I Bet You’ll Go All In Next Time "I don’t think you can be all in every year. I think you pick and choose" - Ken Holland<doc-sep>The Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers will meet for their first of two pre-season tilts tonight at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary. The teams abolished their traditional split-squad matchup this year with the Flames already having their main team over in Chinar for the China games. This will be the Flames second game of the pre-season and first in North America, having lost to the Boston Bruins 4-3 in a shootout in Shenzhen. For Edmonton, this will be their first contest of the 2018-19 season. Both teams will be dressing a lineup mainly consisting of youngsters and AHL players tonight. The lineups will look very similar to the ones we saw in the rookie games, with the insertion of some veterans and PTO’s on both sides. David Rittich will be getting the start for the Flames while Mikko Koskinen will get the start for Edmonton. Koskinen is a 30 year old Finnish goaltender who most recently put up a ridiculous 22-4-1 record and a 0.937 Sv% with St.Petersburg of the KHL. Edmonton is hoping those numbers translate to North America. After a sparkling pair of rookie games, Dillon Dube will get his chance to impress in front of a more experienced lineup. For the time being, he’ll be centering a line with newly acquired Flames Kerby Rychel and Buddy Robinson. Other notable Flames prospects in tonight’s game include Andrew Mangiapane, Spencer Foo, Matthew Phillips, Juuso Valimaki, Oliver Kylington, and Tyler Parsons backing up Rittich. Here are your projected lines for tonight’s game: Calgary Forwards Andrew Mangiapane - Alan Quine - Spencer Foo Kerby Rychel - Dillon Dube - Buddy Robinson Brett Pollock - Tyler Graovac - Matthew Phillips Ryan Lomberg - Logan Shaw - Scott Sabourin Defence Oliver Kylington - Duncan Siemens Juuso Valimaki - Justin Falk Viktor Svedberg - Ryan Sproul Goalies David Rittich Tyler Parsons Edmonton Forwards Tyler Benson - Ryan McLeod - Kailer Yamamoto Patrick Russell - Brad Malone - Alex Chiasson (hello old friend) Joseph Gambardella - Josh Currie - Pontius Aberg Evan Polei - Tyler Vesel - Cameron Hebig Defence Kevin Gravel - Ethan Bear Ryan Stanton - Evan Bouchard William Lagesson - Logan Day Goalies Mikko Koskinen Shane Starrett Puck drop is at 7:00 MT tonight, and the game will be streamed by the Calgary Flames Facebook, Youtube, and Website. The game will also be available on Sportsnet 960 as always.<doc-sep>I Bet You’ll Go All In Next Time "I don’t think you can be all in every year. I think you pick and choose" - Ken Holland<doc-sep>Kailer Yamamoto and Patrick Russell both scored twice to lift the Edmonton Oilers to a 7-4 win over the Calgary Flames in their pre-season opener on Monday at the Scotiabank Saddledome. It took the Flames only 23 seconds to open the scoring as Dillon Dube beat Mikko Koskinen from the slot. Less than three minutes later, the Oilers pulled even. This year’s 10th overall pick Evan Bouchard joined the rush and fired home a wrist shot. Tyler Benson and Ryan McLeod earned the assists. Kailer Yamamoto scored on a shorthanded breakaway later in the period to put the Oilers up 2-1 after one. Dube beat Mikko Koskinen from a bad angle in the first minute of the second, then tallied again on a breakaway four minutes later to complete the hat trick and put the Flames up 3-2. Ethan Bear blasted in a power-play slapper in the final minute of the second period to pull the Oilers level. Story continues below advertisement LISTEN BELOW: Kailor Yamamoto on 630 CHED Yamamoto converted another breakaway early in the third after taking a long stretch pass from McLeod. Patrick Russell and Pontus Aberg added goals 23 seconds apart late in the third, while Andrew Mangiapane got one back for Calgary with just over a minute left. Russell sealed it with an empty net goal. Yamamoto, McLeod and Benson finished the night with seven points. Yamamoto said it was fun playing on the top line with them. “They’re both unbelievable playmakers,” he said. “They can score too so they’re really fun to play with.” Tweet This Click to share quote on Twitter: "They're both unbelievable playmakers," he said. "They can score too so they're really fun to play with." Koskinen made 16 saves on 19 shots. Shane Starrett played the third and made five saves on six shots. Story continues below advertisement Flames goalie David Rittich made 21 saves on 27 shots. Oilers head coach Todd McLellan thought the two teams matched each other well. “I thought we had real good performances from some young players, also some pretty solid performances from some veterans that provided leadership when we needed it in the game,” he said. LISTEN BELOW: Todd McLellan on 630 CHED The Oilers will play in Vancouver on Tuesday. The Flames will play in Vancouver and against Boston in Beijing for a split squad game on Wednesday.<doc-sep>
Kailer Yamamoto's second breakaway goal was the winner as the Edmonton Oilers skated away with a 7-4 win over the Calgary Flames on Monday in pre-season play. Yamamoto neatly slipped the puck through the pads of David Rittich after being sent in alone on a 120-foot pass from Ryan McLeod, snapping a 3-3 tie 6:07 into the third period. Patrick Russell had a pair of goals, including an empty netter, for the Oilers. Evan Bouchard, Ethan Bear, and Pontus Aberg also scored for Edmonton. Rookie centre Dillon Dube led the Flames with a hat trick, while Andrew Mangiapane had the other goal. After standing out last week as the best player on either side during a two-game rookie showcase between the two teams, 20-year-old Dube kept that performance going as both clubs kicked off the NHL pre-season. With 15 veteran Flames forwards over in southeast Asia for the 2018 NHL China Games, it didn't take long for Dube to take advantage of first-line playing time. Centring a line with Kerby Rychel and Buddy Robinson, Dube opened the scoring just 23 seconds in when he slipped a shot through the pads of Mikko Koskinen, the first shot faced by the six-foot-seven Finnish goaltender. In the second period, it was a similar script. This time, Dube curled out from behind the net and on the first shot of the period, beat the 30-year-old goalie from a sharp angle to tie it 2-2. Dube put the Flames ahead four minutes later, snapping a shot past Koskinen on a breakaway, after being sprung by Robinson, who collected his second assist of the night. But Edmonton tied it with 21 seconds left in the second on Bear's slap shot that glanced in off a Calgary defenceman. After spending the last five seasons in the KHL, Koskinen was signed to a one-year, $2.5 million deal in the of-season to be Cam Talbot's back-up. He struggled on Monday, allowing three goals on 19 shots in 40 minutes of action. At the other end, Rittich's night was even worse. The leading candidate to open the season as Mike Smith's back up, gave up six goals on 27 shots.