{"id":381349,"date":"2026-01-01T11:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T11:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/381349\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T11:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T11:14:08","slug":"flames-game-day-40-closing-out-2025-against-the-flyers-730pm-mt-sn1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/381349\/","title":{"rendered":"Flames Game Day 40: Closing out 2025 against the Flyers (7:30pm MT, SN1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a pretty rough start to the season, the\u00a0Calgary Flames (17-18-4, 38 points) could get back to the .500 mark when they host the\u00a0Philadelphia Flyers (20-11-7, 47 points) in their final game of 2025 \u2013 aptly, taking place on the final day of 2025. The Flames were the NHL\u2019s last-place team as recently as Dec. 4\u2026 but they\u2019ve really put together a nice run of play and they\u2019re facing a team on the second half of a back-to-back with travel. We\u2019ll see if they can take advantage of the opportunity in front of them.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s broadcast begins at 7:30 p.m. MT on Sportsnet One and Sportsnet 960 The Fan.<\/p>\n<p>The Flames<\/p>\n<p>Yegor Sharangovich \u2013 Nazem Kadri \u2013 Joel Farabee<br \/>Jonathan Huberdeau \u2013 Morgan Frost \u2013 Connor Zary<br \/>Blake Coleman \u2013 Mikael Backlund \u2013 Matt Coronato<br \/>Ryan Lomberg \u2013 John Beecher \u2013 Adam Klapka<\/p>\n<p>Yan Kuznetsov \u2013 MacKenzie Weegar<br \/>Kevin Bahl \u2013 Rasmus Andersson<br \/>Joel Hanley \u2013 Hunter Brzustewicz<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re projecting Dustin Wolf to start in net, backed up by Devin Cooley. The projected extra skaters are Justin Kirkland and Brayden Pachal. Interestingly enough, this will be Yan Kuznetsov\u2019s 26th game of the season, meaning that 2025-26 will be his last year of rookie eligibility \u2013 and so you can probably say he\u2019s graduated from being a prospect and he\u2019s now an NHLer.<\/p>\n<p>Since Nov. 2, the Flames are 15-9-2, and that includes going 10-2-1 on home ice. So yeah, they\u2019ve managed to mostly climb out of the chasm they fell into back in October\u2026 but it\u2019s largely on the basis of them being a strong team at the Saddledome. Their two leading scorers during this run have been Nazem Kadri and Rasmus Andersson, both with 21 points in 26 games, but Mikael Backlund is right behind them with 18 points.<\/p>\n<p>The Flames don\u2019t have huge offensive weapons. But they\u2019re a team that knows what style they need to play to have a chance to win games, and they\u2019ve played that style really consistently over the past couple of months.<\/p>\n<p>The Flyers<\/p>\n<p>Trevor Zegras \u2013 Christian Dvorak \u2013 Travis Konecny<br \/>Denver Barkey \u2013 Sean Couturier \u2013 Owen Tippett<br \/>Matvei Michkov \u2013 Noah Cates \u2013 Bobby Brink<br \/>Carl Grundstrom \u2013 Rodrigo Abols \u2013 Nikita Grebenkin<\/p>\n<p>Cam York \u2013 Travis Sanheim<br \/>Emil Andrae \u2013 Jamie Drysdale<br \/>Nick Seeler \u2013 Rasmus Ristolainen<\/p>\n<p>It sounds like we will not get the Dan Vladar Revenge Game, as the former Flames netminder played in Vancouver on Tuesday night and so Samuel Ersson likely starts against the Flames. Tuesday\u2019s extras were Garnet Hathaway, Nicolas Deslauriers and Noah Juulsen, so we\u2019ll see if any of them rotate in against Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>The Flyers have been playing pretty good hockey lately, most recently beating Vancouver by a 6-3 score. They\u2019re an interesting mix of youngsters and savvy veterans, and while they\u2019re not quite world-beaters yet\u2026 they\u2019re a pretty good hockey team. Even on the second night of a back-to-back set.<\/p>\n<p>Unavailable players<\/p>\n<p>The Flames are without Martin Pospisil, Zayne Parekh, Sam Honzek and Jake Bean.<\/p>\n<p>The Flyers are without Tyson Foerster.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers<\/p>\n<p>Flames<\/p>\n<p>Flyers<\/p>\n<p>17<\/p>\n<p>Wins<\/p>\n<p>20<\/p>\n<p>38 (.487)<\/p>\n<p>Points (%)<\/p>\n<p>47 (.618)<\/p>\n<p>51.2%<br \/>(11th)<\/p>\n<p>xGF%<\/p>\n<p>49.7%<br \/>(18th)<\/p>\n<p>13.6%<br \/>(32nd)<\/p>\n<p>PP%<\/p>\n<p>16.2%<br \/>(25th)<\/p>\n<p>80.6%<br \/>(14th)<\/p>\n<p>PK%<\/p>\n<p>83.1%<br \/>(6th)<\/p>\n<p>Head to head<\/p>\n<p>This is the second of two meetings between these teams this season. 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