The Calgary Flames certainly didn’t score a ton of goals in 2025.

Despite posting a perfectly reasonable 41-33-11 record in the 85 games they played between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 of the last full calendar year, the Flames finished with just 2.68 goals per game — the second-fewest in the entire National Hockey League over that span. Only the New Jersey Devils scored less often.

All told, the Flames found the back of the net 228 times in 2025. Blake Coleman scored their first goal of 2025, in a 5-3 loss to the Utah Hockey Club at the Saddledome on Jan. 2; Connor Zary tallied their 228th and final goal of the year to conclude a 5-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in the same building on Wednesday.

Not one single Flames player scored 30 goals in 2025. For comparison’s sake, Nathan MacKinnon has already scored 34 goals with the Colorado Avalanche in the first half of the 2025-26 season. The Flames’ leading point producer, Nazem Kadri, recorded 73 points in 85 games across 2025; only two other players eclipsed 50, and both just narrowly did so.

Exactly 10 Flames players reached double digits in goals in 2025. Here’s a brief look at which five of them tickled the twine the most — and whether we can expect more of the same from them in 2026.

First of all, it wouldn’t be right to talk about Coleman’s offensive prowess without also mentioning his most common running mate, Flames captain Mikael Backlund, who just missed out on a spot on the list himself with 18 goals in 79 games across 2025. Coleman and Backlund have been the Flames’ top two-way forward duo for the last half-decade, consistently doing a bang-up job of suppressing chances and boosting young players on their line while also chipping in more than their fair share in the offensive zone.

If there’s one word that best describes Coleman, it’s “crafty.” He’s fast, his motor never stops, and he has a habit of creating goals out of nowhere. There might not be a better player in the league at puckhandling with one hand on his stick. Coleman has great hand-eye coordination and offensive instincts, and while he’s scored a fair few highlight-reel goals during his Flames tenure, his sly little poke-check tally on Stuart Skinner in the 2025-26 season opener might sum up his year the best.

Coleman has one year left after this one at a highly reasonable $4.9 million cap hit. If the Flames do choose to move him at any point, he should command a hefty return. Until then, expect him to remain the model of consistency on Backlund’s wing.

Who else is surprised to learn that Sharangovich scored as many goals as Coleman in 2025? The streaky Belarusian has played seemingly everywhere in the Flames’ lineup over the past 12 months and has been one of a handful of forwards to be made an occasional healthy scratch by head coach Ryan Huska. Sportsnet analyst Kevin Bieksa singled out Sharangovich early in the 2025-26 season for what he perceived as a lack of effort in a blowout loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. It’s been a bit of a slog.

But here we are, with Sharangovich having noticeably picked up the pace of late on a new top-six line with Nazem Kadri and Joel Farabee. It’s easy to forget now, but Sharangovich also played an instrumental role in the Flames’ ultimately fruitless surge toward a playoff spot down the stretch in the 2024-25 season. And it shouldn’t be a surprise that his play improved again this season once he finally found a consistent spot in the Flames’ lineup instead of yo-yo’ing between the fourth line and the press box.

As much as his 31-goal season in 2023-24 looks like a bit of an outlier, Sharangovich isn’t just a one-year wonder. After all, he scored 24 goals with the New Jersey Devils two years prior to his arrival in Calgary. If he can hold onto his spot in the top six — while scoring a few more highlight-reel goals like the one below — Sharangovich’s $5.75 million cap hit might start to look a tiny bit more reasonable.

Huberdeau may have scored 20 goals in 2025, but he netted the fewest even-strength goals of any of the players on this list, with just nine. However, he led the Flames with six game-winning goals in 2025, with his most recent one coming against the Flyers on New Years’ Eve. (The goal was initially credited to Morgan Frost before being switched to Huberdeau shortly thereafter.)

It’s no secret that Huberdeau has struggled to produce at an elite level since coming to Calgary from the Florida Panthers in 2022. He scored just 15 goals in his first season with the Flames and fell to just 12 in 2023-24. He rebounded to score 28 in 2024-25, being widely praised for reinventing himself as a “power forward” who could play more of a two-way game, but that’s largely fallen by the wayside this season. He’s been … fine. It’s not like there’s anything wrong with Huberdeau’s play, per se, but with the money he’s making, it’s all starting to feel reminiscent of Alexei Yashin’s final few years of mediocrity with the New York Islanders.

Huberdeau is a perfectly solid second-line winger at this point in his career. He’s a supporting piece, not a driver, but he can make good plays and has chemistry with a handful of guys on this roster. If not for his virtually untradeable $10.5 million-AAV contract, he’d be a decent target for the Montreal Canadiens, a team in need of more leadership and polish. As it stands, the Flames will have to find a way to make it work with Huberdeau for the next five-and-a-half years.

Coronato’s first full calendar year in the NHL was a good one. The former Harvard standout scored 24 goals and 47 points in 77 games in the 2024-25 season and is on pace for a similar output this year, even with the Flames struggling to generate much offence. While, like Sharangovich, Coronato has found himself on the outer fringes of Ryan Huska’s lineup at various points this season, he’s largely held down a top-six role and has most frequently played on a line with Huberdeau and Morgan Frost.

It’s a close contest between Sharangovich and Coronato for who has the best shot on the Flames, but there’s no doubt that Coronato gets his off a lot more consistently. The Greenlawn, N.Y. product already has 97 shots on goal through 39 games this season, compared to 64 in 36 for Sharangovich, and he’s firmly cemented himself as the team’s go-to shooting option on the power play. It likely won’t happen this season, but it wouldn’t be at all surprising to see Coronato become a 30-goal scorer at some point in his Flames career.

If, one day, the Flames can find a bona fide young No. 1 center, Coronato would be the perfect running mate for him. Imagine No. 27 being able to streak down the wing and take these kinds of shots four or five times a game …

And here we are, with the Flames’ veteran No. 1 centre and — depending on who you talk to — their prospective top trade piece. Kadri has gradually become the Flames’ undisputed offensive leader over his four seasons in Calgary, setting a new career high with 35 goals in 82 games with the club last year. And while he only has eight goals through 40 games this season, it feels like only a matter of time before he picks up the pace.

Kadri is easily the Flames’ most skilled forward with the puck. He’s downright prolific on zone entries. He’s got a great shot. And above all else, he’s a proven winner, which should make him a highly coveted piece if and when the Flames do elect to send him elsewhere. But for now, with the Flames surging up the Western Conference standings, it’s safe to say Kadri will be here for the foreseeable future.

The only question mark with Kadri has to do with his age. He turned 35 at the start of the 2025-26 season, making him the Flames’ second-oldest player behind Backlund. On top of that, Kadri makes $7 million per year for three more seasons after this one, meaning his contract is far from guaranteed to remain a positive-value one indefinitely. But make no mistake, Kadri has been an enormous plus for the Flames since the day he arrived in Calgary, and regardless of how the team performs from here on out, he’ll go down in the books as a terrific Flame.

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