Calgary Flames
8-9-117 PTS5th in the Pacific divisionNHL
Playoff odds
5%
Power play
28.6 %
Penalty kill
82.1 %
Goals per game
2.56
Goals against
3.50
Faceoffs
47.7 %
Playoff odds
All 32 teams →Make playoffs
5%
Top 3 in division
3%
Win the division
<1%
Projected points
80
70–90
Performance
Actual goals: on pace for 64 pts
Expected goals: on pace for 85 pts
Expected goals are kinder: Calgary Flames has been unlucky, and that should turn.
Talent (WAR)
Lineup: 12.5 WAR (30th of 32)
- Devin Cooley8.3
- Dustin Wolf2.8
- Jonathan Huberdeau1.6
- Morgan Frost1.2
- Joel Farabee0.8
Injuries
Cost the rest of the way: −0.4 win
- Kevin Bahl (66 g.)−0.3
- Jonathan Huberdeau (5 g.)−0.1
Team Pulse · 2026-27
All 32 teams →Team Pulse says which way the team is heading (−100 to +100), first over its last five seasons, then this season. The rating this year, separately, says how good it is right now (0 to 100): an average team can rise fast, an excellent one can decline.
5-year pulse
-42
↓ Declining
- RESResults
- ↓↓
- OFFOffense
- ↓
- DEFDefense
- ↓
- PPPower play
- ↓↓
- PKPenalty kill
- ↓
- GOALGoaltending
- →
- POSPossession
- ↓
Rating this year
5/ 100
30 of 32
Changes as the season goes: after 7 games, last season still counts for 74%. It fades with every game.
Pulse this season
-3
→ Stable
- OFFOffense
- 19
- →
- DEFDefense
- 18
- →
- PPPower play
- 13
- →
- PKPenalty kill
- 54
- →
- GOALGoaltending
- 33
- ↓
- POSPossession
- 30
- →
- ROSTERRoster
- 0
- →
Why Calgary Flames is declining
- Over 5 years (21-22 to 25-26): index 116.8 → 91.9, declining (-5.2 per season); slipping: the power play and results.
- PP xGF/60: 6.78 → 5.45 (↓ 19.6%, worse)
- xGA ÷ goals allowed: 1.058 → 0.716 (↓ 32.3%, worse)
- EV xG%: 46.6 % → 50.8 % (↑ 9.1%, better)
- Roster: 3 key players rising, 8 declining, 7 stable.
- The decline comes mostly from goaltending; the core is stable.
- Early season (7 games): the pulse rests mostly on the roster, and last season still weighs heavily in the rating this year.
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Pulse by horizon
| 10 games | Season | 1 year | 3 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Pulse | — | — | -3 | -4 |
| OFF · Offense | — | — | +5 | +4 |
| DEF · Defense | — | — | -4 | -8 |
| PP · Power play | — | — | +16 | +10 |
| PK · Penalty kill | — | — | +2 | +4 |
| GOAL · Goaltending | — | — | -25 | -24 |
| POS · Possession | — | — | +7 | +4 |
| ROSTER · Roster | — | — | -8 | -8 |
— : not enough games yet for that horizon (last 10 vs previous 10: 20 games; season: 25). The 5- and 10-year horizons will come with past seasons' history.
Roster Trend · -8 (core -9)
| Player | Trend | PAL | WAR/60 | Scoring | Passing | Defense | Skating | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon NemecD · 22 · core | ↑ +16 | +22 | +14 | +14 | -12 | -4 | -7 | +30 |
| Mikael BacklundC · 37 · core | → -1 | -3 | +4 | -2 | +7 | -2 | -10 | -30 |
| Zach WhitecloudD · 29 · core | ↓↓ -37 | -21 | -36 | -24 | -5 | -10 | -7 | 0 |
| Morgan FrostC · 27 · core | → +1 | -14 | +23 | +11 | -2 | -6 | -2 | 0 |
| Kevin BahlD · 26 · core | ↓ -16 | -19 | -3 | +3 | -16 | -14 | +9 | 0 |
| Joel HanleyD · 35 · core | ↓ -18 | -2 | -22 | -16 | -2 | +1 | -15 | -30 |
| Joel FarabeeW · 26 | ↑ +21 | +12 | +43 | +1 | -2 | +2 | -1 | 0 |
| Connor ZaryC · 25 | ↓ -15 | -8 | -1 | -7 | -13 | +1 | -17 | +15 |
| Jake MiddletonD · 30 | ↓ -11 | -7 | -12 | -20 | +3 | +12 | -1 | -15 |
| Matt CoronatoW · 23 | ↓↓ -30 | -28 | -34 | +3 | +3 | -24 | +1 | +30 |
| Zayne ParekhD · 20 | → 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +30 |
| Yan KuznetsovD · 24 | → 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +15 |
| Yegor SharangovichC · 28 | → -5 | -4 | +8 | -4 | -10 | -6 | -1 | 0 |
| Jonathan HuberdeauW · 33 | ↓↓ -38 | -30 | -32 | -20 | -10 | +3 | -2 | -30 |
| Brayden PachalD · 27 | ↑ +12 | +13 | +7 | -5 | +3 | +11 | +4 | 0 |
| Hunter BrzustewiczD · 21 | → 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +30 |
| Adam KlapkaW · 26 | ↓ -24 | -17 | -19 | -19 | -5 | -3 | +3 | 0 |
| Maxim TsyplakovW · 28 | → -8 | -5 | +8 | -3 | -17 | +8 | -15 | 0 |
A player's trend compares 2025-26 with 2024-25 (PAL, WAR per 60, SC, PA, DF, SK ratings, in percentile points) and adds age. Roster Trend weights each player by ice time and importance: a rising fourth line doesn't offset a declining top center.
The Calgary Flames story
Born as an expansion franchise in 1972 in Atlanta, the club transplanted to Calgary in 1980 and quickly became woven into the city's sporting fabric. The Flames spent their first three seasons at the Stampede Corral before moving into the Olympic Saddledome in 1983, later renamed the Scotiabank Saddledome. Early success culminated in a first Stanley Cup Final appearance in 1986 and the franchise’s only Cup triumph in 1989, milestones that defined the team’s emergence as a national contender and fueled the intense regional rivalry known as the Battle of Alberta with the Edmonton Oilers.
Over the decades the club has continued to compete at a high level, claiming two Presidents' Trophies for the NHL’s best regular-season record and eight division titles. A surprise run to the 2004 Stanley Cup Final produced the fan phenomenon known as the Red Mile, and in 2011 the Flames hosted and won the second Heritage Classic outdoor game. Today the franchise remains a central part of Calgary’s hockey identity, led on ice by captain Mikael Backlund and behind the bench by head coach Ryan Huska.
A handful of players have come to symbolize the Flames’ history. Jarome Iginla stands as the franchise leader in games, goals and points and twice won the Rocket Richard Trophy; Miikka Kiprusoff owns the most wins among Flames goaltenders; Lanny McDonald is another iconic figure whose number is retired. Seventeen people connected to the club have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, underscoring its lasting impact.
Historical facts from Wikipedia and NHL archives; text written by PickALeague.
The franchise
- Founded
- 1972
- Stanley Cups
- 1
- First season
- 1972-73
- City
- Calgary
- Home
- Scotiabank Saddledome
- Seats
- 16,605
- Head coach
- Ryan Huska
- Captain
- Mikael Backlund
Stanley Cups
- 1988-89
MascotHarvey the HoundRetired numbers
- 9Lanny McDonald (1981-89)
- 12Jarome Iginla (1996-13)
- 30Mike Vernon (1982-94, 2000-02)
- 34Miikka Kiprusoff (2003-13)
- 2Al MacInnis (1981-94)
- 25Joe Nieuwendyk (1986-95)
Captains
- Mikael BacklundOct. 11, 2023 – Present
- (No Captain)Oct. 16, 2021 – April 12, 2023
- Mark GiordanoOct. 3, 2013 – May 19, 2021
- (No Captain)March 29 – April 26, 2013
- Jarome IginlaOct. 9, 2003 – March 27, 2013
- Bob Boughner and Craig Conroy (Co-Captains)Feb. 6, 2002 – April 5, 2003
- Dave LowryDec. 7, 2000 – Jan. 30, 2002
- Steve SmithOct. 2, 1999 – Dec. 4, 2000
- Todd SimpsonOct. 1, 1997 – April 17, 1999
- Theo FleuryOct. 7, 1995 – April 12, 1997
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- Joe NieuwendykOct. 30, 1991 – May 19, 1995
- Doug Gilmour, Tim Hunter and Al MacInnis (Co-Captains)Oct. 4, 1990 – March 31, 1991
- Brad McCrimmonOct. 5, 1989 – April 14, 1990
- Lanny McDonald and Jim Peplinski (Co-Captains)Oct. 8, 1987 – May 25, 1989
- Lanny McDonald, Jim Peplinski and Doug Risebrough (Co-Captains)Oct. 11, 1984 – April 16, 1987
- Lanny McDonald and Doug Risebrough (Co-Captains)Oct. 5, 1983 – April 22, 1984
- Phil RussellOct. 8, 1981 – April 20, 1983
- Brad MarshOct. 9, 1980 – May 9, 1981
- Jean PronovostApril 10, 1979 – April 12, 1980
- (No Captain)March 14 – April 8, 1979
- Tom LysiakOct. 13, 1977 – March 11, 1979
- Pat QuinnOct. 8, 1975 – April 9, 1977
- Keith McCrearyOct. 7, 1972 – April 6, 1975
Head coaches
- Ryan HuskaOct. 11, 2023 – Present
- Darryl SutterMarch 11, 2021 – April 12, 2023
- Ryan HuskaMarch 6-7, 2021
- Geoff WardNov. 27, 2019 – March 4, 2021
- Bill PetersOct. 3, 2018 – Nov. 25, 2019
- Glen GulutzanOct. 12, 2016 – April 7, 2018
- Bob HartleyJan. 20, 2013 – April 9, 2016
- Brent SutterOct. 1, 2009 – April 7, 2012
- Mike KeenanOct. 4, 2007 – April 27, 2009
- Jim PlayfairOct. 5, 2006 – April 22, 2007
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- Darryl SutterDec. 29, 2002 – May 3, 2006
- Al MacNeilDec. 3-27, 2002
- Greg GilbertMarch 14, 2001 – Dec. 1, 2002
- Don HayOct. 5, 2000 – March 11, 2001
- Brian SutterOct. 1, 1997 – April 8, 2000
- Pierre PageOct. 7, 1995 – April 12, 1997
- Dave KingOct. 6, 1992 – May 19, 1995
- Guy CharronMarch 3 – April 16, 1992
- Doug RisebroughOct. 4, 1990 – March 1, 1992
- Terry CrispOct. 8, 1987 – April 14, 1990
- Bob JohnsonOct. 5, 1982 – April 16, 1987
- Al MacNeilOct. 10, 1979 – April 10, 1982
- Fred CreightonFeb. 5, 1975 – April 12, 1979
- Bernie GeoffrionOct. 7, 1972 – Feb. 2, 1975
Fun facts: Calgary Flames
Do the Calgary Flames play tonight?
Not today. Their next game is on November 12, 2026, against the New York Rangers, at 7:30 p.m..
What channel is the Calgary Flames game on?
Their next game is carried by Prime, MSGSN.
What is the Calgary Flames record?
8-9-1, good for 17 points in 18 games, 5th in the Pacific division.
Who leads the Calgary Flames in scoring?
Joel Farabee, with 17 points (7 goals, 10 assists).
Where do the Calgary Flames play?
At Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, which seats 16,605.
Who is the Calgary Flames captain?
Mikael Backlund wears the “C”.
Who coaches the Calgary Flames?
Ryan Huska is the head coach.
How many Stanley Cups have the Calgary Flames won?
1, the most recent in 1988-89.
Which numbers have the Calgary Flames retired?
6 : 9 Lanny McDonald, 12 Jarome Iginla, 30 Mike Vernon, 34 Miikka Kiprusoff, 2 Al MacInnis, 25 Joe Nieuwendyk.
How long have the Calgary Flames existed?
Their first season in the league was 1972-73.
Who is the Calgary Flames mascot?
Harvey the Hound.
Who is injured on the Calgary Flames?
4 : Jonathan Huberdeau (injured reserve, hip), Kevin Bahl (injured reserve, achilles), Samuel Honzek (injured reserve, lower body), Connor Zary (out, knee).