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San Jose Sharks vs Calgary Flames

Regular season · Tuesday, December 29, 2026 · Scotiabank Saddledome

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Calgary FlamesCalgaryFlamesHome

SNW · NBCSCA

Game preview

The San Jose Sharks visit the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome on Tuesday, December 29, 2026, with puck drop at 8:00 PM ET. The game is on SNW and NBCSCA.

This is the third of 4 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Sharks

Game 2 of a road trip: Winnipeg, now Calgary.

  1. 192026-12-19: at VAN
  2. 202026-12-20: no game
  3. 212026-12-21: no game
  4. 222026-12-22: at SEA
  5. 232026-12-23: no game
  6. 242026-12-24: no game
  7. 252026-12-25: no game
  8. 262026-12-26: vs VGK
  9. 272026-12-27: no game
  10. 282026-12-28: at WPG
  11. 292026-12-29: at CGY, second of a back-to-backB2B
rest since last game
0 days
rest since last game
since last game
~746 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~2,247 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
+1 h
body clock vs home

Flames

Another game at home.

  1. 192026-12-19: at FLA
  2. 202026-12-20: no game
  3. 212026-12-21: no game
  4. 222026-12-22: at DAL
  5. 232026-12-23: no game
  6. 242026-12-24: no game
  7. 252026-12-25: no game
  8. 262026-12-26: vs VAN
  9. 272026-12-27: no game
  10. 282026-12-28: no game
  11. 292026-12-29: vs SJS
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~0 mi
since last game
road trip
–
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

San Jose SharksSharksTue, Oct 13 vs BOS
  1. L1NewChernyshov#92Smith#2Celebrini#71
    11:30 together at 5v5
  2. L2NewMarchment#27Toffoli#73Wennberg#21
    10:36 together at 5v5
  3. L3NewSherwood#44Stenberg#41Misa#77
    8:19 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewGoodrow#23Ostapchuk#63Graf#51
    7:02 together at 5v5
  1. D1Trouba#65Dickinson#6
    14:31 together at 5v5
  2. D2Nurse#25Kesselring#7
    11:57 together at 5v5
  3. D3Orlov#9Cagnoni#42
    9:55 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Stenberg LWennberg CSmith CCelebrini CCagnoni D2:34
  2. 2Marchment LChernyshov LToffoli CMisa COrlov D1:08

Penalty kill

  1. 1Goodrow CGraf RTrouba DNurse D1:27
  2. 2Sherwood LOstapchuk CNurse DKesselring D0:49
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

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

SJSCGY

Settled lines

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

SJS 71% (12th most settled)CGY 69% (16th 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

SJS 1:59 left (8th earliest · 15 pulls)CGY 1:35 left (8th latest · 17 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

SJS 51.3s (2nd longest)CGY 44.8s (2nd shortest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

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

SJS 33% (7th most often)CGY 24% (2nd least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series