CANUCKS (21-42-8) at FLAMES (30-34-8)

10:00 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, CITY

Having played one of their worst games in the ROG to end the home stand, we might feel a bit skeptical about playing great on the road in Cowtown. The Flams were rivaling the Nucks for basement dominion, however, somehow they're playing like a reasonably good poor team.

After keeping Douglas Fir off the boards, Footey has put him back in the line up - going for altitude over Sassyness. Mancini is replacing D-Petey. And Tolo is back in goalo. With these massive changes, expect the Nucks to play massively.

We're massively close to the end of this massively disappointing season. Pretty soon the only massive disappointment we'll face is getting screwed out of 1st overall by the Daly balls of lotto certainty.

Game Day Chatter

Franny is getting a little testy about his biz methods and Vancouver journalists. Are all billionaires douchecanoes?

If this is true, this is unhinged. Trevor Beggs wrote something critical against Aquilini's business practices and gets his press pass removed. Here is a brief expert from The Province explaining the issue Beggs wrote about. #Canucks #FreeBeggs

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— 🇨🇦 Trent Leith 🏳️‍🌈 (@trentleith.bsky.social) March 28, 2026 at 10:24 AM

Here is Beggs talking about it on the Locked On Canucks Podcast. He seems like a great guy and a very hard worker. Pretty crappy move by the team/ownership. #FreeBeggs #Canucks www.youtube.com/live/qfX1Wjw...

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— 🇨🇦 Trent Leith 🏳️‍🌈 (@trentleith.bsky.social) March 28, 2026 at 12:05 PM

Game Day Lineups

Canucks projected lineup

Liam Ohgren -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser

Drew O’Connor -- Elias Pettersson -- Evander Kane

Curtis Douglas -- Teddy Blueger -- Linus Karlsson

Jake DeBrusk -- Aatu Raty -- Nils Hoglander

Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek

Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander

Victor Mancini -- P.O Joseph

Nikita Tolopilo

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Max Sasson, Elias Pettersson 

Injured: Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)

Flames projected lineup

Blake Coleman -- Mikael Backlund -- Joel Farabee

Matvei Gridin -- Morgan Frost -- Matt Coronato

Yegor Sharangovich -- Ryan Strome -- Victor Olofsson

Brennan Othmann -- Tyson Gross -- Adam Klapka

Kevin Bahl -- Zach Whitecloud

Olli Maatta -- Hunter Brzustewicz

Brayden Pachal -- Zayne Parekh

Dustin Wolf

Devin Cooley

Scratched: Ryan Lomberg, Martin Pospisil, John Beecher, Yan Kuznetsov

Injured: Jake Bean (undisclosed), Samuel Honzek (upper body), Jonathan Huberdeau (hip surgery), Connor Zary (upper body), Joel Hanley (upper body)

Status report

Canucks coach Adam Foote said that Douglas will play in place of Sasson that Mancini will get into the lineup in place of Petterson. … Hanley, a defenseman, will miss the remainder of the season with an upper-body injury; Pachal will replace him. … Othmann, acquired in a trade with the New York Rangers on March 6, was recalled from Calgary of the American Hockey League on Saturday and will make his debut with the Flames. … Gross, who signed a two-year, two-way contract with the Flames on March 12, will play after sitting out the past two games as a healthy scratch. … Zary, a forward, skated for the second day in a row, but will miss his fourth straight game after he was boarded by Florida Panthers forward A.J. Greer in the third period of a 4-1 win March 20.

Game Day Battle Hymn

What could be more hockey bourgeois than HNIC on a Saturday night?

F*uck the war mongering fascists and enjoy the game. As best you can.