The San Jose Sharks resume play tonight to start the team’s longest road trip of the season. Seven games over the next two weeks that take the Sharks through five of the six teams in Canada. Things start off with the Calgary Flames.
The Flames lost three in a row headed into the Four Nations’ break and now sit in fifth place in the Pacific Division. Calgary is just outside of the wild card picture, with 60 points in 55 games. Just below the Flames in the second wild card spot in the Western Conference is the Vancouver Canucks, with 63 points in 56 games. Colorado is holding on to the first wild card spot with 68 points in 58 games.
One of the big stories for the Flames is the play of Dustin Wolf. In his first full season in the NHL, Wolf has a 19-11-3 record with 2.63 goals against and a .912 save percentage. Wolf is one of the reasons the Flames are in the playoff race at all and he is in contention for the Calder Trophy race with Sharks’ rookie Macklin Celebrini.
Jonathan Huberdeau leads the Flames with 41 points in 55 games. He also leads the team with 21 goals. Just behind Huberdeau is Nazem Kadri with 40 points in 55 games and 19 goals.
The Flames could see the return of Connor Zary and Kevin Bahl tonight. Both players missed significant time with injuries.
It’s Black History Night at the Saddledome with a special logo designed by Calgary-born actor Jarod Joseph.
Our Black History Celebration jerseys = 🔥
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) February 23, 2025
Calgary-born actor and designer Jarod Joseph stopped by this morning to chat with the boys ahead of tonight’s battle with the Sharks! pic.twitter.com/fd7at6Wuaf
Sharks lines tonight
The Sharks have also used the break to heal. It looks like Nico Sturm and Alex Wennberg will be healthy enough to play tonight. That offers some much needed reinforcements to the Sharks forward group.
Forwards
William Eklund – Macklin Celebrini – Tyler Toffoli
Fabian Zetterlund – Alex Wennberg – Will Smith
Collin Graf – Nico Sturm – Luke Kunin
Barclay Goodrow – Ty Dellandrea – Walker Duehr
Defense
Jake Walman – Henry Thrun
Mario Ferraro – Timothy Liljegren
Shakir Mukhamadullin – Jack Thompson
Goaltenders
Alexandar Georgiev
Vitek Vanecek
Calgary Flames projected lines vs. San Jose Sharks
The Flames are expected to start Wolf in net, and it looks like Bahl and Zary are back in the lineup, according to NHL.com.
Here’s what we think the lines will look like:
Forwards
Jonathan Huberdeau – Nazem Kadri – Matt Coronato
Connor Zary – Mikael Backlund – Blake Coleman
Joel Farabee – Morgan Frost – Yegor Sharangovich
Ryan Lomberg – Kevin Rooney – Martin Pospisil
Defense
Kevin Bahl – Rasmus Andersson
Joel Hanley – MacKenzie Weegar
Jake Bean – Brayden Pachal
Goaltenders
Dustin Wolf
Dan Vladar
How to watch San Jose Sharks at Calgary Flames Feb. 23, 2025
Sharks fans can watch the game on NBC Sports California.
Flames fans can catch the game on SportsNet West.
The puck drops at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET.
