Flames make lineup adjustments for tonight’s game in Florida

With three losses in a row for the Calgary Flames you just knew that changes were coming. After being outscored 15-8 in losses to the Tampa Bay Lightning, Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks, Flames head coach Bill Peters has elected to shake things up a bit.

Sam Bennett will start the game on Mikael Backlund’s line with Matthew Tkachuk, while Andrew Mangiapane will skate alongside Mark Jankowski and James Neal. Michael Frolik has been paired up with Derek Ryan and Garnet Hathaway.

"Bring a little more balance," Peters said when asked about the adjustments. "We've had our lines together for long time, we know we can go back to those - we might go back to those at any point here tonight.”

"We're going to start differently. We need to get off to a good start. We need to play our game, get ourselves established early in the game."

Here’s how the Flames are expected to lineup for tonight’s road game against the Florida Panthers:

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