Calgary: Sven Baertschi commended his 21st special day on Saturday.

One weekend from now, Sean Monahan will turn 19.

Also that means for right-winger Lee Stempniak, 30, he's authoritatively the old fellow on the recently amassed Calgary Flames line.

The trio were put together in Friday's 4-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets as head mentor Bob Hartley stirred up the lines with the nonappearance of harmed centreman Matt Stajan and earned some high adulate from the National Hockey League veteran of 566 diversions.

"It's difficult to accept Sean's not even 19 yet," Stempniak said after Saturday's evening skate at the Winsport offices. "They're both exceptionally exceptional players. It's the first occasion when I've skated with Sean. I skated with Sven a tad a year ago yet they're both truly brilliant players."

There's no telling if the line will stick in Sunday's home opener against the Vancouver Canucks (6 p.m., Sportsnet 960 The FAN, Sportsnet West) yet with Stajan's nonattendance and Michael Cammalleri on the harmed store, the science might be acknowledged in the instantaneous future. The line seemed to have clicked against Columbus with Stempniak and Baertschi aiding the freshman Monahan's first NHL objective to open the scoring two minutes into the diversion.

Given the absence of NHL experience between Baertschi (27 presence) and Monahan (two recreations), Stempniak brought up the vitality of correspondence with his young linemates.

"A great deal of it is in-amusement modification," he said. "You play against some of these gentlemen a mess and know their propensities. Sean, particularly, its his first time seeing everybody. Just easily overlooked details that are in the again of your head ... a praise after an intense shift provided that we can't get it out of our finish or a turnover or something to that effect. It's not difficult to get stalled in a negative thought and you convey it with you.

"A congratulatory gesture can go far as far as pushing forward and stress over the educating focuses later. The mentors deal with that."

A four year later profession at Dartmouth, Stempniak broke into the NHL throughout the 2005-06 season with the St. Louis Blues and recollects when veterans like Keith Tkachuk offered him exhortation that he still uses right up 'til today.

He sees the quality in educating the two upsettingly talented advances recognizing the Flames are set to be dependent on the sum of their advances this 2013-14 remaking season.

"As of right now, every living soul's in it together," Stempniak said. "We require those gentlemen. We've gotta depend on them. The snappier we can carry them up to speed, the more agreeable they'll feel. They're set to have enormous impact on our group assuming that we're set to win. It's a steep studying bend for those fellows and they have to be supporters in the event that we need to have a possibility."

In the wake of beginning their season out and about – and getting three of a conceivable four focuses in Thursday's 5-4 shootout misfortune against the Washington Capitals and Friday's 4-3 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets – the Flames are situated to drop the window ornament at the Scotiabank Saddledome Sunday against the going by Vancouver Canucks.

What's more they want to keep the force.

"Everybody is set to be really pumped up," said forward T.j. Galiardi, a local Calgarian. "It's no not the same as the first diversion in Washington. We've barely got some more backing.

"I don't suppose I'm anxious, just more energized and blissful its at last here."

Stempniak noted their enthusiastic begins in both diversions, which might be perfect on Sunday against a tired Canucks group that had the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday in their home opener.

"We won't generally change much regarding what we're doing," he said. "The swarm ought to be incredible at the Saddledome and we'll cheerfully get off to an early lead and truly utilize that energy."

NOTES:

Blazes head mentor Bob Hartley said G Joey Macdonald might begin Sunday. The veteran netminder made 32 recoveries in Friday's 4-3 triumph over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Hartley had no news on the harmed Matt Stajan who is week-to-week with a profound thigh injury. "I saw him early today and its not set to be for a couple of days," Hartley said. "I don't want Staj briefly." At the minute, Hartley has no arrangements