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Toronto Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner is unavailable to play against the Calgary Flames. The team announced about half an hour before the game that their leading scorer wouldn’t play due to a lower-body injury.

Matthew Knies has been one of the Maple Leafs' most consistent producers, and he's been a key figure on the power play. Mitch Marner's status is up in the air and we like Knies to do damage with the man advantage vs. Calgary.

Frost tallied his first as a Flame on a beautiful solo effort, while Dan Vladar made 29 saves – including 16 in the final 29 minutes – as the Flames held off the Kraken for an impressive, 3-2 victory on Night 2 of a back-to-back.

Welcome back to NHL Predictions. Each day, Last Word on Hockey takes a look at the games that are scheduled and offers insight and analysis to help predict who will be victorious in head-to-head matchups.