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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Calgary Flames at Seattle Kraken: game preview

Puck drop4 Nov · 10:00 PM ET
VenueClimate Pledge Arena
All-time meetings20 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Two points apart last season

Calgary finished last season 29th in the league on 77 points. Seattle finished 27th on 79, and the 2025-26 season series went SEA 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 21

Across 20 completed games, Calgary lead the head-to-head 11-5-2.

All-time record11-5-2Calgary's record in the series
Meetings played20This is number 21
2025-26 seriesSEA 2-1-0
Last 54-1Seattle
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
4 OctCGY 1 – SEA 633–27CGY 1/3 · SEA 0/0SEA
1 OctSEA 6 – CGY 132–25SEA 1/5 · CGY 0/1SEA
11 Apr 2026CGY 1 – SEA 427–21CGY 0/1 · SEA 0/3SEA
5 Jan 2026SEA 5 – CGY 128–42SEA 0/1 · CGY 0/1SEA
18 Dec 2025SEA 2 – CGY 423–46SEA 1/1 · CGY 1/5CGY
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The table on each meeting night

DateCalgarySeattle
18 Dec 202514-17-4 · 32 pts29th12-14-6 · 30 pts30th
5 Jan 202618-20-4 · 40 pts30th19-14-7 · 45 pts19th
11 Apr 202632-38-9 · 73 pts30th34-34-11 · 79 pts27th
1 Oct0-1-0 · 0 pts31st1-0-0 · 2 pts5th
4 Oct0-3-0 · 0 pts32nd2-1-0 · 4 pts8th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 18 Dec 2025, Calgary were 29th in the league and Seattle 30th. By 4 Oct it was 32nd and 8th.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Calgary out-attempted Seattle 353 to 258

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

Calgary Flames

353 att · 173 on goal · 8 G · 4.6%
Crease22 att · 2 G
Slot122 att · 2 G
Wing133 att · 4 G
Point63 att · 0 G
Neutral zone13 att · 0 G

Seattle Kraken

258 att · 131 on goal · 23 G · 17.6%
Crease25 att · 4 G
Slot104 att · 11 G
Wing86 att · 5 G
Point35 att · 1 G
Neutral zone8 att · 2 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Calgary and Seattle 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.

CalgarySeattle
2.54xG for per game2.60
3.38xG against per game3.14
42.9%xG share45.3%
−4.6FinishingGoals minus expected goals+4.6
−5.9GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+1.6

This season: 3 games for Calgary, 4 for Seattle. 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 meetings2/11 · 18.2%
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 meetings11 (2.20/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2710 (3.33/gm)
PP goals · last meetings2

Seattle

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2725.0%
Power play · 2025-2619.5% · 20th
Power play · last 5 meetings2/10 · 20.0%
Penalty kill · 2026-2772.7%
Penalty kill · 2025-2672.2% · 31st
Faceoffs · 2026-2749.6% · 121/244
Drawn · 2026-2712 (3.00/gm)
Drawn · last meetings10 (2.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2711 (2.75/gm)
PP goals · last meetings2

Skaters

Chandler Stephenson 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.

PlayerGPGAPP/GP
86Joel Farabee30220.67
22Ryan Strome31010.33
16Morgan Frost31010.33
19Jared McCann41451.25
7Jordan Eberle42241.00
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
19Zayne Parekh30110.33
44Joel Hanley10000.00
55Jake Middleton30000.00
29Vince Dunn41341.00
62Brandon Montour40220.50
41Ryker Evans40220.50
Defencemen stats

Chandler Stephenson vs Calgary · game by game

See all: Chandler Stephenson vs Calgary · game by game →
DateVenueGAPSOGTOI
4 Octhome022115:46
1 Octaway101216:59
11 Apr 2026home101116:59
5 Jan 2026away011117:50
18 Dec 2025away101116:53
Last 5 meetings6 P3 G, 3 A · 6 SOG
Next best6 PVince Dunn, SEA
2026-27 season4 P4 GP · 1 G
Blank vs CGY0 of 5A point in every meeting
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Goaltending

Joey Daccord has been the difference

Joey Daccord faced 103 shots across 3 appearances against Calgary and conceded 5, a .951 save percentage against a season figure of .911. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Expected starter after their game on 2 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 30 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

CGY · 0-2-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 1 Nov

SV% · 2026-27.7972 GP · 6.01 GAA · 2025-26 .899
vs Seattle.8354 app · 109 SA · 18 GA
GSAx · 2026-27−5.52 starts · most on the roster
vs SEAVenueSAGASV%
4 Octaway276.778
1 Octhome326.813
5 Jan 2026home274.852
18 Dec 2025home232.913

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

Full game log

SEA · 2-1-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 1 Nov

SV% · 2026-27.9113 GP · 2.64 GAA · 2025-26 .897
vs Calgary.9513 app · 103 SA · 5 GA
GSAx · 2026-27+1.03 starts · most on the roster
vs CGYVenueSAGASV%
4 Octhome331.970
1 Octaway251.960
18 Dec 2025away453.933

Also on the roster, 2026-27: Philipp Grubauer .906 (2 GP)

Full game log

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.0 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

4 Oct7 · CGY 1–6 SEA
1 Oct7 · SEA 6–1 CGY
11 Apr 20265 · CGY 1–4 SEA
5 Jan 20266 · SEA 5–1 CGY
18 Dec 20256 · SEA 2–4 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
Seattle3.752.752.763.21

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 suggest6.0Goals 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

4 on the injury lists

Calgary · injuries

Jonathan HuberdeauHipIRReturn10 Oct

Seattle · injuries

Jacob MelansonUpper BodyIRReturn17 Oct
Jake O'BrienLower BodyIRReturn24 Oct
Ryan LindgrenUpper BodyDay-to-dayReturn9 Oct
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.

3 Oct · SEA

Activated RW/C Mackie Samoskevich from injured reserve. Placed RW Jacob Melanson on injured reserve.

27 Sep · SEA

Placed C Jake O'Brien and RW Mackie Samoskevich on injured reserve.

21 Sep · SEA

Placed F Jon-Randall Avon, F John Hayden, F Logan Morrison and G Victor Ostman on waivers.

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