Saddledome, with CHSN carrying the game and ESPN+ streaming nationally.
- Calgary enters 4-9-2 on a two-game win streak after a 5–1 win over Columbus, trying to build on improved play following a poor start.
- Dustin Wolf is expected to start for the Flames opposite Chicago’s Spencer Knight, who made 43 saves in Wednesday’s 5–2 win at Vancouver, while Wolf posted .977 and .944 save percentages in his last two victories despite a .895 mark on the season.
- Coach Ryan Huska listed defenseman Kevin Bahl as a game-time decision after he missed the morning skate; Zayne Parekh is projected to return with Yan Kuznetsov available if Bahl cannot go.
- Chicago plans to roll 11 forwards and seven defensemen again, with Connor Bedard on a six-game point streak, Tyler Bertuzzi coming off a natural hat trick, and Jason Dickinson (IR) and Laurent Brossoit (hip) unavailable.