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Calgary Flames vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Saturday, December 19, 2026 · Amerant Bank Arena

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Game preview

The Calgary Flames visit the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena on Saturday, December 19, 2026, with puck drop at 1:00 PM ET. The game is on SN and SCRIPPS.

This is the first of 2 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Flames

Game 5 of a road trip: NY Islanders, Philadelphia, Buffalo and Tampa Bay, now Florida.

  1. 92026-12-09: no game
  2. 102026-12-10: at NYI
  3. 112026-12-11: at PHI, second of a back-to-backB2B
  4. 122026-12-12: no game
  5. 132026-12-13: no game
  6. 142026-12-14: no game
  7. 152026-12-15: at BUF
  8. 162026-12-16: no game
  9. 172026-12-17: at TBL
  10. 182026-12-18: no game
  11. 192026-12-19: at FLA
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~179 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~3,643 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
+2 h
body clock vs home

Panthers

First home game after a 3-game road trip (Detroit, Philadelphia and Boston).

  1. 92026-12-09: no game
  2. 102026-12-10: vs PIT
  3. 112026-12-11: no game
  4. 122026-12-12: at DET
  5. 132026-12-13: no game
  6. 142026-12-14: at PHI
  7. 152026-12-15: at BOS, second of a back-to-backB2B
  8. 162026-12-16: no game
  9. 172026-12-17: no game
  10. 182026-12-18: no game
  11. 192026-12-19: vs CGY
rest since last game
3 days
rest since last game
since last game
~1,237 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~3,083 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

Calgary FlamesFlamesTue, Oct 13 at ANA
  1. L1Farabee#86Backlund#11Sharangovich#17
    10:49 together at 5v5
  2. L2Suniev#61Frost#16Coronato#27
    9:55 together at 5v5
  3. L3Strome#22Pospisil#76Gridin#92
    9:17 together at 5v5
  4. L4Castagna#38Klapka#43Tsyplakov#72
    5:46 together at 5v5
  1. D1Whitecloud#28Kuznetsov#37
    14:17 together at 5v5
  2. D2Bahl#7Nemec#71
    13:21 together at 5v5
  3. D3Middleton#55Parekh#19
    10:45 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Farabee LFrost CCoronato RGridin RParekh D1:30

Penalty kill

  1. 1Farabee LBacklund CWhitecloud DBahl D2:43
  2. 2Farabee LPospisil CMiddleton DWhitecloud D0:42
Florida PanthersPanthersTue, Oct 13 at CBJ
  1. L1Vilmanis#95Luostarinen#27Lundell#15
    9:55 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewEller#20Verhaeghe#23Reinhart#13
    9:43 together at 5v5
  3. L3Tkachuk#19Tkachuk#8Bennett#9
    7:58 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewImama#14Lafferty#18Hathaway#21
    7:54 together at 5v5
  1. D1Ekblad#5Forsling#42
    12:58 together at 5v5
  2. D2Jones#3Mikkola#77
    11:55 together at 5v5
  3. D3NewKulikov#7Balinskis#26
    11:24 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Tkachuk LTkachuk LVerhaeghe CReinhart CJones D4:55
  2. 2Eller CBennett CLuostarinen CLundell CEkblad D2:58

Penalty kill

  1. 1Luostarinen CLundell CEkblad DForsling D0:57
  2. 2Eller CHathaway RJones DMikkola D0:37

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

CGYFLA

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

CGY 69% (16th most settled)FLA 72% (7th most settled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

CGY 1:35 left (8th latest · 17 pulls)FLA 2:30 left (2nd earliest · 15 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

CGY 44.8s (2nd shortest)FLA 47.4s (10th shortest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

CGY 24% (2nd least often)FLA 27% (10th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series