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Nashville Predators vs Calgary Flames

Regular season · Saturday, January 3, 2026 · Scotiabank Saddledome

Nashville PredatorsNashvillePredatorsAway

4–3

Final

SOG 36–23

Calgary FlamesCalgaryFlamesHome

SNW · CITY · FDSNSO

Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Predators outshot the Flames 36-23.

Erik Haula scored twice. Yan Kuznetsov, Rasmus Andersson, Michael Bunting, Blake Coleman and Nicolas Hague also scored.

Juuse Saros made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Dustin Wolf stopped 32 of 36.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Nashville PredatorsNSH211436
Calgary FlamesCGY201323

Three stars

  1. ★1st starMichael BuntingNSH · 1G 3A
  2. ★2nd starBlake ColemanCGY · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starNicolas HagueNSH · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:12

3–2 · 2nd 4:08 · Bunting. Coleman was 1:12 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNSH on iceCGY on ice

0–1 CGY

1st 1:56 · Kuznetsov

Bunting 0:37

1–1 NSH

1st 11:19 · Haula

Klapka 0:52

2–1 NSH

1st 12:52 · Haula

Sharangovich 0:55

2–2 CGY

1st 13:41 · Andersson

Josi 0:26

3–2 NSH

2nd 4:08 · Bunting

Long shift: Coleman 1:12

3–3 CGY

3rd 12:49 · Coleman

Wilsby 0:29

4–3 NSH

3rd 19:31 · Hague

Huberdeau 0:49

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

NSHCGY
36Shots on goal23
58%Faceoff %42%
0/1Power play0/2
28Penalty minutes26
23Hits26
15Blocked shots12
22Giveaways17
7Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 13:15Cole Smith · fighting5 min
  • 1st 13:15Ryan Lomberg · fighting5 min
  • 1st 13:15John Beecher · roughing2 min
  • 1st 13:15Michael McCarron · roughing2 min
  • 1st 13:15Michael McCarron · misconduct10 min
  • 1st 13:15John Beecher · misconduct10 min
  • 1st 15:20Kevin Bahl · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 06:57Fedor Svechkov · holding2 min
  • 2nd 09:52Nicolas Hague · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 09:52John Beecher · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 13:55Blake Coleman · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 13:55Michael Bunting · embellishment2 min
  • 3rd 02:05Erik Haula · high sticking2 min

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