PROJECTED LINEUP - FLAMES VS. CANUCKS

Jetlag?
Not for these guys.
Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan, James Neal and many more of the Flames' regulars are back in Calgary after an exhausting 10-day journey in China, but that isn't stopping them from lacing 'em up tonight for their first exhibition contest at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
"I'm exciting," said Neal, who will debut on the top line tonight. "It's quick turnaround coming back from China, but it will be good to start to get a feel for each other. We played a little bit together in the third period against Boston, and I'm looking forward to tonight."

Dillon Dube, who leads the Flames in pre-season scoring with four goals and five points, will play in his fifth straight game tonight if you include the two-game set with the Edmonton Oilers prospects 10 days ago.
"Last night I thought he did a really great job against some very good players," said head coach Bill Peters. "He played a lot of shifts against the (Bryan) Little line and the (Mark) Scheifele line, and I thought he did more than held his own.
"Lots of those young guys worked hard and dug in and did a real good job, so we've got to do that here with a bit of an older, veteran lineup tonight."
Jon Gillies will get the start in goal and will play the first 30 minutes.
David Rittich will finish the game.
Here are the projected forward line combinations and D pairings the Flames will deploy tonight against the Canucks, based on the morning skate:

FORWARDS

Johnny Gaudreau - Sean Monahan - James Neal
Matthew Tkachuk - Mikael Backlund - Austin Czarnik
Sam Bennett - Dillon Dube - Mikael Frolik
Andrew Mangiapane - Mark Jankowski - Curtis Lazar

DEFENCEMEN

Brett Kulak - Rasmus Anderesson
Juuso Valimaki - Michael Stone
Oliver Kylington - Dalton Prout

GOALTENDERS

Jon Gillies
David Rittich