Vegas Golden Knights vs Calgary Flames

Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 2025 · Scotiabank Saddledome

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3–6

Final

SOG 37–26

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Game summary

The Calgary Flames beat the Vegas Golden Knights 6-3 on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Golden Knights outshot the Flames 37-26.

Mikael Backlund scored twice. Adam Klapka, Reilly Smith, Ryan Lomberg, Joel Farabee, Kaedan Korczak, Mark Stone and Jonathan Huberdeau also scored.

Devin Cooley made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Akira Schmid stopped 20 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	1	1	1	3	37
CGY	3	2	1	6	26

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Mikael Backlund (8)Blake Coleman (6), Connor Zary (4)0–103:54 CGY
Adam Klapka (3)Yan Kuznetsov (4), MacKenzie Weegar (7)McNabb 1:07 into shift0–208:42 CGY
Reilly Smith (4)Mark Stone (20), Zach Whitecloud (4)1–210:03 VGK
Ryan Lomberg (2)Connor Zary (5), John Beecher (2)1–315:45 CGY

2nd period

Mikael Backlund (9)MacKenzie Weegar (8), Connor Zary (6)Howden 1:13 into shift1–408:38 CGY
Joel Farabee (9)MacKenzie Weegar (9)Hanifin 1:53 into shift1–512:21 CGY · SHG
Kaedan Korczak (3)Mitch Marner (27), Tomas Hertl (11)2–514:34 VGK

3rd period

Mark Stone (7)Noah Hanifin (5), Mitch Marner (28)3–516:03 VGK · PPG
Jonathan Huberdeau (7)Mikael Backlund (12), Blake Coleman (7)3–619:15 CGY · EN

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:53

1–5 · 2nd 12:21 · Farabee. Hanifin was 1:53 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVGK on iceCGY on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 CGY

1st 3:54 · Backlund

Barbashev 0:39

Fresh legsBarbashev 0:39

0–2 CGY

1st 8:42 · Klapka

Long shift: McNabb 1:07

Long shiftMcNabb 1:07

1–2 VGK

1st 10:03 · Smith

Bahl 0:21

Fresh legsBahl 0:21

1–3 CGY

1st 15:45 · Lomberg

Stone 0:55

NormalStone 0:55

1–4 CGY

2nd 8:38 · Backlund

Long shift: Howden 1:13

Long shiftHowden 1:13

1–5 CGY

2nd 12:21 · SH · Farabee

Stuck out there: Hanifin 1:53

Stuck out thereHanifin 1:53

2–5 VGK

2nd 14:34 · Korczak

Weegar 0:38

Fresh legsWeegar 0:38

3–5 VGK

3rd 16:03 · PP · Stone

Backlund 0:13

Fresh legsBacklund 0:13

3–6 CGY

3rd 19:15 · EN · Huberdeau

Hanifin 1:35

Empty netHanifin 1:35

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

VGKCGY

37Shots on goal26

48%Faceoff %52%

1/2Power play0/0

5Penalty minutes9

27Hits14

13Blocked shots12

15Giveaways9

4Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 15:49Ryan Lomberg · fighting5 min
1st 15:49Jeremy Lauzon · fighting5 min
2nd 11:07Morgan Frost · tripping2 min
3rd 15:50Yan Kuznetsov · high sticking2 min

Season series

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

61Mark StoneR	1	1	2	-2	3	0	0	0	–	15:41
93Mitch MarnerR	0	2	2	-3	1	0	0	0	50	19:01
19Reilly SmithR	1	0	1	-1	2	0	2	0	–	13:46
48Tomas HertlC	0	1	1	-2	6	0	0	0	35	18:59
2Zach WhitecloudD	0	1	1	-1	1	2	1	0	–	19:44
6Kaedan KorczakD	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	21:08
15Noah HanifinD	0	1	1	-2	4	1	0	0	–	24:39
10Colton SissonsC	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	60	12:32
16Pavel DorofeyevR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	17:20
20Brandon SaadL	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	–	16:16
21Brett HowdenC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	67	13:51
23Cole ReinhardtL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	100	12:39
42Braeden BowmanR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	100	14:47
49Ivan BarbashevL	0	0	0	-2	3	3	0	0	25	16:56
55Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	0	1	8	1	0	–	13:12
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	17:57
5Jeremy LauzonD	0	0	0	-1	0	4	3	5	–	13:31
17Ben HuttonD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	3	0	–	19:20

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Akira SchmidG	L	25	20	5	.800	58:41
79Carter HartG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Calgary Flames

Calgary Flames skaters

11Mikael BacklundC	2	1	3	+2	5	0	0	0	50	19:24
47Connor ZaryC	0	3	3	+2	1	0	1	0	100	16:14
52MacKenzie WeegarD	0	3	3	+2	2	3	3	0	–	22:51
20Blake ColemanL	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	–	17:00
10Jonathan HuberdeauL	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	15:00
18John BeecherC	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	43	10:36
43Adam KlapkaR	1	0	1	+1	1	6	0	0	–	12:47
70Ryan LombergL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	5	–	10:50
86Joel FarabeeL	1	0	1	+1	2	1	2	0	50	16:29
37Yan KuznetsovD	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	2	–	22:38
16Morgan FrostC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	57	13:45
17Yegor SharangovichC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	50	16:36
27Matt CoronatoR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	100	13:13
91Nazem KadriC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	58	15:33
4Rasmus AnderssonD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	2	0	–	22:43
7Kevin BahlD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	–	23:24
44Joel HanleyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	14:05
48Hunter BrzustewiczD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	14:39

Calgary Flames goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Devin CooleyG	W	37	34	3	.919	60:00
32Dustin WolfG		0	0	0	–	00:00