Early look · NHL 2026-27

Calgary Flames at Vancouver Canucks: game preview

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

VancouverCanucks2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 25-49-8 · 58 pts · 32nd

Puck drop27 Feb · 10:00 PM ET

VenueRogers Arena

All-time meetings317 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Nineteen points apart last season

Calgary finished last season 29th in the league on 77 points. Vancouver finished 32nd on 58, and the 2025-26 season series went CGY 2-1-0.

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

Head-to-head

Meeting number 318

Across 317 completed games, Calgary lead the head-to-head 175-104-37.

All-time record175-104-37Calgary's record in the series

Meetings played317This is number 318

2025-26 seriesCGY 2-1-0

Last 53-2Vancouver

Last 5 meetings

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DateResultShotsPower playWinner

3 OctCGY 1 – VAN 424–26CGY 1/2 · VAN 0/5VAN

28 Mar 2026VAN 3 – CGY 734–23VAN 1/4 · CGY 2/3CGY

23 Nov 2025CGY 5 – VAN 221–31CGY 0/4 · VAN 1/4CGY

9 Oct 2025CGY 1 – VAN 518–26CGY 0/4 · VAN 0/4VAN

12 Mar 2025VAN 4 – CGY 3 SO31–23VAN 1/4 · CGY 1/3VAN

Head-to-head finder

The table on each meeting night

DateCalgaryVancouver

9 Oct 20251-1-0 · 2 pts17th1-0-0 · 2 pts7th

23 Nov 20258-13-3 · 19 pts31st9-12-2 · 20 pts30th

28 Mar 202631-34-8 · 70 pts29th21-43-8 · 50 pts32nd

3 Oct0-2-0 · 0 pts31st2-1-0 · 4 pts8th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 9 Oct 2025, Calgary were 17th in the league and Vancouver 7th. By 3 Oct it was 31st and 8th.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Vancouver out-attempted Calgary 299 to 263

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

Calgary Flames

263 att · 109 on goal · 17 G · 15.6%

Crease24 att · 1 G

Slot106 att · 11 G

Wing81 att · 5 G

Point41 att · 0 G

Neutral zone11 att · 0 G

Vancouver Canucks

299 att · 148 on goal · 17 G · 11.5%

Crease20 att · 2 G

Slot117 att · 9 G

Wing112 att · 6 G

Point45 att · 0 G

Neutral zone5 att · 0 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Calgary and Vancouver are level on 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.

CalgaryVancouver

2.54xG for per game2.44

3.38xG against per game3.15

42.9%xG share43.6%

−4.6FinishingGoals minus expected goals+9.2

−5.9GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−5.4

This season: 3 games for Calgary, 4 for Vancouver. 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

Calgary

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2740.0%

Power play · 2025-2616.2% · 31st

Power play · last 5 meetings4/16 · 25.0%

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 meetings16 (3.20/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2710 (3.33/gm)

PP goals · last meetings4

Vancouver

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2723.1%

Power play · 2025-2621.8% · 14th

Power play · last 5 meetings3/21 · 14.3%

Penalty kill · 2026-2768.8%

Penalty kill · 2025-2671.5% · 32nd

Faceoffs · 2026-2749.3% · 112/227

Drawn · 2026-2713 (3.25/gm)

Drawn · last meetings21 (4.20/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2716 (4.00/gm)

PP goals · last meetings3

Skaters

Elias Pettersson has 6 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

40Elias Pettersson51567

16Morgan Frost53257

27Matt Coronato52354

74Jake DeBrusk422412

91Nazem Kadri313410

4Rasmus Andersson30443

92Liam Ohgren22137

19Zayne Parekh21236

86Joel Farabee51235

17Yegor Sharangovich51235

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Elias Pettersson vs Calgary · game by game

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DateVenueGAPSOGTOI

3 Octhome011122:24

28 Mar 2026away022319:17

23 Nov 2025home000020:36

9 Oct 2025home011115:39

12 Mar 2025away112220:57

Last 5 meetings6 P1 G, 5 A · 7 SOG

Next best5 PMorgan Frost, CGY

2026-27 season6 P4 GP · 2 G

Blank vs CGY1 of 5

Full game log

Goaltending

Dustin Wolf has been the difference

Dustin Wolf faced 122 shots across 4 appearances against Vancouver and conceded 13, a .893 save percentage against a season figure of .797. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Calgary

Expected starter after their game on 24 Feb: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Vancouver

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

Dustin Wolf

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

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

vs Vancouver.8934 app · 122 SA · 13 GA

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

vs VANVenueSAGASV%

28 Mar 2026home343.912

23 Nov 2025away312.935

9 Oct 2025away265.808

12 Mar 2025home313.903

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

Full game log

Kevin Lankinen

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VAN · 1-2-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 24 Feb

SV% · 2026-27.8243 GP · 6.50 GAA · 2025-26 .875

vs Calgary.8043 app · 56 SA · 11 GA

GSAx · 2026-27−6.43 starts · most on the roster

vs CGYVenueSAGASV%

28 Mar 2026away123.750

23 Nov 2025home215.762

12 Mar 2025away233.870

Also on the roster, 2026-27: Leevi Meriläinen .943 (2 GP)

Full game log

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.4 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

3 Oct5 · CGY 1–4 VAN

28 Mar 202610 · VAN 3–7 CGY

23 Nov 20257 · CGY 5–2 VAN

9 Oct 20256 · CGY 1–5 VAN

12 Mar 20257 · VAN 4–3 CGY

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

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

Calgary1.005.332.593.16

Vancouver4.754.502.633.85

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 suggest6.4Goals in this game

Last 5 meetings7.0Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

6 on the injury lists

Calgary · injuries

Jonathan HuberdeauHipIRReturn10 Oct

Vancouver · injuries

Akil ThomasUndisclosedIRReturn11 Oct

Filip ChytilShoulderIRReturn8 Oct

Jack ThompsonUndisclosedIRReturn11 Oct

Mackenzie MacEachernUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct

Thatcher DemkoHipIRReturn21 Dec

Latest moves

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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.

27 Sep · VAN

Placed G Nikita Tolopilo on waivers.

25 Sep · VAN

Claimed G Leevi Merilainen off waivers from Ottawa. Placed F Filip Chytil on injured reserve. Assigned F Braeden Cootes to Abbotsford (AHL).

24 Sep · VAN

Assigned Fs Ty Mueller, Riley Patterson, Ilya Safonov and Chase Wouters, Ds Kirill Kudryavtsev and Sawyer Mynio to Abbotsford (AHL). Loaned F Ben Berard and D Isaac Belliveau to Abbotsford. Waived for the purpose of assignment to Abbotsford F Trey Fix-Wolansky and Ds Cole Clayton and Jimmy Schuldt.

Injury report

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

Vancouver · 2026 draft

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#3Caleb MalhotraRound 1 · BrantfordC

#24Adam NovotnyRound 1 · PeterboroughLW

#33Brooks RogowskiRound 2 · OshawaC

#41Niklas Aaram-OlsenRound 2 · Orebro Jr.LW

Full draft

Saturday 27 February · the full slate

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Updated after every final

Calgary Flames at Vancouver Canucks: game preview

Nineteen points apart last season

Meeting number 318

Last 5 meetings

The table on each meeting night

Vancouver out-attempted Calgary 299 to 263

Calgary Flames

Vancouver Canucks

Calgary and Vancouver are level on chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

Calgary

Vancouver

Elias Pettersson has 6 points in the last 5 meetings

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

In the last meetings

Elias Pettersson vs Calgary · game by game

Dustin Wolf has been the difference

Dustin Wolf

Kevin Lankinen

Scoring rates point to about 6.4 goals

Goals in the last 5 meetings

Scoring rates

6 on the injury lists

Calgary · injuries

Vancouver · injuries

Latest moves

Calgary · 2026 draft

Vancouver · 2026 draft

Saturday 27 February · the full slate