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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Winnipeg Jets at Calgary Flames: game preview

Puck drop31 Dec · 8:00 PM ET
VenueScotiabank Saddledome
All-time meetings48 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Five points apart last season

Winnipeg finished last season 26th in the league on 82 points. Calgary finished 29th on 77.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 49

Across 48 completed games, Winnipeg lead the head-to-head 25-21-2.

All-time record25-21-2Winnipeg's record in the series
Meetings played48This is number 49
2025-26 series—
Last 54-1Winnipeg
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
15 Nov 2025WPG 4 – CGY 3 SO——WPG
24 Oct 2025CGY 3 – WPG 5——WPG
20 Oct 2025WPG 2 – CGY 1——WPG
26 Jan 2025CGY 2 – WPG 5——WPG
18 Jan 2025CGY 3 – WPG 1——CGY
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateWinnipegCalgary
20 Oct 20255-1-0 · 10 pts3rd1-6-0 · 2 pts32nd
24 Oct 20256-2-0 · 12 pts6th1-7-1 · 3 pts32nd
15 Nov 202511-7-0 · 22 pts9th5-12-3 · 13 pts32nd

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 20 Oct 2025, Winnipeg were 3rd in the league and Calgary 32nd. By 15 Nov 2025 it was 9th and 32nd.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Calgary out-attempted Winnipeg 198 to 169

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

Winnipeg Jets

169 att · 82 on goal · 10 G · 12.2%
Crease25 att · 4 G
Slot60 att · 4 G
Wing53 att · 1 G
Point27 att · 0 G
Neutral zone4 att · 1 G

Calgary Flames

198 att · 100 on goal · 7 G · 7.0%
Crease14 att · 1 G
Slot86 att · 2 G
Wing72 att · 2 G
Point23 att · 2 G
Neutral zone3 att · 0 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Winnipeg 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.

WinnipegCalgary
3.37xG for per game2.54
3.37xG against per game3.38
50.0%xG share42.9%
−1.1FinishingGoals minus expected goals−4.6
+2.1GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−5.9

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

Winnipeg

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2750.0%
Power play · 2025-2618.5% · 24th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2788.9%
Penalty kill · 2025-2677.6% · 21st
Faceoffs · 2026-2744.6% · 79/177
Drawn · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-279 (3.00/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0

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

Skaters

Skaters to watch

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.

PlayerGPGAPP/GP
81Kyle Connor33251.67
91Cole Perfetti32351.67
17Adam Lowry31231.00
86Joel Farabee30220.67
22Ryan Strome31010.33
16Morgan Frost31010.33
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
44Josh Morrissey30331.00
2Dylan DeMelo31120.67
38Mario Ferraro31010.33
19Zayne Parekh30110.33
44Joel Hanley10000.00
55Jake Middleton30000.00
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 28 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 29 Dec: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Winnipeg crease

WPG · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 28 Dec

Stuart Skinner.9092 GP · 1-0-1 · GSAx +1.1
Clay Stevenson.9381 GP · 1-0-0 · GSAx +1.0

No appearances against Calgary in the last meetings.

Calgary crease

CGY · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 28 Dec

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

No appearances against Winnipeg in the last meetings.


Totals

Scoring rates point to about 5.9 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

15 Nov 20257 · WPG 4–3 CGY
24 Oct 20258 · CGY 3–5 WPG
20 Oct 20253 · WPG 2–1 CGY
26 Jan 20257 · CGY 2–5 WPG
18 Jan 20254 · CGY 3–1 WPG

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
Winnipeg3.002.672.823.17
Calgary1.005.332.593.16

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 suggest5.9Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings5.8Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

5 on the injury lists

Winnipeg · injuries

Connor HellebuyckSuspensionIRReturn17 Oct
Elias SalomonssonShoulderIRReturn15 Oct
Garrett BrownLower BodyIRReturn9 Oct
Walker DuehrLower BodyIRReturn17 Oct

Calgary · injuries

Jonathan HuberdeauHipIRReturn10 Oct
10 Aug 2026 · WPG

Signed F Tyrel Bauer to a two-year contract.

15 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Cole Perfetti to a five-year contract.

13 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Viggo Björck to a three-year contract.

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.

Injury report
#8Viggo BjorckRound 1 · DjurgardenC
#71Samuel HrenakRound 3 · FargoG
#116Zach WootenRound 4 · Green BayLW
#135Alexandre TailleferRound 5 · QuebecD
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#6Carson CarelsRound 1 · Prince GeorgeD
#30Jack HextallRound 1 · YoungstownC
#36Chase HarringtonRound 2 · SpokaneLW
#42Tobias TrejbalRound 2 · YoungstownG
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