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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Calgary Flames at Edmonton Oilers: game preview

Puck drop28 Oct · 8:30 PM ET
VenueRogers Place
All-time meetings311 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Sixteen points apart last season

Calgary finished last season 29th in the league on 77 points. Edmonton finished 14th on 93, and the 2025-26 season series went CGY 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 312

Across 311 completed games, Calgary lead the head-to-head 158-133-20.

All-time record158-133-20Calgary's record in the series
Meetings played311This is number 312
2025-26 seriesCGY 3-1-0
Last 53-2Calgary
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
4 Feb 2026EDM 3 – CGY 4——CGY
27 Dec 2025EDM 2 – CGY 3——CGY
23 Dec 2025CGY 1 – EDM 5——EDM
8 Oct 2025CGY 4 – EDM 3 SO——CGY
29 Mar 2025CGY 2 – EDM 3 OT——EDM
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateCalgaryEdmonton
8 Oct 20251-0-0 · 2 pts6th0-0-1 · 1 pts9th
23 Dec 202515-18-4 · 34 pts29th19-13-6 · 44 pts11th
27 Dec 202516-18-4 · 36 pts29th19-14-6 · 44 pts13th
4 Feb 202621-25-6 · 48 pts29th27-19-8 · 62 pts12th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 8 Oct 2025, Calgary were 6th in the league and Edmonton 9th. By 4 Feb 2026 it was 29th and 12th.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Edmonton out-attempted Calgary 265 to 236

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

Calgary Flames

236 att · 98 on goal · 11 G · 11.2%
Crease21 att · 1 G
Slot98 att · 6 G
Wing88 att · 4 G
Point22 att · 0 G
Neutral zone7 att · 0 G

Edmonton Oilers

265 att · 144 on goal · 13 G · 9.0%
Crease30 att · 3 G
Slot115 att · 6 G
Wing89 att · 4 G
Point22 att · 0 G
Neutral zone9 att · 0 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Edmonton 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.

CalgaryEdmonton
2.54xG for per game3.31
3.38xG against per game2.10
42.9%xG share61.2%
−4.6FinishingGoals minus expected goals+7.1
−5.9GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−7.7

This season: 3 games for Calgary, 3 for Edmonton. 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

Edmonton

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2725.0%
Power play · 2025-2630.6% · 1st
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2757.1%
Penalty kill · 2025-2677.8% · 20th
Faceoffs · 2026-2751.7% · 91/176
Drawn · 2026-2712 (4.00/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-277 (2.33/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.

PlayerGPGAPP/GP
86Joel Farabee30220.67
22Ryan Strome31010.33
16Morgan Frost31010.33
97Connor McDavid32793.00
29Leon Draisaitl33251.67
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
19Zayne Parekh30110.33
44Joel Hanley10000.00
55Jake Middleton30000.00
2Evan Bouchard34482.67
6Ryan Shea31231.00
14Mattias Ekholm30000.00
Defencemen stats

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 →

Expected starter after their game on 26 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 26 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Calgary crease

CGY · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 25 Oct

Dustin Wolf.7972 GP · 0-2-0 · GSAx −5.5
Devin Cooley.8801 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx −0.1

No appearances against Edmonton in the last meetings.

Edmonton crease

EDM · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 25 Oct

Devon Levi.8102 GP · 2-0-0 · GSAx −3.6
Tristan Jarry.7391 GP · 0-0-1 · GSAx −4.1

No appearances against Calgary in the last meetings.


Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.5 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 Feb 20267 · EDM 3–4 CGY
27 Dec 20255 · EDM 2–3 CGY
23 Dec 20256 · CGY 1–5 EDM
8 Oct 20257 · CGY 4–3 EDM
29 Mar 20255 · CGY 2–3 EDM

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
Edmonton5.674.673.443.28

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 suggest6.5Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings6.0Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

10 on the injury lists

Calgary · injuries

Jonathan HuberdeauHipIRReturn10 Oct

Edmonton · injuries

Alec RegulaUndisclosedIRReturn24 Oct
Atro LeppanenUndisclosedIRReturn17 Oct
Frederik AndersenKneeIRReturn30 Dec
James StefanUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct
Jason DickinsonFootIRReturn7 Oct
Matt SavoieLower BodyIRReturn24 Nov
Mattias JanmarkUndisclosedIRReturn15 Oct
Ryan Nugent-HopkinsLower BodyIRReturn13 Oct
Zach HymanUndisclosedOutReturn17 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.

1 Oct · EDM

Placed F Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on injured reserve. Placed D Alec Regula on long-term injured reserve. Recalled F Josh Samanski under emergency conditions.

27 Sep · EDM

Placed G Matt Tomkins on waivers for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield (AHL).

25 Sep · EDM

Loaned D Tomas Cibulka, Fs Connor Clattenburg, Quinn Hutson, Viljami Marjala, William Nicholl and Aku Raty and G Connor Ungar to Bakersfield (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield Ds Josh Brown and Riley Stillman and F Eduards Tralmaks.

Injury report
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#36Chase HarringtonRound 2 · SpokaneLW
#42Tobias TrejbalRound 2 · YoungstownG
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#58Rudolfs BerzkalnsRound 2 · MuskegonC
#84Malcom GastrinRound 3 · Modo Jr.LW
#133Andrew RobinsonRound 5 · WindsorD
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