The Flames' start is rough. They're 0-3 as of Monday, they've scored exactly 1 goal in each game, and they've given up 16. Seattle beat them 6-1 twice, once at the Saddledome and once in Seattle, and Vancouver beat them 4-1 in between. Losing games is one thing, but Calgary hasn't even kept them close, and the offense has had almost nothing going since opening night.
Neither team's injury list explains much of what has happened so far. Calgary is without Jonathan Huberdeau, who went on injured reserve with a hip injury before the season, and he's the kind of veteran scorer a 1-goal-a-night team badly needs. Colorado is missing more players, with Logan O'Connor and Zachary L'Heureux both out with lower-body injuries, Georgii Merkulov on non-roster IR and goalie Trent Miner on IR. None of them are top-of-the-lineup players, and the Avs have scored 14 goals without them.
Puck drop is 7:00 PM MT. For Calgary, the encouraging version of this game is a goalie who stands on his head against a tired road team. The likely version is Colorado's skill taking over by the second period, like it did against Los Angeles and St. Louis. If the Flames are going to stop the bleeding, Colorado on the second night of a back-to-back is the best chance they'll get. Whether they can score more than once is a separate question.