In year two of a rebuild, the Calgary Flames have a slew of promising young forwards. However, they’ve struggled to create the offence the Flames have needed all season.

Management’s confidence in its surprising team is warranted, based on its play this season. Calgary enters its game at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, SNP, SNW) trailing the Vancouver Canucks by one point for the second wild card into the playoffs from the Western Conference.

With the NHL’s Eastern Conference tightening up, the Hurricanes went into Sunday’s game just six points ahead of the Detroit Red Wings, who held the second wild-card playoff spot.

Both the Flames and the Hurricanes have struggled to score coming out of the 4 Nations break, and our NHL betting picks expect the respective goal droughts to continue in Carolina tonight.

TAMPA BAY - Nazem Kadri’s philosophy around remaining a Calgary Flame is relatively straightforward. Keep moving towards building a winner and he’ll remain committed to helping you get there.

The Carolina Hurricanes entered Sunday night's game against the Calgary Flames at Lenovo Center in Raleigh having won only one of their previous four games, going 1-3 during that span.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves for his fourth shutout of the season and the 38th of his career in the Tampa Bay Lightning's 3-0 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.