Jets @ Flames

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This article was published 07/10/2017 (2897 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

❯❯ About the FLAMES

It’s the home opener for the Flames, who are coming off a 3-0 road loss to Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday. The Oilers captain fired all three goals on new Calgary goalie Mike Smith, acquired from the Arizona Coyotes during the off-season. Despite surrendering the hat trick, Smith was named the game’s second star after blocking 42 shots.

RW Jaromir Jagr, 45, the NHL’s second-leading scorer of all time with 1,914 points, signed a one-year, US$1-million deal with Calgary and could make his season debut against Winnipeg. He has been skating on a line with LW Kris Versteeg and C Sam Bennett during practice. The Czech superstar will be playing in his 24th NHL season.

Last season, LW Johnny Gaudreau led the club with 18 goals and 43 assists in 72 games, while C Sean Monahan was the top goal-getter with 27 tallies while playing all 82 contests for Calgary. Former Jets foward Michael Frolik played all 82 as well and finished with 44 points, the most he’s accumulated since his rookie season (2008-09) in Florida.

Former Brandon Wheat Kings centre Glen Gulutzan is beginning his second season as Flames head coach. He guided Calgary last season to a 45-33-4 record (a 17-point improvement from the 2015-16 campaign) and the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Calgary was swept by the Anaheim Ducks in the first round of the playoffs.

CALGARY FLAMES

31 Eddie Lack G

41 Mike Smith G

5 Mark Giordano D

7 T.J. Brodie D

10 Kris Versteeg RW

11 Mikael Backlund C

13 Johnny Gaudreau LW

18 Matt Stajan C

19 Matthew Tkachuk LW

20 Curtis Lazar C

23 Sean Monahan

24 Travis Hamonic D

25 Freddie Hamilton C

26 Michael Stone D

27 Dougie Hamilton D

36 Troy Brouwer

44 Matt Bartkowski

61 Brett Kulak

67 Michael Frolik

68 Jaromir Jagr

79 Micheal Ferland

93 Sam Bennett

Head coach: Glen Gulutzan

Assistant coaches: Dave Cameron, Paul Jerrard, Martin Gelinas

Goalie coach: Jordan Sigalet

WINNIPEG JETS

35 Steve Mason G

37 Connor Hellebuyck G

3 Tucker Poolman D

5 Dmitry Kulikov D

7 Ben Chiarot D

8 Jacob Trouba D

9 Andrew Copp C

13 Brandon Tanev LW

16 Shawn Matthias LW

17 Adam Lowry C

18 Bryan Little C

19 Nic Petan C

26 Blake Wheeler RW

27 Nikolaj Ehlers LW

29 Patrik Laine RW

33 Dustin Byfuglien D

39 Toby Enstrom D

40 Joel Armia RW

44 Josh Morrissey D

55 Mark Scheifele C

56 Marko Dano LW

57 Tyler Myers D

85 Mathieu Perreault LW

Head coach: Paul Maurice

Assistant coaches: Charlie Huddy, Jamie Kompon, Todd Woodcroft

Goalie coach: Wade Flaherty

— Jason Bell