Game

Golden Knights at Flames

Flames 6, Golden Knights 3 · first star Mikael Backlund (2 G, 1 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Vegas Golden Knights 3 at Calgary Flames 6

Golden Knights VGK

3 FINAL 6

Flames CGY

Saturday, December 20, 2025 · 10:00 PM ET · Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary · TV CBC · SN · CITY

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Golden Knights	1	1	1	3	37
Flames	3	2	1	6	26

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Golden Knights attack left, Flames attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 7 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: VGK 37, CGY 26.

VGK in red CGY in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Golden Knights 37 shots on goal (3 goals, 20 missed, 14 blocked) attacking left; Flames 26 shots on goal (6 goals, 16 missed, 13 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	VGK SOG	VGK G	VGK ATT	CGY SOG	CGY G	CGY ATT
1st	7	1	17	11	3	24
2nd	9	1	18	10	2	25
3rd	21	1	36	5	1	6
Total	37	3	71	26	6	55

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	VGK SOG	VGK G	CGY SOG	CGY G
Even strength	34	2	24	5
Power play	3	1	0	0
Short-handed	0	0	2	1
Into an empty net	0	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Golden Knights took 56.4% of the shot attempts, and 53.6% of the 112 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Flames and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Golden Knights hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Golden Knights at Flames
Period	CGY CF%	CGY FF%
1st	58.5	63.3
2nd	58.1	50.0
3rd	14.3	17.1
Game	43.6	42.4

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

03:54 Mikael Backlund (8) Blake Coleman (6), Connor Zary (4) · snap 0–1
08:42 Adam Klapka (3) Yan Kuznetsov (4), MacKenzie Weegar (7) · deflected 0–2
10:03 Reilly Smith (4) Mark Stone (20), Zach Whitecloud (4) · backhand 1–2
15:45 Ryan Lomberg (2) Connor Zary (5), John Beecher (2) · wrist 1–3

2nd period

08:38 Mikael Backlund (9) MacKenzie Weegar (8), Connor Zary (6) · backhand 1–4
12:21 Joel Farabee (9) SH MacKenzie Weegar (9) · wrist 1–5
14:34 Kaedan Korczak (3) Mitch Marner (27), Tomas Hertl (11) · snap 2–5

3rd period

16:03 Mark Stone (7) PP Noah Hanifin (5), Mitch Marner (28) · bat 3–5
19:15 Jonathan Huberdeau (7) EN Mikael Backlund (12), Blake Coleman (7) · wrist 3–6

Three stars

Mikael Backlund CGY · C #11 · 2 G, 1 A
Connor Zary CGY · C #47 · 0 G, 3 A
MacKenzie Weegar CGY · D #52 · 0 G, 3 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	15:49	CGY	Ryan Lomberg	fighting (major)	5	Jeremy Lauzon
1st	15:49	VGK	Jeremy Lauzon	fighting (major)	5	Ryan Lomberg
2nd	11:07	CGY	Morgan Frost	tripping	2	Ivan Barbashev
3rd	15:50	CGY	Yan Kuznetsov	high sticking	2	Tomas Hertl

Boxscore

Vegas Golden Knights

Golden Knights skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Mark Stone #61	R	1	1	2	-2	3	0	0	0	0.0	15:41
Mitch Marner #93	R	0	2	2	-3	1	0	0	0	50.0	19:01
Reilly Smith #19	R	1	0	1	-1	2	0	2	0	0.0	13:46
Kaedan Korczak #6	D	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	21:08
Tomas Hertl #48	C	0	1	1	-2	6	0	0	0	35.3	18:59
Noah Hanifin #15	D	0	1	1	-2	4	1	0	0	0.0	24:39
Zach Whitecloud #2	D	0	1	1	-1	1	2	1	0	0.0	19:44
Brett Howden #21	C	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	66.7	13:51
Colton Sissons #10	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	60.0	12:32
Brandon Saad #20	L	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0.0	16:16
Cole Reinhardt #23	L	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	100.0	12:39
Ivan Barbashev #49	L	0	0	0	-2	3	3	0	0	25.0	16:56
Braeden Bowman #42	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	100.0	14:47
Keegan Kolesar #55	R	0	0	0	0	1	8	1	0	0.0	13:12
Pavel Dorofeyev #16	R	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0.0	17:20
Ben Hutton #17	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	3	0	0.0	19:20
Brayden McNabb #3	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	17:57
Jeremy Lauzon #5	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	3	5	0.0	13:31

Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Akira Schmid #40	L	25	20	5	.800	19/23	0/0	58:41

Calgary Flames

Flames skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Mikael Backlund #11	C	2	1	3	+2	5	0	0	0	50.0	19:24
Connor Zary #47	C	0	3	3	+2	1	0	1	0	100.0	16:14
MacKenzie Weegar #52	D	0	3	3	+2	2	3	3	0	0.0	22:51
Blake Coleman #20	L	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	0.0	17:00
Joel Farabee #86	L	1	0	1	+1	2	1	2	0	50.0	16:29
Jonathan Huberdeau #10	L	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	15:00
Ryan Lomberg #70	L	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	5	0.0	10:50
Adam Klapka #43	R	1	0	1	+1	1	6	0	0	0.0	12:47
John Beecher #18	C	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	42.9	10:36
Yan Kuznetsov #37	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	2	0.0	22:38
Morgan Frost #16	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	57.1	13:45
Nazem Kadri #91	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	58.3	15:33
Yegor Sharangovich #17	C	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	50.0	16:36
Matt Coronato #27	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	100.0	13:13
Hunter Brzustewicz #48	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	14:39
Joel Hanley #44	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	14:05
Kevin Bahl #7	D	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	0.0	23:24
Rasmus Andersson #4	D	0	0	0	+2	1	1	2	0	0.0	22:43

Flames goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Devin Cooley #1	W	37	34	3	.919	32/34	2/3	60:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.