2025–26 Calgary Flames season

2025–26 Calgary Flames
DivisionPacific
ConferenceWestern
2025–26 record14–17–4
Home record8–5–2
Road record6–12–2
Goals for91
Goals against105
Team information
General managerCraig Conroy
CoachRyan Huska
CaptainMikael Backlund
Alternate captainsRasmus Andersson
Blake Coleman
Jonathan Huberdeau
Nazem Kadri
MacKenzie Weegar
ArenaScotiabank Saddledome
Minor league affiliatesCalgary Wranglers (AHL)
Rapid City Rush (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsMatt Coronato (11)
AssistsNazem Kadri (23)
PointsNazem Kadri (31)
Penalty minutesAdam Klapka (60)
Plus/minusMikael Backlund (+14)
WinsDustin Wolf (11)
Goals against averageDevin Cooley (2.40)

The 2025–26 Calgary Flames season is their 46th season in Calgary, and their 54th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 6, 1972.[1]

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Anaheim Ducks 36 21 13 2 13 128 123 +5 44
2 Vegas Golden Knights 34 16 8 10 12 103 102 +1 42
3 Edmonton Oilers 37 18 13 6 13 125 127 −2 42
4 Los Angeles Kings 34 15 10 9 10 88 90 −2 39
5 San Jose Sharks 36 17 16 3 9 107 122 −15 37
6 Calgary Flames 36 15 17 4 12 97 108 −11 34
7 Vancouver Canucks 35 15 17 3 10 101 117 −16 33
8 Seattle Kraken 33 13 14 6 8 83 104 −21 32
Updated to game(s) played on December 21, 2025. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 PA Los Angeles Kings 34 15 10 9 10 88 90 −2 39
2 CE Utah Mammoth 38 18 17 3 13 116 111 +5 39
3 PA San Jose Sharks 36 17 16 3 9 107 122 −15 37
4 CE St. Louis Blues 37 14 15 8 14 94 127 −33 36
5 CE Nashville Predators 35 15 16 4 11 100 119 −19 34
6 PA Calgary Flames 36 15 17 4 12 97 108 −11 34
7 CE Winnipeg Jets 35 15 17 3 13 103 107 −4 33
8 PA Vancouver Canucks 35 15 17 3 10 101 117 −16 33
9 PA Seattle Kraken 33 13 14 6 8 83 104 −21 32
10 CE Chicago Blackhawks 35 13 16 6 12 98 111 −13 32
Updated to game(s) played on December 21, 2025. Source: National Hockey League[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 30, 2025.[4]

Regular season

2025–26 game log
December: 6–3–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 1–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Venue Attendance Record Points Recap
28 December 2 Calgary 1–5 Nashville Cooley Bridgestone Arena 17,159 9–15–4 22 [40]
29 December 4 Minnesota 1–4 Calgary Wolf Scotiabank Saddledome 16,924 10–15–4 24 [41]
30 December 6 Utah 0–2 Calgary Wolf Scotiabank Saddledome 17,541 11–15–4 26 [42]
31 December 8 Buffalo 4–7 Calgary Wolf Scotiabank Saddledome 16,278 12–15–4 28 [43]
32 December 10 Detroit 4–3 Calgary Cooley Scotiabank Saddledome 17,055 12–16–4 28 [44]
33 December 13 Calgary 2–1 Los Angeles OT Wolf Crypto.com Arena 18,145 13–16–4 30 [45]
34 December 16 Calgary 3–6 San Jose Wolf SAP Center 14,261 13–17–4 30 [46]
35 December 18 Seattle 2–4 Calgary Wolf Scotiabank Saddledome 17,449 14–17–4 32 [47]
36 December 20 Vegas 3–6 Calgary Cooley Scotiabank Saddledome 18,256 15–17–4 34 [48]
37 December 23 Calgary Edmonton Rogers Place 0–0–0
38 December 27 Edmonton Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 0–0–0
39 December 29 Boston Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 0–0–0
40 December 31 Philadelphia Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 0–0–0

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of December 18, 2025

Skaters

Regular season[49]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Nazem Kadri 35 8 23 31 –9 18
Rasmus Andersson 35 7 18 25 +3 38
Matt Coronato 34 11 9 20 –18 14
Morgan Frost 35 8 11 19 –6 16
Mikael Backlund 35 7 11 18 +12 8
Jonathan Huberdeau 30 6 12 18 –1 33
Joel Farabee 35 8 9 17 –4 9
Blake Coleman 35 10 5 15 +10 25
Yegor Sharangovich 31 6 5 11 –8 2
MacKenzie Weegar 35 2 6 8 –21 35
Connor Zary 33 4 3 7 –5 10
Kevin Bahl 34 3 3 6 +10 22
Adam Klapka 34 2 4 6 –7 60
Yan Kuznetsov 21 2 3 5 –4 0
Joel Hanley 32 0 5 5 0 13
Samuel Honzek 18 2 2 4 +1 2
Brayden Pachal 21 0 3 3 0 33
Ryan Lomberg 31 1 1 2 0 31
Jake Bean 16 1 1 2 –7 16
Matvei Gridin 4 1 0 1 –3 0
Justin Kirkland 9 0 1 1 –1 0
Zayne Parekh 11 0 1 1 0 0
John Beecher 14 0 1 1 –7 2
Zayne Parekh 11 0 1 1 0 0
Dryden Hunt 2 0 0 0 –2 0
Rory Kerins 2 0 0 0 –1 0
Daniil Miromanov 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hunter Brzustewicz 4 0 0 0 +1 0
Sam Morton 3 0 0 0 –1 10

Goaltenders

Regular season[50]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Dustin Wolf 27 26 1,459:16 11 13 2 71 2.92 684 .896 2 0 0 2
Devin Cooley 12 9 639:37 3 4 2 25 2.35 290 .914 0 0 0 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Flames. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Awards and honours

Awards

Milestones

Records

Transactions

The Flames have been involved in the following transactions during the 2025–26 season.

Key

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2026–27 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 28, 2025 To Detroit Red Wings
7th-round pick in 2026
To Calgary Flames
STL 7th-round pick in 2025 (#211 overall)
[51]

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2025 Nick Cicek Adler Mannheim (DEL) 1-year Free agency [52]
Ivan Prosvetov CSKA Moscow (KHL) 1-year Free agency [53]
November 18, 2025 John Beecher Boston Bruins 1-year Waivers [54]

Players lost

Date Player New team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2025 Jonathan Aspirot Boston Bruins 1-year Free agency [55]
Daniel Vladar Philadelphia Flyers 2-year Free agency [56]
July 2, 2025 Martin Frk Calgary Wranglers (AHL) 2-year Free agency [57]
Anthony Mantha Pittsburgh Penguins 1-year Free agency [58]
July 16, 2025 Joni Jurmo Contract termination [59]
August 24, 2025 Tyson Barrie Retired [60]
September 3, 2025 Connor Murphy Calgary Wranglers (AHL) 1-year Free agency [61]
October 3, 2025 Ilya Solovyov Colorado Avalanche Waivers [62]
October 6, 2025 Kevin Rooney Utah Mammoth 1-year Free agency [63]

Signings

Date Player Term Ref
June 28, 2025 Kevin Bahl 6-year [64]
June 30, 2025 Clark Bishop 1-year [65]
July 1, 2025 Joel Hanley 2-year [66]
July 2, 2025 Morgan Frost 2-year [67]
July 9, 2025 Sam Morton 1-year [68]
July 17, 2025 Rory Kerins 1-year [69]
Yan Kuznetsov 2-year
Jeremie Poirier 1-year
July 30, 2025 Martin Pospisil 3-year [70]
September 6, 2025 Connor Zary 3-year [71]
September 9, 2025 Dustin Wolf 7-year [72]
September 17, 2025 Mikael Backlund 2-year‡ [73]

Draft picks

Below are the Calgary Flames selections at the 2025 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 27 and 28, 2025, at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 18[A] Cole Reschny C  Canada Victoria Royals (WHL)
32[B] Cullen Potter C  United States Arizona State Sun Devils (NCHC)
2 54[C] Theo Stockselius C  Sweden Djurgårdens IF J20 (J20 Nationell)
3 80 Mace'o Phillips D  United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)
5 144 Ethan Wyttenbach LW  United States Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
6 176 Aidan Lane RW  Canada St. Andrew's Saints (CISAA)
7 208 Jakob Leander D  Sweden HV71 J20 (J20 Nationell)
211[D] Yan Matveiko LW  Russia Krasnaya Armiya Moskva (MHL)

Notes

  1. ^ The New Jersey Devils' first-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on June 19, 2024, that sent Jacob Markstrom to New Jersey in exchange for Kevin Bahl and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[74] The condition – Calgary will receive a first-round pick in 2025 if New Jersey's first-round pick in 2025 is outside of the top ten selections[74] – was converted when the Devils qualified for the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs on April 9, 2025.
  2. ^ The Florida Panthers' first-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on July 22, 2022, that sent Matthew Tkachuk and a conditional fourth-round pick in 2025 to Florida in exchange for Jonathan Huberdeau, Cole Schwindt, MacKenzie Weegar and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[75] The condition – Calgary will receive a first-round pick in 2025 if Florida's first-round pick in 2025 is outside of the top ten selections[75] – was converted when the Panthers qualified for the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs on April 5, 2025.
  3. ^ The Colorado Avalanche's second-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on June 27, 2024, that sent Andrew Mangiapane to Washington in exchange for this pick.[76]
  4. ^ The St. Louis Blues' seventh-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on June 28, 2025, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2026 to Detroit in exchange for this pick.[77] Detroit previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 3, 2023, that sent Jakub Vrana to St. Louis in exchange for Dylan McLaughlin and this pick.[78]

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