Early look · NHL 2026-27

New Jersey Devils at Calgary Flames: game preview

New JerseyDevils2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 42-37-3 · 87 pts · 21stat

CalgaryFlames2026-27: 0-3-0 · 0 pts · 2025-26: 34-39-9 · 77 pts · 29th

Puck drop30 Jan · 3:30 PM ET

VenueScotiabank Saddledome

All-time meetings77 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Ten points apart last season

New Jersey finished last season 21st in the league on 87 points. Calgary finished 29th on 77.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 78

Across 77 completed games, Calgary lead the head-to-head 47-20-10.

All-time record47-20-10Calgary's record in the series

Meetings played77This is number 78

2025-26 series—

Last 54-1Calgary

Last 5 meetings

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DateResultShotsPower playWinner

12 Mar 2026CGY 5 – NJD 4——CGY

19 Jan 2026NJD 2 – CGY 1 OT——NJD

20 Mar 2025CGY 5 – NJD 3——CGY

1 Nov 2024NJD 0 – CGY 3——CGY

8 Feb 2024CGY 5 – NJD 3——CGY

Head-to-head finder

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateNew JerseyCalgary

19 Jan 202625-22-2 · 52 pts21st21-23-5 · 47 pts28th

12 Mar 202632-31-2 · 66 pts26th26-32-7 · 59 pts31st

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 19 Jan 2026, New Jersey were 21st in the league and Calgary 28th. By 12 Mar 2026 it was 26th and 31st.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

New Jersey out-attempted Calgary 133 to 89

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

New Jersey Devils

133 att · 64 on goal · 6 G · 9.4%

Crease11 att · 2 G

Slot57 att · 4 G

Wing47 att · 0 G

Point15 att · 0 G

Neutral zone3 att · 0 G

Calgary Flames

89 att · 51 on goal · 6 G · 11.8%

Crease7 att · 0 G

Slot29 att · 4 G

Wing32 att · 1 G

Point16 att · 1 G

Neutral zone5 att · 0 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

New Jersey have created the better chances, last 10 games

Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.

New JerseyCalgary

3.52xG for per game2.54

3.01xG against per game3.38

53.9%xG share42.9%

−4.5FinishingGoals minus expected goals−4.6

−4.0GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−5.9

This season: 3 games for New Jersey, 3 for Calgary. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →

Special teams

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.

All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings

New Jersey

Small sample

Power play · 2026-277.1%

Power play · 2025-2622.0% · 13th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2762.5%

Penalty kill · 2025-2679.3% · 17th

Faceoffs · 2026-2747.5% · 87/183

Drawn · 2026-2714 (4.67/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)

PP goals · last meetings0

Calgary

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2740.0%

Power play · 2025-2616.2% · 31st

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2790.0%

Penalty kill · 2025-2680.4% · 12th

Faceoffs · 2026-2750.3% · 90/179

Drawn · 2026-275 (1.67/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2710 (3.33/gm)

PP goals · last meetings0

Skaters

Skaters to watch

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.

Goaltending

Who has stopped this matchup

Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

New Jersey

Expected starter after their game on 28 Jan: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Calgary

Expected starter after their game on 28 Jan: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

New Jersey crease

NJD · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 27 Jan

Jake Allen.8752 GP · 1-1-0 · GSAx −1.7

Nico Daws.8131 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx −2.5

No appearances against Calgary in the last meetings.

Calgary crease

CGY · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 27 Jan

Dustin Wolf.7972 GP · 0-2-0 · GSAx −5.5

Devin Cooley.8801 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx −0.1

No appearances against New Jersey in the last meetings.

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 5.9 goals

No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.

Goals in the last 5 meetings

12 Mar 20269 · CGY 5–4 NJD

19 Jan 20263 · NJD 2–1 CGY

20 Mar 20258 · CGY 5–3 NJD

1 Nov 20243 · NJD 0–3 CGY

8 Feb 20248 · CGY 5–3 NJD

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA

New Jersey2.004.332.803.10

Calgary1.005.332.593.16

Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.

Scoring rates suggest5.9Goals in this game

Last 5 meetings6.2Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

6 on the injury lists

New Jersey · injuries

Connor BrownLower BodyOutReturn12 Oct

Johnathan KovacevicKneeIRReturn10 Oct

Jonas SiegenthalerUndisclosedDay-to-dayReturn10 Oct

Nick BjugstadPectoralIRReturn19 Jan

Seamus CaseyKneeIRReturn21 Nov

Calgary · injuries

Jonathan HuberdeauHipIRReturn10 Oct

Latest moves

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27 Sep · NJD

Claimed LW Jeremie Poirier off waivers.

27 Sep · NJD

Claimed LW Jeremie Poirier off waivers. Placed C/RW Marc McLaughlin, LD Vladislav Kolyachonok, G David Rittich, LW Riley Tufte, LD Topias Vilen, and C/RW Colin White on waivers.

25 Sep · NJD

Assigned Ds Mikael Diotte, Ethan Edwards, Jeremy Hanzel, Etienne Morin and Anton Silaev, Fs Josh Filmon, Lenni Hameenaho, Shane Lachance, Matyas Melovsky, Xavier Parent, Cam Squires and Ben Steeves and G Jakub Malek to Utica (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Utica Ds DJ King, Charles Leddy and Eamon Powell, Fs Tristan Ashbrook, Zachary Gallant, Gabe Klassen, Jack Malone, Justin Pearson, Ryan Schmelzer, Cristophe Tellier and Jermey Wilmer and Gs Jeremy Brodeur and Seth Eisele.

5 Oct · CGY

Placed D Brayden Pachal and C Connor Zary on waivers.

26 Sep · CGY

Waived F Alex Nylander.

25 Sep · CGY

Assigned Fs Andrew Basha, Will Dineen and Tyson Gross, Ds Hunter Brzustewicz and Axel Hurtig and G Arsenii Sergeev to Calgary (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Calgary Fs Dryden Hunt, Ben Jones, Rory Kerins, Sam Morton and William Stromgren and Ds Michael Benning, Andreas Englund and Jake Livingstone.

Injury report

New Jersey · 2026 draft

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#12Alexander CommandRound 1 · Orebro Jr.C

#37Matias VanhanenRound 2 · EverettLW

#44Nikita ShcherbakovRound 2 · Ufa Jr.D

#119Lavr GashilovRound 4 · Yekaterinburg Jr.C

Full draft

Calgary · 2026 draft

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#6Carson CarelsRound 1 · Prince GeorgeD

#30Jack HextallRound 1 · YoungstownC

#36Chase HarringtonRound 2 · SpokaneLW

#42Tobias TrejbalRound 2 · YoungstownG

Full draft

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New Jersey Devils at Calgary Flames: game preview

Ten points apart last season

Meeting number 78

Last 5 meetings

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

New Jersey out-attempted Calgary 133 to 89

New Jersey Devils

Calgary Flames

New Jersey have created the better chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

New Jersey

Calgary

Skaters to watch

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

Who has stopped this matchup

New Jersey crease

Calgary crease

Scoring rates point to about 5.9 goals

Goals in the last 5 meetings

Scoring rates

6 on the injury lists

New Jersey · injuries

Calgary · injuries

Latest moves

New Jersey · 2026 draft

Calgary · 2026 draft

Saturday 30 January · the full slate