Early look · NHL 2026-27

Calgary Flames at Vegas Golden Knights: game preview

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

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

Puck drop13 Feb · 10:00 PM ET

VenueT-Mobile Arena

All-time meetings30 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Eighteen points apart last season

Calgary finished last season 29th in the league on 77 points. Vegas finished 13th on 95, 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 6——VGK

20 Dec 2025VGK 3 – CGY 6——CGY

18 Oct 2025CGY 1 – VGK 6——VGK

14 Oct 2025VGK 4 – CGY 2——VGK

15 Apr 2025VGK 4 – CGY 5 SO——CGY

Head-to-head finder

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateCalgaryVegas

14 Oct 20251-3-0 · 2 pts30th2-0-2 · 6 pts8th

18 Oct 20251-5-0 · 2 pts32nd4-0-2 · 10 pts3rd

20 Dec 202515-17-4 · 34 pts27th16-7-10 · 42 pts7th

2 Apr 202631-36-8 · 70 pts30th34-26-16 · 84 pts19th

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

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Vegas out-attempted Calgary 265 to 212

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

Calgary Flames

212 att · 104 on goal · 12 G · 11.5%

Crease16 att · 2 G

Slot66 att · 7 G

Wing87 att · 3 G

Point35 att · 0 G

Neutral zone8 att · 0 G

Vegas Golden Knights

265 att · 129 on goal · 19 G · 14.7%

Crease27 att · 5 G

Slot97 att · 12 G

Wing80 att · 2 G

Point45 att · 0 G

Neutral zone16 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.

CalgaryVegas

2.54xG for per game3.79

3.38xG against per game2.09

42.9%xG share64.4%

−4.6FinishingGoals minus expected goals+1.8

−5.9GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−1.6

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

Vegas

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2731.3%

Power play · 2025-2624.6% · 6th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

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 meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2712 (3.00/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 →

Calgary

Expected starter after their game on 12 Feb: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Vegas

Expected starter after their game on 3 Feb: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Calgary crease

CGY · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 10 Feb

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

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

No appearances against Vegas in the last meetings.

Vegas crease

VGK · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 10 Feb

Carter Hart.8903 GP · 2-1-0 · GSAx −1.1

Adin Hill.9001 GP · 1-0-0 · GSAx −0.5

No appearances against Calgary in the last meetings.

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

Calgary1.005.332.593.16

Vegas4.252.503.233.05

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

Calgary · injuries

Jonathan HuberdeauHipIRReturn10 Oct

Vegas · injuries

Lukas CormierUndisclosedIRReturn22 Oct

Raphael LavoieUndisclosedOutReturn8 Oct

Victor OlofssonUndisclosedDay-to-dayReturn8 Oct

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.

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.

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

Vegas · 2026 draft

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#29Juho PiiparinenRound 1 · TapparaD

#63ForfeitedRound 2 ·

#92Benjamin WilmottRound 3 · BarrieC

#95Sean BurickRound 3 · PentictonD

Full draft

Saturday 13 February · the full slate

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Calgary Flames at Vegas Golden Knights: 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 265 to 212

Calgary Flames

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas have created the better chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

Calgary

Vegas

Skaters to watch

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

Who has stopped this matchup

Calgary crease

Vegas crease

Scoring rates point to about 6.1 goals

Goals in the last 5 meetings

Scoring rates

4 on the injury lists

Calgary · injuries

Vegas · injuries

Latest moves

Calgary · 2026 draft

Vegas · 2026 draft

Saturday 13 February · the full slate