Early look · NHL 2026-27

Vegas Golden Knights at Calgary Flames: game preview

VegasGolden Knights2026-27: 3-1-0 · 6 pts · 2025-26: 39-26-17 · 95 pts · 13that

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

Puck drop27 Mar · 10:00 PM ET

VenueScotiabank Saddledome

All-time meetings30 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Eighteen points apart last season

Vegas finished last season 13th in the league on 95 points. Calgary finished 29th on 77, and the 2025-26 season series went VGK 3-1-0.

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

Head-to-head

Meeting number 31

Across 30 completed games, Vegas lead the head-to-head 19-9-2.

All-time record19-9-2Vegas's record in the series

Meetings played30This is number 31

2025-26 seriesVGK 3-1-0

Last 53-2Vegas

Last 5 meetings

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DateResultShotsPower playWinner

2 Apr 2026CGY 3 – VGK 622–34CGY 0/2 · VGK 1/6VGK

20 Dec 2025VGK 3 – CGY 637–26VGK 1/2 · CGY 0/0CGY

18 Oct 2025CGY 1 – VGK 627–28CGY 1/3 · VGK 3/3VGK

14 Oct 2025VGK 4 – CGY 230–29VGK 0/2 · CGY 0/1VGK

15 Apr 2025VGK 4 – CGY 5 SO42–28VGK 0/2 · CGY 2/2CGY

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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateVegasCalgary

14 Oct 20252-0-2 · 6 pts8th1-3-0 · 2 pts30th

18 Oct 20254-0-2 · 10 pts3rd1-5-0 · 2 pts32nd

20 Dec 202516-7-10 · 42 pts7th15-17-4 · 34 pts27th

2 Apr 202634-26-16 · 84 pts19th31-36-8 · 70 pts30th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 14 Oct 2025, Vegas were 8th in the league and Calgary 30th. By 2 Apr 2026 it was 19th and 30th.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Vegas out-attempted Calgary 339 to 278

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

Vegas Golden Knights

339 att · 171 on goal · 23 G · 13.5%

Crease30 att · 5 G

Slot129 att · 15 G

Wing108 att · 3 G

Point52 att · 0 G

Neutral zone20 att · 0 G

Calgary Flames

278 att · 132 on goal · 16 G · 12.1%

Crease22 att · 3 G

Slot89 att · 7 G

Wing111 att · 6 G

Point46 att · 0 G

Neutral zone10 att · 0 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Vegas 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.

VegasCalgary

3.79xG for per game2.54

2.09xG against per game3.38

64.4%xG share42.9%

+1.8FinishingGoals minus expected goals−4.6

−1.6GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−5.9

This season: 4 games for Vegas, 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

Vegas

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2731.3%

Power play · 2025-2624.6% · 6th

Power play · last 5 meetings5/15 · 33.3%

Penalty kill · 2026-2783.3%

Penalty kill · 2025-2681.4% · 7th

Faceoffs · 2026-2753.0% · 122/230

Drawn · 2026-2716 (4.00/gm)

Drawn · last meetings15 (3.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2712 (3.00/gm)

PP goals · last meetings5

Calgary

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2740.0%

Power play · 2025-2616.2% · 31st

Power play · last 5 meetings3/8 · 37.5%

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 meetings8 (1.60/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2710 (3.33/gm)

PP goals · last meetings3

Skaters

Mitch Marner has 11 points in the last 5 meetings

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.

In the last meetings

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PlayerGPGAPSOG

93Mitch Marner4561114

61Mark Stone435813

48Tomas Hertl534715

9Jack Eichel325713

49Ivan Barbashev52576

11Mikael Backlund542612

20Blake Coleman533611

52MacKenzie Weegar40666

6Kaedan Korczak52137

10Jonathan Huberdeau32136

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Mitch Marner vs Calgary · game by game

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DateVenueGAPSOGTOI

2 Apr 2026home325617:45

20 Dec 2025away022119:01

18 Oct 2025home202318:17

14 Oct 2025away022421:54

Last 5 meetings11 P5 G, 6 A · 14 SOG

Next best8 PMark Stone, VGK

2026-27 season2 P4 GP · 1 G

Blank vs CGY0 of 4A point in every meeting

Full game log

Goaltending

Dustin Wolf has been the difference

Dustin Wolf faced 124 shots across 4 appearances against Vegas and conceded 18, a .855 save percentage against a season figure of .797. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Vegas

Expected starter after their game on 25 Mar: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Calgary

Expected starter after their game on 25 Mar: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Adin Hill

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VGK · 1-0-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 24 Mar

SV% · 2026-27.9001 GP · 2.00 GAA · 2025-26 .871

vs Calgary.9192 app · 37 SA · 3 GA

GSAx · 2026-27−0.51 start

vs CGYVenueSAGASV%

18 Oct 2025home271.963

14 Oct 2025away102.800

Also on the roster, 2026-27: Carter Hart .890 (3 GP)

Full game log

Dustin Wolf

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CGY · 0-2-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 24 Mar

SV% · 2026-27.7972 GP · 6.01 GAA · 2025-26 .899

vs Vegas.8554 app · 124 SA · 18 GA

GSAx · 2026-27−5.52 starts · most on the roster

vs VGKVenueSAGASV%

2 Apr 2026away346.824

18 Oct 2025away195.737

14 Oct 2025home293.897

15 Apr 2025home424.905

Also on the roster, 2026-27: Devin Cooley .880 (1 GP)

Full game log

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.1 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

2 Apr 20269 · CGY 3–6 VGK

20 Dec 20259 · VGK 3–6 CGY

18 Oct 20257 · CGY 1–6 VGK

14 Oct 20256 · VGK 4–2 CGY

15 Apr 20259 · VGK 4–5 CGY

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

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

Vegas4.252.503.233.05

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 suggest6.1Goals in this game

Last 5 meetings8.0Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

4 on the injury lists

Vegas · injuries

Lukas CormierUndisclosedIRReturn22 Oct

Raphael LavoieUndisclosedOutReturn8 Oct

Victor OlofssonUndisclosedDay-to-dayReturn8 Oct

Calgary · injuries

Jonathan HuberdeauHipIRReturn10 Oct

Latest moves

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30 Sep · VGK

Signed C William Karlsson to a two-year contract.

29 Sep · VGK

Placed C Jakub Cormier, RW Matyas Hemmerling and C Jakub Uchacz on the injured non-roster list.

23 Sep · VGK

Placed D Jaycob Megna, D Adam Ginning, D Joe Fleming, C Jakub Demek and D Jeremy Davies on waivers.

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

Vegas · 2026 draft

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#29Juho PiiparinenRound 1 · TapparaD

#63ForfeitedRound 2 ·

#92Benjamin WilmottRound 3 · BarrieC

#95Sean BurickRound 3 · PentictonD

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Calgary · 2026 draft

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#6Carson CarelsRound 1 · Prince GeorgeD

#30Jack HextallRound 1 · YoungstownC

#36Chase HarringtonRound 2 · SpokaneLW

#42Tobias TrejbalRound 2 · YoungstownG

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Saturday 27 March · the full slate

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Updated after every final

Vegas Golden Knights at Calgary Flames: game preview

Eighteen points apart last season

Meeting number 31

Last 5 meetings

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

Vegas out-attempted Calgary 339 to 278

Vegas Golden Knights

Calgary Flames

Vegas have created the better chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

Vegas

Calgary

Mitch Marner has 11 points in the last 5 meetings

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

In the last meetings

Mitch Marner vs Calgary · game by game

Dustin Wolf has been the difference

Adin Hill

Dustin Wolf

Scoring rates point to about 6.1 goals

Goals in the last 5 meetings

Scoring rates

4 on the injury lists

Vegas · injuries

Calgary · injuries

Latest moves

Vegas · 2026 draft

Calgary · 2026 draft

Saturday 27 March · the full slate