The Minnesota Wild visit the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome on Thursday, October 22, 2026, with puck drop set for 9:00\u202fPM EDT.<\/p>\n
Matchup: Minnesota Wild (6-2-2, 14 points in 2026-27) at Calgary Flames (2-6-0, 4 points in 2026-27)<\/p>\n
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026<\/p>\n
Puck drop: 9:00\u202fPM EDT (7:00\u202fPM MDT local)<\/p>\n
Venue: Scotiabank Saddledome<\/p>\n
How to watch: CGY: SN1 \u00b7 MIN: MINNHL, Wild+<\/p>\n
Minnesota Wild News & Notes<\/p>\n
Minnesota opened its road trip with a 4-3 overtime loss in Edmonton on Oct. 20, undone by special teams. The Wild went 0-for-3 on the power play and surrendered three goals on five Oilers chances, including Evan Bouchard\u2019s winner 3:32 into overtime that followed a too-many-men penalty. Kirill Kaprizov and Ryan Hartman scored in the third period to erase a two-goal deficit. Jesper Wallstedt stopped 28 of 32 shots. Minnesota won 55.2 percent of its faceoffs but committed 20 giveaways.<\/p>\n
The trip to Calgary continues a stretch away from home that began with a 5-2 loss in Winnipeg on Oct. 13, the second half of a back-to-back. Kaprizov scored twice in the first period, the second on a Quinn Hughes point shot, before the Jets took over. Minnesota managed three shots in the second period after leading 13-7 on the shot clock, and Cole Perfetti\u2019s power-play goal put Winnipeg ahead for good. <\/p>\n
Calgary Flames News & Notes<\/p>\n
Calgary\u2019s forward group has been reshuffled in the past few days. Mikael Backlund is listed as day-to-day with an upper-body injury, and Sam Honzek has been placed on injured reserve. In a corresponding move, the Flames recalled Ben Jones from the AHL\u2019s Calgary Wranglers, bringing up a forward who had been producing at that level. The club also made what were described as intriguing lineup decisions ahead of its meeting with the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n
Head coach Ryan Huska\u2019s standing has become a talking point, with oddsmakers moving him up the list of coaches under pressure following Calgary\u2019s early-season results. Joel Farabee, meanwhile, has been publicly put on notice about a possible trade, and there has been speculation the organization could be lining up another significant roster shake-up. Off the ice, the Flames have teased gold-heavy \u201cHometown Remix\u201d uniforms. The Wranglers lost a third-period lead in Ontario and dropped a second straight game.<\/p>\n
Minnesota Wild Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Kirill Kaprizov \u2013 Joel Eriksson Ek \u2013 Matt Boldy<\/p>\n
Line 2: Blake Coleman \u2013 Ryan Hartman \u2013 Bobby Brink<\/p>\n
Line 3: Yakov Trenin \u2013 Danila Yurov \u2013 Maxim Shabanov<\/p>\n
Line 4: Nico Sturm \u2013 Michael McCarron \u2013 Tyler Pitlick<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Quinn Hughes \u2013 Jonas Brodin<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Daemon Hunt \u2013 Zach Bogosian<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Matt Kiersted \u2013 David Spacek<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Jesper Wallstedt \u2013 Calvin Pickard<\/p>\n
Minnesota Wild Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Maxim Shabanov \u2013 Joel Eriksson Ek \u2013 Kirill Kaprizov \u2013 Quinn Hughes \u2013 Matt Boldy<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Blake Coleman \u2013 Ryan Hartman \u2013 Danila Yurov \u2013 Bobby Brink \u2013 Quinn Hughes<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Michael McCarron \u2013 Blake Coleman \u2013 Jonas Brodin \u2013 Zach Bogosian<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Joel Eriksson Ek \u2013 Matt Boldy \u2013 Matt Kiersted \u2013 Daemon Hunt<\/p>\n
Calgary Flames Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Joel Farabee \u2013 Mikael Backlund \u2013 Matt Coronato<\/p>\n
Line 2: Aydar Suniev \u2013 Morgan Frost \u2013 Yegor Sharangovich<\/p>\n
Line 3: Matvei Gridin \u2013 Martin Pospisil \u2013 Ryan Strome<\/p>\n
Line 4: Brennan Othmann \u2013 Jonathan Castagna \u2013 Adam Klapka<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Kevin Bahl \u2013 Simon Nemec<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Jacob Middleton \u2013 Zach Whitecloud<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Yan Kuznetsov \u2013 Zayne Parekh<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Devin Cooley \u2013 Dustin Wolf<\/p>\n
Calgary Flames Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Joel Farabee \u2013 Morgan Frost \u2013 Matt Coronato \u2013 Matvei Gridin \u2013 Zayne Parekh<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Adam Klapka \u2013 Ryan Strome \u2013 Aydar Suniev \u2013 Simon Nemec \u2013 Yegor Sharangovich<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Mikael Backlund \u2013 Jonathan Castagna \u2013 Jacob Middleton \u2013 Zach Whitecloud<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Martin Pospisil \u2013 Yegor Sharangovich \u2013 Yan Kuznetsov \u2013 Kevin Bahl<\/p>\n
Players To Watch<\/p>\n
Joel Eriksson Ek \u2014 Minnesota Wild<\/p>\n
Eriksson Ek fired eight shots in 22:45 last time out and scored once, and the underlying work backs it up: Box Score Junkie has him at 64.3% Corsi-for with 78.2 shot attempts for per 60 this season to date. He\u2019s also two goals on 6.5 expected, so the shots-on-goal prop looks like the safer play than the goal.<\/p>\n
Yegor Sharangovich \u2014 Calgary Flames<\/p>\n
Sharangovich put six shots on net in 16:42 last game and buried one of them. Box Score Junkie credits him with a 57.6% Corsi-for and 72.0 shot attempts for per 60 through the 2026-27 season so far, with two goals on 2.0 expected. No luck inflating that, just steady volume worth a shots-prop look.<\/p>\n
Injury Report<\/p>\n
Minnesota Wild<\/p>\n
Olli Maatta (D) \u2014 Out, Upper Body, expected back Tuesday, October 27<\/p>\n
Jared Spurgeon (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Tuesday, October 27<\/p>\n
Filip Gustavsson (G) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Hip, expected back Thursday, November 19<\/p>\n
Marcus Foligno (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Thursday, October 29<\/p>\n
Nick Foligno (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Thursday, October 29<\/p>\n
Brock Faber (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Skull, expected back Tuesday, November 3<\/p>\n
Calgary Flames<\/p>\n
Mikael Backlund (C) \u2014 Day-To-Day, Upper Body, expected back Thursday, October 22<\/p>\n
Samuel Honzek (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Wednesday, October 28<\/p>\n
Jonathan Huberdeau (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Hip, expected back Monday, November 2<\/p>\n
Next Up<\/p>\n
Minnesota Wild: visit the Seattle Kraken on Saturday, October 24.<\/p>\n
Calgary Flames: host the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday, October 24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minnesota Wild visit the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome on Thursday, October 22, 2026, with puck drop…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5118],"tags":[73000,26,5,5236,795,499,9296,537,3714,1740,161,38,5280,4,5573,1496,2029,4198,162,8155],"class_list":["post-692806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-minnesota-wild","tag-2026-27-nhl-regular-season","tag-calgary-flames","tag-hockey","tag-injury-report","tag-jesper-wallstedt","tag-joel-eriksson-ek","tag-joel-farabee","tag-kirill-kaprizov","tag-line-combinations","tag-mikael-backlund","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-wild","tag-minnesotawild","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-game-preview","tag-quinn-hughes","tag-ryan-hartman","tag-scotiabank-saddledome","tag-wild","tag-yegor-sharangovich"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/117485646936679282","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}