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Let the Age of Miromanov Begin! Flames-Panthers Game Day |
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Amid a quiet usually reserved for coastal cities after a hurricane has rolled through, the Calgary Flames will march on tonight into game two of the post-Hanifin/Tanev Era. So far, the results have looked good on both the ice and on paper. Let's get to it!
Calgary Flames (31-26-5, 67 pts) vs Florida Panthers (43-17-4, 90 pts)
Last Ten: Calgary (6-4-0) Florida (8-2-0)
Time: 2:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.
TV: Sportsnet One, Sportsnet West, Bally Sports Southwest, ESPN+
Miro’s Second Chance
Is anyone else excited to see yet another underappreciated eastern European player get a shot at a major NHL role? Just to step out of the fourth wall for a second, I remember starting on at HockeyBuzz covering the Golden Knights. Daniil Miromanov was entering his first full pro season in North America. He looked like the most talented player on the Golden Knights during the preseason – but he also was trying to do everything on his own. “Miro” has all the talent required to run a powerplay and play a top four role in the NHL. Now he just has to make it work with his new team.
It’s expected that the 26 year old will play alongside Oliver Kylington today.
Funk the Haters
It may be just a bit of perception is reality, but it’s a relief to see Noah Hanifin head off to another team. There was clearly a rift in the dressing room during the Sutter Era, and if players have made it known that they want to play elsewhere; good. Now they’re gone. Time to build some positivity and have more fun.
Speaking of Vibe Changes
The Flames played a different game in their first without Noah Hanifin. It was far more of a counterpunch approach. The Lightning vastly outpaced the Flames, particularly in the first. The final tally in even strength shot attempts was 45-34 in favour of Tampa, but Calgary had more even strength high danger chances (10-8) simply by leaning back into a neutral zone structure and waiting for their chance to capitalize on a mistake.
That all makes for an exciting on-ice product.
Calgary Flames Projected Lineup
22 Jakob Pelletier // 91 Nazem Kadri // 96 Andrei Kuzmenko
10 Jonathan Huberdeau // 17 Yegor Sharangovich // 27 Matt Coronato
88 Andrew Mangiapane // 11 Mikael Backlund // 20 Blake Coleman
71 Walker Duehr // 21 Kevin Rooney // 15 Dryden Hunt
52 MacKenzie Weegar // 4 Rasmus Andersson
58 Oliver Kylington // 62 Daniil Miromanov
94 Brayden Pachal // 44 Joel Hanley
25 Jacob Markstrom
80 Dan Vladar
Scratched: Nikita Okhotiuk, Dennis Gilbert
Injured: Connor Zary (upper body)
Suspended: Martin Pospisil
Florida Panthers Projected Lineup
10 Vladimir Tarasenko // 16 Sasha Barkov // 13 Sam Reinhart
23 Carter Verhaeghe // 9 Sam Bennett // 19 Matthew Tkachuk
27 Eetu Luostarinen // 15 Anton Lundell // 17 Evan Rodrigues
21 Nick Cousins // 82 Kevin Stenlund // 94 Ryan Lomberg
41 Gustav Forsling // 5 Aaron Ekblad
77 Niko Mikkola // 62 Brandon Montour
91 Oliver Ekman-Larsson // 7 Dmitry Kulikov
41 Anthony Stolarz
72 Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Kyle Okposo, Josh Mahura, Steven Lorentz, Jonah Gadjovich, Tobias Bjornfot
Injured: None
Suspended: None
Puck drop is at 2:08 p.m. MST.
Stats via naturalstattrick and nhl.com
Trevor Neufeld
Calgary Flames Blogger • 
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