Western Canadian teams are getting their lone chance to see how they stack up on their home ice against the NHL’s top team this weekend.On Thursday Jake Guentzel Jersey Kids , it’s the Calgary Flames‘ turn to test the Tampa Bay Lightning. For the Lightning, it’s a chance to face one of the Western Conference’s top squads.The Lightning had an eight-point advantage over four teams including the Flames entering play Wednesday night. Tampa Bay is coming off a 5-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks in a testy affair on Tuesday while the Flames were blanked 2-0 by the Stars in Dallas the same night.Article continues below ...The Lightning dropped the opener of their Western road trip 6-5 in overtime Winnipeg on X and wrap it up Saturday night in Edmonton against the Oilers in a game that will be shown nationally in Canada. They are 9-0-1 in their past 10 games.The player to watch for Tampa Bay in Calgary surprisingly is fourth-line winger Danick Martel, who replaced Ryan Callahan in the lineup in Vancouver after Callahan was scratched following warmups. Martel picked up an assist for his first point in six NHL games, but his second period hit that injured Canucks defenseman Troy Stecher made him a target for the remainder of the night.I think pretty much everyone thought I would have a bad game and just play two, three minutes, maybe one http://www.officialpenguinsproshop.com/authentic-adidas-justin-schultz-jersey , two shifts and just feel it around and cover some shifts,” Martel told reports.“But I wanted to make a difference. I don’t have a lot of opportunities at the start of the year, so when I have some, I have to get ready. I said the same thing the first game. I’m playing my role. I played a decent game again today for the warmup I had, so I’m proud of it.”The Lightning were tight-lipped on Callahan’s injury other than to say it was in the upper body area and that he wasn’t sure when exactly it occurred.“We hope (it’s minor),” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said.Calgary’s vaunted offence will give the Lightning a test as well. Tampa gave up 40 shots in Winnipeg and 38 in Vancouver. Tampa goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy will be trying to stop a Flames offence that has four players with 17-plus goals each – Sean Monahan (20) Kris Letang Jersey , Elias Lindholm (17) and Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk 15 each after 35 games of the regular season.The Flames went 2-1 on their road trip but were left to bemoan an off night in Dallas that they know they can’t repeat on Thursday.“It’s a good test,” Flames captain Mark Giordano said.“We haven’t seen them yet but we know what they’ve been doing – pretty much winning every game. They are up top by five or six points. They’re a team that is one of the best if not the best in the league right now so it’s a real test. We’ve got to clean some stuff up.”David Rittich is expected to get the start in goal for Calgary. He drew praise for his efforts in Dallas. SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers are spreading the scoring around.Aleksander Barkov scored twice during Florida’s five-goal second period and the Panthers beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1 on Sunday night for their fourth straight win.Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and an assist, and Frank Vatrano and Troy Brouwer also scored. Mike Hoffman had two assists and has points in 12 straight games, one short of Pavel Bure’s franchise record of 13. Bogdan Kiselevich also had a pair of assists. In all, 11 different players left a mark on the scoresheet for the Panthers.“After 14 games Mario Lemieux Jersey , I think we’ve found some balance and some chemistry,” coach Bob Boughner said. “We had all lines going after the first period.”James Reimer made 33 saves. Reimer started in place of Roberto Luongo, who was given the night off after playing in Saturday’s 4-2 win over the New York Islanders.“I like our chances when we score five,” Reimer said. “In the back end of a back-to-back in less than 24 hours, that’s a tough schedule. The guys played hard.”The Panthers swept a three-game home series and now embark on a six-game road trip.“The challenge now is to take this on the road,” Boughner said.Ryan Dzingel scored for the Senators Matt Murray Jersey , and Mike McKenna stopped 35 shots in his first start of the season. Regular starter Craig Anderson was given a rest after playing in Saturday’s 6-4 win at Tampa Bay.“We were chasing it for a while there (in the second) and by the third it just turned into a contest to see when the game was going to be over,” McKenna said. “It was disappointing, for sure.”Barkov sparked Florida’s big second period by making it 1-1 3:05 in, and Huberdeau put the Panthers ahead with a power-play goal about three minutes later.The Panthers then scored three goals in a span of 3:14. Barkov’s second goal stretched the lead to 3-1 when he grabbed the puck on a breakaway and fired a shot in at 14:57. Brouwer took a pass from Colton Sceviour from behind the net in front and pushed the puck past McKenna at 16:03 to make the score 4-1. Vatrano’s goal at 18:11 made it 5-1.“It was a one-period lapse and in the NHL that’s enough to kill you,” coach Guy Boucher said. “We didn’t bury the ones that could have hurt when it was time and they got theirs and that hurt us.”Barkov has three goals in two games.Dzingel put the Senators ahead 1-0 with a power-play goal late in the first period. Dzingel’s wrist shot from the slot beat Reimer on the glove side.Senators C Colin White left the game in the second period with an undisclosed injury.NOTES: Dzingel’s goal was his sixth on the road, leading the team. … Hoffman was a member of the Senators from 2011 until 2018 http://www.officialpenguinsproshop.com/authentic-adidas-olli-maatta-jersey , playing in 342 games. He was traded to the Panthers in June 2018. … Panthers forward Juho Lammikko recorded his first NHL point with an assist on Brouwer’s goal. “It was nice to get that one out of the way and it’s even nicer when we win the game,” Lammikko said. … Evgenii Dadonov extended his points streak to 11 games.UP NEXT:Senators: Host Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.Panthers: Visit the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.