It’s true the Seattle Kraken were facing the Calgary Flames, a team
expected by most prognosticators to be at the bottom of the NHL standings
this season and competing for a top draft pick. It’s also true tonight was
just the first of a long 84-game season.
But make no mistake: the Kraken couldn’t have been much more dominant than
they were in a season-opening 6-1 victory, kicking off year No. 2 of the
Lane Lambert era with a bang.
“It’s good to see us start that way,” Vince Dunn said p...
Welcome to Instant Reaction, where we give you our instant reaction to tonight’s Calgary Flames game and ask our readers to do the same in the comments section below! The Calgary Flames opened their 2026-27 regular season schedule on Thursday night when they hosted the Seattle Kraken at the Scotiabank Saddledome. It wasn’t a great…
The Seattle Kraken (0-0-0) face the Calgary Flames (0-0-0) at Scotiabank Saddledome on Thursday night in NHL action. How to Watch Kraken vs Flames Seattle begins the season looking to improve on a 34-37-11 record that left it outside the…
The AHL’s Calgary Wranglers have agreed to terms with veteran defenseman Derek Forbort on a professional tryout contract, the club announced Thursday afternoon. Forbort, 34, rejoins the Flames organization after spending the previous two seasons with the Vancouver Canucks. The 6’4″ left-shot defender appeared in the first two games of the 2025-26 regular season with…
A former Vancouver Canucks defenceman has found a new opportunity. According to the Calgary Wranglers’ X account, they have signed defenceman Derek Forbort to an American Hockey League Professional Tryout Contract. Tell a friend to tell a friend, HE'S BAAAACK 🔥 The Wranglers have added former NHLFlames Derek Forbort to the roster on a…
Forbort previously played for the Flames during the 2019-20 season.
The 2026-27 season kicks off tonight at the Scotiabank Saddledome when the Calgary Flames take on their bitter rival in the Seattle Kraken. And with the start of a new season comes predictions. Now is the perfect time to get the Daily Faceoff Calgary team – Ryan Pike, Ryan Pinder, Cynthia Ryley Delaney, Adrian Kiss,…
Morgan Frost is coming off his most productive season yet after eclipsing the 20-goal mark for the first time in his career. He added 21 assists for 43 points, his…
Friends, it’s time for games to start counting. The Calgary Flames (0-0-0, 0 points) kick off the 2026-27 regular season with a home game against the Seattle Kraken (0-0-0, 0 points). It’s the first of the final 42 home games at the Scotiabank Saddledome, and one of several clashes between the Flames and their newest divisional rival. Coming…
Craig Conroy has been one of the busiest general managers in the NHL since replacing Brad Treliving in 2023. It’s wild to see the high number of quality NHL players that have been moved out of the organization. Elias Lindholm, Tyler Toffoli, Nazem Kadri, Andrew Mangiapane, Blake Coleman, Noah Hanifin, Chris Tanev, Nikita Zadorov, Rasmus…
The 2025-26 season was a bit weird for the Calgary Flames. The season began with the hockey world wondering if the Flames could somehow get that one additional point that kept them out of the playoffs the prior season. After the team got out of the gates slowly, the club opted to instead accelerate their…
The Philadelphia Flyers have a new name on their radar after missing out on Kirill Marchenko. Daily Faceoff's Anthony Di Marco reports Philadelphia is keeping an eye on Calgary Flames defenseman Zach Whitecloud as it continues looking for size on the back end. "A defenseman with a similar archetype of Zach Whitecloud of the Calgary Flames is something the Flyers would be looking for," Di Marco wrote, adding that the search for defensive depth isn't currently a top priority for the team. ...
Kraken vs. Flames preview: Seattle opens its 2026-27 season Thursday at 9 p.m. ET in Calgary after beating the Flames twice in the preseason. What to know.
The Battle of Alberta isn’t much of a battle nowadays. Sure, the Calgary Flames took three of four games from the Edmonton Oilers last season, but after missing the playoffs with 96 points in 2024-25, the Flames bottomed out and finished with 77 points, the third-fewest in the National Hockey League in 2025-26. While they…
Hockey is officially back, as the National Hockey League kicked off on Tuesday evening. While the Flames don’t begin their season until Thursday evening, their prospects in the Canadian Hockey League and overseas have been playing for a few weeks now. This past week has been a big one for a few of their prospects,…
The Vancouver Canucks kicked off their 2026-27 season with a 6-5 overtime victory over the Edmonton Oilers. After finishing with the fewest points in the National Hockey League last season, the same is expected of the Canucks yet again. Like the Calgary Flames, they’re a rebuilding team looking to accumulate young talent for their upcoming…
The Calgary Flames’ leadership group is set for the 2026-27 season. On Wednesday morning, the team announced who’ll wear the C and the two As. Mikael Backlund resumes his captaincy, while Jonathan Huberdeau and Zach Whitecloud will serve as alternates. While Huberdeau is injured, the second alternate will rotate between Jake Middleton, Ryan Strome, and…
The roster for the Calgary Flames always takes a slightly different shape each fall, and this fall there are some young players looking to make a statement early. What better way to make a statement than to be the first goalscorer of the year? Over the years, a variety of players have started the scoring…
The Edmonton Oilers lost their season opener for the fourth consecutive season Tuesday night. They lost 8-1 in Vancouver in October 2023, and were pumped 6-0 at home to Winnipeg in 2024, blew a 3-0 lead and lost 4-3 in a home shootout to Calgary last year, and lost 6-5 in OT to Vancouver last…
Given a fresh opportunity after being traded by the New York Rangers last March, Brennan Othmann opens a season on […]
On May 23, 2023, the Calgary Flames named assistant general manager Craig Conroy, a 1,009 National Hockey League veteran as a player and budding club executive since his retirement in February 2011, as the club’s new general manager. In his very first press conference, Conroy discussed his team philosophy, including both the importance of getting…
Less than 24 hours after the Toronto Maple Leafs and Columbus Blue Jackets consummated their blockbuster Matthew Knies-for-Kirill Marchenko blockbuster, Sportsnet’s Eric Francis has reported that the Calgary Flames were also involved in the trade discussions, just not in a traditional way. According to Francis on Tuesday, Calgary was involved in the talks around Marchenko…
Brennan Othmann was traded to the Calgary Flames on March 6, 2026, from the New York Rangers in exchange for forward prospect Jacob Battaglia. Drafted with the 16th-overall pick in…
The Calgary Flames announced their 2026-27 season-opening roster on Monday afternoon. The roster contains 23 active players – two goaltenders, eight defencemen and 13 forwards – plus one player on the injury reserve list. External expectations may be low, but salary cap flexibility is very high – and that’s despite the Flames starting the season…
The Flames selected Harrington with the No. 38 pick in the 2026 NHL Draft.