Tonight at 9:00 p.m. ET, the Florida Panthers (6-13-4, 16 points) and Calgary Flames (7-11-4, 18 points) hit the ice at the Scotiabank Saddledome in the first of two meetings this season. The game can be live streamed here. Florida fans can hear all of the hard-hitting action by turning their dials to 560 WQAM while Calgary fans can do the same on Sportsnet 960 The Fan.
Both teams enter near the bottom of their divisions, but Florida has played better since Peter Horachek took over for Kevin Dineen after he and his two assistants were fired, while Calgary is 4-11-2 since opening the season at 3-0-2.
The Flames have lost six of their last seven games with the team's latest lost occurring in overtime in a 2-1 defeat at the hands of the Columbus Blue Jackets Wednesday.
"Even though we're going through like a rebuild, everyone has to be accountable," coach Bob Hartley told NHL.com after practice Thursday. "Right now, we need more. Like I said [Wednesday] night, you can't win with only one line. ... It's the same rule for everyone. Whether you're a kid, whether you're a veteran, you need to step up, and when you don't, well, there's going to be consequences."
The Panthers are 3-4-0 since Horachek took over and lost 4-1 at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday.
"The key was the energy; we didn't have any," Horachek said via NHL.com. "That's the key to the game. If your energy is better and you go out with a workman attitude, everything improves; the whole game improves from our standpoint."
Florida has been led by Brian Campbell and Tomas Fleischmann, who each have three goals and nine assists for 12 points while Brad Boyes leads the team with eight tallies and has added three helpers for 11 points after notching three goals in his last five games.
Calgary, meanwhile, has been led by Jiri Hudler, who has 21 points off of seven goals and 14 assists while Sean Monahan has found the back of the net eight times and added six assists for 14 points and Mike Cammalleri has lit the lamp nine times and added four helpers for 13 points.
In the net, Joey MacDonald is 3-3-1 with a 3.17 goals-against average and a .885 save percentage for the Flames while Tim Thomas is 5-7-0 with a 2.79 GAA and a .911 save percentage for the Panthers.
Two teams near the bottom of their divisions will look to turn things around when the Panthers and Flames go head-to-head tonight in Calgary.
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