Nashville Predators vs. Calgary FlamesJan 3, 2026

FinalSaturday, Jan 3, 2026· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	2	1	1	4		NSH	16	13	7	36
CGY	2	0	1	3		CGY	11	3	9	23

: NSH 63CGY 52
: NSH 2.98CGY 1.96
PP goals: NSH 0CGY 0
Hits: NSH 23CGY 26
Blocks: NSH 15CGY 12
PIM: NSH 28CGY 26
: NSH 58%CGY 42%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Nashville Predators edge Calgary Flames 4–3

Nashville Predators beat Calgary Flames 4–3 at CGY. Michael Bunting (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 3A. New look for NSH: Stamkos–Haula–Bunting skated 9:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Michael Bunting had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 16:23.Bunting
Points
Erik Haula had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:29.Haula
Points
Matt Coronato had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:00.Coronato
Points
Steven Stamkos had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:11.Stamkos
New line
New look for NSH: Stamkos–Haula–Bunting skated 9:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stamkos Haula Bunting
New line
New look for NSH: O'Reilly–Forsberg–Evangelista skated 7:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'Reilly Forsberg Evangelista
Goalie
Dustin Wolf (CGY) faced 36 shots and stopped 32 (.889), +9 against a season average of 27.3; the loss.Wolf
Usage
John Beecher (CGY) played 3:06, −7:33 down on his 10:39 season average over 34 games.Beecher

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← NSH attacks left (bottom on phones)CGY attacks right (top on phones) →

CGY
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · CGY 52 · NSH 63

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

CGY
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CGY pressure
NSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NSH 42% of the game, CGY 30%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

CGY

NSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

CGY skaters (rows) against NSH skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the CGY side.

Matchup matrix

CGY xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NSH	CGY
	71	55
	3.31	1.94
	3.20	1.89
	13	8
	1	4
	25	26
	+0.039	−0.039
	42%	30%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Nashville Predators

L1Stamkos – Haula – Bunting
9:3756% CF
L2O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
7:5959% CF
L3McCarron – Smith – Schaefer
7:4650% CF
D1Josi – Perbix
13:4139% CF
D2Hague – Blankenburg
11:2971% CF
D3Skjei – Wilsby
10:2959% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
0:54
PP2Haula – Skjei – Bunting – Svechkov – Blankenburg
0:470% CF
PK1FMcCarron – Smith
1:41
PK2FO'Reilly – Haula
0:33
PK1DSkjei – Perbix
1:32
PK2DHague – Blankenburg
0:30

Current NSH line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Backlund – Coleman – Coronato
13:2345% CF
L2Kadri – Farabee – Sharangovich
5:4450% CF
L3Huberdeau – Frost – Klapka
4:4433% CF
L4Lomberg – Beecher – Zary
2:0380% CF
D1Andersson – Bahl
20:4348% CF
D2Weegar – Kuznetsov
17:3946% CF
D3Hanley – Brzustewicz
9:2038% CF

PP1Kadri – Huberdeau – Andersson – Frost – Coronato
1:4650% CF
PP2Backlund – Coleman – Weegar – Sharangovich – Zary
1:41100% CF
PK1FColeman – Sharangovich
0:39
PK2FHuberdeau – Farabee
0:37
PK1DWeegar – Kuznetsov
0:58
PK2DHanley – Andersson
0:43

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Erik Haula L	L1	2	0	2	+1	6	0.51	0	0	2	18:29	—	—	66	87
Steven Stamkos C	L1	0	2	2	+3	2	0.36	3	1	0	18:11	—	—	53	74
Michael Bunting L	L1	1	3	4	+3	2	0.19	0	0	2	16:23	—	—	62	77
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.35	0	2	0	18:50	—	—	54	46
Filip Forsberg L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	2	0	0	18:15	—	—	53	55
Luke Evangelista R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:33	—	—	56	38
Cole Smith R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	7	1	5	17:33	—	—	57	78
Michael McCarron C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	2	0	12	12:39	—	—	56	48
Reid Schaefer L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.53	4	1	0	12:23	—	—	73	80
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	1	0	22:52	—	—	48	65
Nick Perbix D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.13	2	4	0	20:09	—	—	39	53
Nicolas Hague D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	0	1	5	18:21	—	—	73	90
Nick Blankenburg D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	1	1	0	16:16	—	—	75	94
Brady Skjei D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	1	0	0	18:29	—	—	64	50
Adam Wilsby D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	1	0	14:43	—	—	56	41
Tyson Jost C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	12:39	—	—	56	62
Fedor Svechkov C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	10:46	—	—	29	33
Justin Barron D	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:29	—	—	53	40

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	23	20	3	.870	1.96	60:00

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Blake Coleman L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.33	4	1	2	18:49	—	—	42	49
Matt Coronato R	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.09	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	42	51
Mikael Backlund C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.20	0	0	0	17:57	—	—	50	58
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	0	1	0	22:00	—	—	41	17
Yegor Sharangovich C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	0	0	0	16:21	—	—	52	54
Joel Farabee L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:26	—	—	44	18
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	18:30	—	—	29	17
Morgan Frost C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	37	24
Adam Klapka R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	8	0	0	14:59	—	—	35	21
Connor Zary C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	0	0	0	11:32	—	—	61	46
Ryan Lomberg L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	5	7:28	—	—	46	33
John Beecher C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	17	3:06	—	—	50	61
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.19	0	2	0	26:06	—	—	46	45
Kevin Bahl D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	6	3	2	22:30	—	—	45	45
MacKenzie Weegar D	D2	0	1	1	-2	4	0.11	2	0	0	23:32	—	—	44	35
Yan Kuznetsov D	D2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.11	2	4	0	21:16	—	—	44	35
Joel Hanley D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:31	—	—	38	15
Hunter Brzustewicz D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:53	—	—	39	14

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Wolf(start)	L	36	32	4	.889	2.98	59:37

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Yan Kuznetsov (CGY) 1st 1:56 · assists MacKenzie Weegar, Jonathan Huberdeau · Off the faceoff · 69.8 mph shot.

Yan Kuznetsov · 1st 1:56 · CGY

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 69.8 mph
Distance: 60 ft
Type: one-timer

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Erik Haula · 1st 11:19 · NSH

Play: cycle
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 15.7 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 6.8 s

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Erik Haula · 1st 12:52 · NSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.0 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Rasmus Andersson · 1st 13:41 · CGY

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.8 mph
Distance: 14 ft

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Michael Bunting · 2nd 4:08 · NSH

Play: rebound
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.9 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 5.7 s
Type: rebound

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Blake Coleman · 3rd 12:49 · CGY

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 20.0 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 7.4 s

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Nicolas Hague · 3rd 19:31 · NSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 79.7 mph
Distance: 57 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Nashville Predators vs. Calgary FlamesJan 3, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Nashville Predators edge Calgary Flames 4–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Nashville Predators

Calgary Flames

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Nashville Predators

Calgary Flames

Goal anatomy

Yan Kuznetsov · 1st 1:56 · CGY

Erik Haula · 1st 11:19 · NSH

Erik Haula · 1st 12:52 · NSH

Rasmus Andersson · 1st 13:41 · CGY

Michael Bunting · 2nd 4:08 · NSH

Blake Coleman · 3rd 12:49 · CGY

Nicolas Hague · 3rd 19:31 · NSH