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Vladar led the Flames onto the ice for warmups.
Calgary Flames News
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Mantha will be back in the Capitals lineup on Tuesday (undisclosed).
Mantha missed the Capitals' previous two games with an undisclosed injury but will return to the lineup on Tuesday vs. Columbus. The 28-year-old has 10 goals, 16 assists, 109 SOG, 29 PIMs and a -5 plus/minus through 61 games this season.
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Bahl will draw back into the Devils lineup on Sunday.
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Yegor Sharangovich is expected to draw back into the Devils' lineup Thursday.
Sharangovich has been a healthy scratch for Devils' previous six games but will draw back into the lineup Thursday as a replacement for Miles Wood (undisclosed). The 24-year-old has 12 goals, 15 assists, 105 SOG, 14 PIMs and a -6 plus/minus through 61 games this season.
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Kevin Bahl is expected to be a healthy scratch Tuesday vs. Tampa Bay.
Bahl has a goal, three assists, 14 SOG, 19 PIMs and a +1 plus/minus through 28 games this season but will be a healthy scratch Tuesday as the Devils' take on Tampa Bay. The 22-year-old will be replaced by Branden Smith in the Devils' lineup.
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Hanley will draw into the Stars lineup on Thursday.
Hanley has been a healthy scratch for the Stars' previous two games but will draw back into the lineup for Nils Lundkvist Thursday. The 31-year-old has yet to pick up a point through 16 games this season but has nine SOG and 15 PIMs to go along with his +4 plus/minus.
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Bahl will be a healthy scratch on Thursday.
Bahl has a goal, three assists, 14 SOG, 19 PIMs and a +1 plus/minus through 27 games played this season but will be a healthy scratch Thursday vs. Washington. Brendan Smith's return to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for six-games is the reason Bahl heads to the press box.
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Ritchie is expected to make his Flames debut on Monday.
Ritchie was dealt to the Flames on Trade Deadline day in a rare four-player which saw him and his brother (Brett) swap teams and will be making his Calgary debut Monday. The 27-year-old had nine goals, 12 assists, 87 SOG and a -15 plus/minus through 58 games with Arizona before the trade.
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Hanley will be a healthy scratch on Saturday.
Nick Ritchie and Troy Stecher have been traded to the Calgary Flames for Connor Mackey and Brett Ritchie.
Ritchie has nine goals, 12 assists, 87 SOG, 43 PIMs and a -15 plus/minus through 58 games played with the Arizona Coyotes and has been traded alongside Troy Stecher for Connor Mackey and Brett Ritchie. The 27-year-old now joins his fourth NHL team across 465 career NHL games.
The Flames have acquired Dryden Hunt from the Maple Leafs for Radim Zohorna.
Hunt will join his fourth team of the season. The Maple Leafs acquired Hunt from the Avalanche on December 19 in exchange for Denis Malgin. He started the season with the Rangers and played three games for them before being claimed off waivers by Colorado. In total, Hunt has three goals and zero assists in 37 games this season.
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Tyson Barrier will make his Predators' debut Thursday vs. Florida.
Anthony Mantha will draw back into the Capitals' lineup after a three-game absence (upper body).
Mantha had missed the Capitals' previous three games due to an upper-body injury and has been activated off the injured reserve Wednesday. The 28-year-old has nine goals, 15 assists, 101 SOG, 29 PIMs and a -7 plus/minus through 54 games played prior to his injury.
Anthony Mantha has been activated off the injured reserve (upper body).
Mantha had missed the Capitals' previous three games due to an upper-body injury and has been activated off the injured reserve Wednesday. The 28-year-old has nine goals, 15 assists, 101 SOG, 29 PIMs and a -7 plus/minus through 54 games played prior to his injury.
The Predators have acquired Tyson Barrie, Reid Schaefer, a 2023 first-round pick and a fourth-round pick from the Oilers for Mattias Ekholm and a sixth-round pick.
Barrie had 10 goals, 33 assists, 115 SOG, 26 PIMs and a -3 plus/minus through 61 games with the Edmonton Oilers and has been traded to Nashville alongside Reid Schaefer, a 2023 first-round pick and a fourth-round pick from the Oilers for Mattias Ekholm and a sixth-round pick.
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Daniel Vladar will start Tuesday vs. Boston.
Vladar allowed four goals on 29 shots (.862 SV%) for his third loss in four games as he was beaten by Vegas in his previous start. The 25-year-old Flames' backup has struggled this season as shown by his .898 SV% and .290 GAA but still has a solid 12-6-5 record. He will face the league-leading Boston Bruins, who extended their win streak to seven games after a 3-2 win over Edmonton last night.
The Sharks have acquired Nikita Okhotyuk, Fabian Zetterlund, Shakir Mukhamadullin, Andreas Johnsson, a Conditional 2023 1st Round Pick, a Conditional 2024 2nd Round Pick and a 2024 7th Round Pick from the Devils for Timo Meier, Scott Harrington, Santeri Hatakka, Zachary Emond, Timur Ibragimov, and a 2024 5th Round Pick.
Okhotyuk was a second-round pick in 2019 and has split his 2023 season between the AHL and NHL. During his time with the Devils, the 22-year-old has scored one goal in 10 games. Okhotyuk will likely report to the AHL following the trade.
The Golden Knights have sent Daniil Miromanov to Henderson (AHL).
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Vladar led the Flames onto the ice for warmups.
Justin Kirkland has been loaned to the San Diego Gulls (AHL).
Kirkland had failed to pick up a point across seven games played and was a -3 plus/minus with five SOG and has now been loaned to the San Diego Gulls (AHL). He returns to the minors, where he had six goals, seven assists, and 12 PIMs through 19 games prior to his previous promotion.
