Flames Game Day 48: Celebrating Hockey Day in Canada against the Islanders (1pm MT, CBC/SN)Happy Hockey Day in Canada, everyone! It’s a Saturday and the fine folks at the National Hockey League have put together a veritable buffet of ice hockey matches for everyone’s enjoyment. Today’s broadcast begins at 1 p.m. MT on CBC, Sportsnet’s national feed and Sportsnet 960 The Fan. When they play a structured, stout defensive game and make the other teams have to play the Flames’ preferred style, they can have success. But the Flames, as we’ve said before, can’t out-score their mistakes, so they simply have to try to minimize them.

Source: CBC News January 17, 2026 20:16 UTC