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2025-26 regular season

Golden Knights at Flames

🗓 📍 Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary 🔁 Golden Knights lead the season series 2–1

Flames beat Golden Knights 6–3 at Scotiabank Saddledome on December 20, 2025.

VGK – CGY
37–26
Shots on goal
1/2–0/0
Power play
27–14
Hits
13–12
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🔥 CGY
Mikael Backlund
2 G, 1 A
5 shots · 19:24 TOI
2nd star 🔥 CGY
MacKenzie Weegar
3 A
2 shots · 22:51 TOI
3rd star 🔥 CGY
Devin Cooley
34 saves
0.919 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🔥 Mikael Backlund Go-ahead 1st · 03:54
Assists: Blake Coleman, Connor Zary · beat Akira Schmid
0–1
🔥 Adam Klapka 1st · 08:42
Assists: Yan Kuznetsov, MacKenzie Weegar · beat Akira Schmid
0–2
🎰 Reilly Smith 1st · 10:03
Assists: Mark Stone, Zach Whitecloud · beat Devin Cooley
1–2
🔥 Ryan Lomberg 1st · 15:45
Assists: Connor Zary, John Beecher · beat Akira Schmid
1–3
2nd period
🔥 Mikael Backlund 2nd · 08:38
Assists: MacKenzie Weegar, Connor Zary · beat Akira Schmid
1–4
🔥 Joel Farabee SH 2nd · 12:21
Assists: MacKenzie Weegar · beat Akira Schmid
1–5
🎰 Kaedan Korczak 2nd · 14:34
Assists: Mitchell Marner, Tomas Hertl · beat Devin Cooley
2–5
3rd period
🎰 Mark Stone PP 3rd · 16:03
Assists: Noah Hanifin, Mitchell Marner · beat Devin Cooley
3–5
🔥 Jonathan Huberdeau Empty net 3rd · 19:15
Assists: Mikael Backlund, Blake Coleman
3–6

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎰Golden Knights
L1 Dorofeyev · Hertl · Marner 18:59
L2 Saad · Barbashev · Stone 16:16
L3 Howden · Bowman · Smith 13:51
L4 Reinhardt · Sissons · Kolesar 12:39
D1 Hanifin · Korczak 22:54
D2 Whitecloud · Hutton 19:32
D3 McNabb · Lauzon 15:44
🔥Flames
L1 Backlund · Coleman · Sharangovich 17:00
L2 Farabee · Zary · Kadri 16:14
L3 Huberdeau · Frost · Coronato 13:45
L4 Lomberg · Beecher · Klapka 10:50
D1 Bahl · Weegar 23:08
D2 Andersson · Kuznetsov 22:40
D3 Brzustewicz · Hanley 14:22

Team stats

Away left · home right
🎰VGK CGY🔥
37 Shots on goal 26
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/0
27 Hits 14
13 Blocked shots 12
4 Takeaways 5
15 Giveaways 9
5 Penalty minutes 9
VGK shooting 8.1% (3/37) CGY shooting 23.1% (6/26)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎰Golden Knights
Akira Schmid
20/25
.800 SV% · 5 GA · 58:41 TOI
🔥Flames
Devin Cooley
34/37
.919 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Mikael Backlund · 1st 03:54 · 0–1 Adam Klapka · 1st 08:42 · 0–2 Reilly Smith · 1st 10:03 · 1–2 Ryan Lomberg · 1st 15:45 · 1–3 Mikael Backlund · 2nd 08:38 · 1–4 Joel Farabee · 2nd 12:21 · 1–5 Kaedan Korczak · 2nd 14:34 · 2–5 Mark Stone · 3rd 16:03 · 3–5 Jonathan Huberdeau · 3rd 19:15 · 3–6
VGK CGY
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–3
Golden Knights
Golden Knights — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-1-3 (20% win rate, 5 games)
Flames
Flames — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 2–5
Golden Knights
Golden Knights: no games found in this situation this year.
Flames
Flames — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Golden Knights lead the season series 2–1
Oct 182025 🔥CGY @ 🎰VGK 1–6 Oct 142025 🎰VGK @ 🔥CGY 4–2 Apr 152025 🎰VGK @ 🔥CGY 4–5 SO Apr 52025 🎰VGK @ 🔥CGY 3–2 OT Dec 292024 🔥CGY @ 🎰VGK 0–3
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Who won Golden Knights vs Flames on December 20, 2025?

Flames won 6–3. The final score was Golden Knights 3, Flames 6.

Who scored for Golden Knights?

Kaedan Korczak, Mark Stone, Reilly Smith.

Who scored for Flames?

Mikael Backlund (2), Adam Klapka, Joel Farabee, Jonathan Huberdeau, Ryan Lomberg.

How did the Golden Knights goalie play?

Akira Schmid made 20 saves on 25 shots (.800 save percentage).

How did the Flames goalie play?

Devin Cooley made 34 saves on 37 shots (.919 save percentage).

Where is Golden Knights vs Flames played?

At Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, the Flames home rink.

What is the Golden Knights vs Flames season series?

Golden Knights lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🎰 Golden Knights
BeforeDec 17 😈NJD @ 🎰VGK 2–1 AfterDec 21 🎰VGK @ 🛢️EDM 3–4
🔥 Flames
BeforeDec 18 🦑SEA @ 🔥CGY 2–4 AfterDec 23 🔥CGY @ 🛢️EDM 1–5
Also on December 20
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