Early look · NHL 2026-27

Calgary Flames at San Jose Sharks: game preview

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

San JoseSharks2026-27: 2-1-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 39-35-8 · 86 pts · 24th

Puck drop2 Nov · 9:00 PM ET

VenueSAP Center at San Jose

All-time meetings171 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Nine points apart last season

Calgary finished last season 29th in the league on 77 points. San Jose finished 24th on 86, 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 172

Across 171 completed games, Calgary lead the head-to-head 94-63-14.

All-time record94-63-14Calgary's record in the series

Meetings played171This is number 172

2025-26 seriesCGY 3-1-0

Last 54-1Calgary

Last 5 meetings

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DateResultShotsPower playWinner

26 Feb 2026CGY 4 – SJS 1——CGY

31 Jan 2026SJS 2 – CGY 3——CGY

16 Dec 2025CGY 3 – SJS 6——SJS

13 Nov 2025SJS 0 – CGY 2——CGY

13 Apr 2025SJS 2 – CGY 5——CGY

Head-to-head finder

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateCalgarySan Jose

13 Nov 20255-12-2 · 12 pts32nd8-7-3 · 19 pts23rd

16 Dec 202513-17-4 · 30 pts31st17-14-3 · 37 pts18th

31 Jan 202621-25-6 · 48 pts29th26-21-3 · 55 pts21st

26 Feb 202621-25-6 · 48 pts29th26-21-3 · 55 pts21st

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 13 Nov 2025, Calgary were 32nd in the league and San Jose 23rd. By 26 Feb 2026 it was 29th and 21st.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Calgary out-attempted San Jose 273 to 222

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

Calgary Flames

273 att · 137 on goal · 12 G · 8.8%

Crease24 att · 1 G

Slot107 att · 7 G

Wing96 att · 3 G

Point37 att · 0 G

Neutral zone9 att · 1 G

San Jose Sharks

222 att · 103 on goal · 9 G · 8.7%

Crease18 att · 3 G

Slot106 att · 6 G

Wing62 att · 0 G

Point24 att · 0 G

Neutral zone12 att · 0 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Calgary and San Jose 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.

CalgarySan Jose

2.54xG for per game2.13

3.38xG against per game3.72

42.9%xG share36.4%

−4.6FinishingGoals minus expected goals+2.6

−5.9GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−0.8

This season: 3 games for Calgary, 3 for San Jose. 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

San Jose

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2725.0%

Power play · 2025-2621.2% · 16th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2775.0%

Penalty kill · 2025-2676.4% · 26th

Faceoffs · 2026-2744.4% · 72/162

Drawn · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2712 (4.00/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 31 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

San Jose

Expected starter after their game on 31 Oct: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Calgary crease

CGY · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 30 Oct

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

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

No appearances against San Jose in the last meetings.

San Jose crease

SJS · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 30 Oct

Yaroslav Askarov.8623 GP · 2-1-0 · GSAx −0.8

No appearances against Calgary in the last meetings.

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.3 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

26 Feb 20265 · CGY 4–1 SJS

31 Jan 20265 · SJS 2–3 CGY

16 Dec 20259 · CGY 3–6 SJS

13 Nov 20252 · SJS 0–2 CGY

13 Apr 20257 · SJS 2–5 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

San Jose3.004.003.063.56

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 suggest6.3Goals in this game

Last 5 meetings5.6Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

7 on the injury lists

Calgary · injuries

Jonathan HuberdeauHipIRReturn10 Oct

San Jose · injuries

Adam GaudetteUpper BodyIRReturn10 Oct

Alex Barre-BouletUndisclosedIRReturn8 Oct

Cam LundUpper BodyIRReturn19 Oct

Kyle KeyserUpper BodyIRReturn1 Dec

Macklin CelebriniLower BodyDay-to-dayReturn8 Oct

Quentin MustyUpper BodyIRReturn1 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.

4 Oct · SJS

Placed C Patrick Giles on waivers.

27 Sep · SJS

Placed G Ilya Samsonov on waivers.

23 Sep · SJS

Placed RW Ethan Cardwell, D Libor Hajek and LW Tye Felhaber 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

San Jose · 2026 draft

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#2Ivar StenbergRound 1 · FrolundaLW

#9Keaton VerhoeffRound 1 · North DakotaD

#21Ryan LinRound 1 · VancouverD

#127Brady KnowlingRound 4 · Usa U-18G

Full draft

Monday 2 November · the full slate

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Calgary Flames at San Jose Sharks: game preview

Nine points apart last season

Meeting number 172

Last 5 meetings

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

Calgary out-attempted San Jose 273 to 222

Calgary Flames

San Jose Sharks

Calgary and San Jose are level on chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

Calgary

San Jose

Skaters to watch

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

Who has stopped this matchup

Calgary crease

San Jose crease

Scoring rates point to about 6.3 goals

Goals in the last 5 meetings

Scoring rates

7 on the injury lists

Calgary · injuries

San Jose · injuries

Latest moves

Calgary · 2026 draft

San Jose · 2026 draft

Monday 2 November · the full slate