Calgary Flames at New York Islanders: game preview
CalgaryFlames2026-27: 0-3-0 · 0 pts · 2025-26: 34-39-9 · 77 pts · 29that
NY IslandersIslanders2026-27: 1-2-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 43-34-5 · 91 pts · 19thFourteen points apart last season
Calgary finished last season 29th in the league on 77 points. NY Islanders finished 19th on 91.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 84
Across 83 completed games, Calgary lead the head-to-head 46-29-8.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each 2025-26 meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 17 Jan 2026, Calgary were 29th in the league and NY Islanders 11th. By 14 Mar 2026 it was 31st and 9th.
NY Islanders out-attempted Calgary 124 to 118
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Calgary Flames
New York Islanders
NY Islanders 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.
This season: 3 games for Calgary, 3 for NY Islanders. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Calgary, 10 for NY Islanders.
2025-26: 82 games for Calgary, 82 for NY Islanders.
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
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Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.
Who has stopped this matchup
Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Expected starter after their game on 8 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 7 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Calgary crease
CGY · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 7 Dec
No appearances against NY Islanders in the last meetings.
NY Islanders crease
NYI · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 7 Dec
No appearances against Calgary in the last meetings.
Scoring rates point to about 5.8 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
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
Calgary1.005.332.593.16
NY Islanders3.002.332.842.94Goals 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.
3 on the injury lists
Calgary · injuries
NY Islanders · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Placed D Brayden Pachal and C Connor Zary on waivers.
Waived F Alex Nylander.
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.
Agreed to terms with LD Logan Stanley on a 1-Year contract worth $1.5M. Placed G Vitek Vanecek on waivers with the intention of sending to Hamilton (AHL)
Waived Fs Tanner Fritz, Matt Luff and Nathan Chaffee. Waived Fs Dylan Foudy and Hudson Kuefler for the purpose of sending to Hamilton (AHL).
Signed F Alex Jefferies to a one-year contract.
Calgary · 2026 draft
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