Both Detroit goaltenders are on the injury list with return dates of today. Calgary is thirtieth and has won its last two. The prediction, the team news and the Canadian odds follow.
How to watch
| Detail | |
|---|---|
| Game | Detroit Red Wings at Calgary Flames |
| Date | Saturday 24 October 2026 |
| Puck drop | 10:00pm ET / 8:00pm MT |
| Venue | Scotiabank Saddledome |
| Records | Detroit 4-3-3, Calgary 3-6-0 |
What you can watch depends on where you are, because regional rights and blackouts both apply. The how to watch the NHL in Canada page has it by province.
Red Wings vs Flames odds
This game had not been priced in Canada at the time of writing. Boards for the night’s games go up on our NHL odds page as the books post them.
Calgary is thirtieth and has just beaten two playoff sides
The Flames are 3-6-0 with a goal difference of minus nineteen, second worst in the league. They have also won their last two: 3-2 against Carolina, the league leader, and 2-1 against Minnesota.
That is now three wins, and all three have come against good teams. The heavy defeats came against Vegas and Colorado, which is the opposite of what a club this far down the table usually does. Small sample. Consistent one.
Dustin Wolf has a .834 across five starts and Devin Cooley a .898 across four, and Cooley has started the last two. Jonathan Huberdeau is out until around 2 November and Mikael Backlund is listed with a return date of today.
How they compare
| 2025-26 | Detroit Red Wings | Calgary Flames |
|---|---|---|
| Record | 41-31-10 | 34-39-9 |
| Points | 92 | 77 |
| Goals for per game | 2.94 | 2.59 |
| Goals against per game | 3.15 | 3.16 |
| Power play | 22.6% | 16.2% |
| Penalty kill | 77.1% | 80.4% |
Detroit finished fifteen points clear of Calgary last season and scored a third of a goal a game more. Calgary had the better penalty kill and far the worse power play, at 16.2 per cent against 22.6.
Detroit has both goaltenders on the list and keeps reaching overtime
The Red Wings are 4-3-3 and won 5-2 in Vancouver on Thursday. Three of their ten games have gone past regulation and they have lost all three.
John Gibson is day to day and Daniil Tarasov is listed as out, both with return dates of today. Tarasov has the better numbers by a long way, a .940 across three starts against Gibson’s .871 across seven. Which of them is fit decides more here than the records do.
Marco Kasper is out until the end of the month and Simon Edvinsson is in a contract dispute. Mason Appleton is also unavailable.
Detroit has won the last five
| Date | Result | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Mar 2026 | Detroit 5-2 | Calgary |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Detroit 4-3 | Detroit |
| 1 Feb 2025 | Detroit 3-1 | Detroit |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Detroit 2-1 (OT) | Calgary |
| 17 Feb 2024 | Detroit 5-0 | Detroit |
Detroit has won the last five meetings and leads the all-time series 80 wins to 76. Two of those five were at the Saddledome.
Those five produced 7, 7, 4, 3 and 5 goals, an average of 5.2. Only two of the five cleared a line of 5.5, which makes this the lowest-scoring head-to-head on the card.
Team news
| Club | Player | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit | John Gibson | Day to day, with a return date of today |
| Detroit | Daniil Tarasov | Out, with a return date of today |
| Detroit | Marco Kasper | Out, upper body, to late October |
| Detroit | Mason Appleton | Out, undisclosed, on injured reserve |
| Detroit | Simon Edvinsson | Out, contract dispute |
| Calgary | Mikael Backlund | Out, upper body, with a return date of today |
| Calgary | Jonathan Huberdeau | Out, hip, to around 2 November |
| Calgary | Samuel Honzek | Out, lower body, on injured reserve |
Who starts in goal is an open question. Detroit Red Wings has split between Gibson (7 starts, .871) and Tarasov (3, .940), and Calgary Flames has split between Wolf (5 starts, .834) and Cooley (4, .898). Season rates say little about who takes the warm-up, and the market reprices as soon as a club names someone.
Everyone else’s absentees are on the NHL injury report.
Players to watch
Devin Cooley, Calgary. A .898 across four starts and the man who has taken the last two wins.
Daniil Tarasov, Detroit. A .940 across three starts, the best number in this game, and listed with a return date of today.
Dustin Wolf, Calgary. A .834 across five. Calgary’s season still turns on whether that is the goaltender or the club in front of him.
Score prediction
Detroit Red Wings 3-2 Calgary Flames. Detroit has won the last five meetings and Calgary has the worse goal difference by some way.
Red Wings vs Flames prediction
Detroit is the side we would take, with a caveat about the crease. The run against Calgary is five straight and the Flames are minus nineteen on the season.
The caveat matters. Both Detroit goaltenders carry a return date of today, so the net is genuinely unsettled, and Calgary has beaten Carolina and Minnesota inside a week. Our lean: Detroit, and the under if the total sits at 6 or higher. The last five meetings averaged 5.2 goals and three of them finished at five or fewer.
For how these two measure against the league, see the NHL power rankings. The NHL schedule covers the rest of Saturday’s games.
Puck drop is 10:00pm ET / 8:00pm MT on Saturday 24 October 2026 at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary.
Unsettled. John Gibson is day to day and Daniil Tarasov is listed as out, both with return dates of today. Tarasov has a .940 across three starts against Gibson’s .871 across seven.
Thirtieth in the league. The Flames are 3-6-0 with a goal difference of minus nineteen, though all three wins have come against playoff sides.
Detroit leads the all-time series 80 wins to 76 and has won the last five meetings.
Detroit to win 3-2, and the under if the total sits at 6 or higher.
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