2019–20 Calgary Flames season

The 2019–20 Calgary Flames season is the Flames' 40th season in Calgary, and the 48th for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 6, 1972.[1] The Flames entered the season as the defending Pacific Division champions.

2019–20 Calgary Flames
Division	3rd Pacific
Conference	7th Western
2019–20 record	36–27–7
Home record	16–13–4
Road record	20–14–3
Goals for	210
Goals against	215
Team information
General Manager	Brad Treliving
Coach	Bill Peters (Oct. 3 – Nov. 29) Geoff Ward (interim) (Nov. 29 – present)
Captain	Mark Giordano
Alternate captains	Mikael Backlund Sean Monahan Matthew Tkachuk
Arena	Scotiabank Saddledome
Minor league affiliate(s)	Stockton Heat (AHL) Kansas City Mavericks (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Elias Lindholm (29)
Assists	Johnny Gaudreau (40)
Points	Matthew Tkachuk (61)
Penalty minutes	Matthew Tkachuk (74)
Plus/minus	Derek Ryan (+9)
Wins	David Rittich (24)
Goals against average	Cam Talbot (2.63)

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.[4] The Flames advanced to the playoffs and defeated the Winnipeg Jets in the qualifying round three games to one.

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	+16	86
2	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	+8	83
3	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	−5	79
4	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	+11	78
5	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	+8	74
6	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	−39	67
7	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	−34	64
8	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	−44	63

Source: National Hockey League[5]

Western Conference

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	St. Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	+32	.662	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[6]
2	Colorado Avalanche	70	42	20	8	37	237	191	+46	.657
3	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	+16	.606
4	Dallas Stars	69	37	24	8	26	180	177	+3	.594
5	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	+8	.585	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[6]
6	Nashville Predators	69	35	26	8	28	215	217	−2	.565
7	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	+11	.565
8	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	−5	.564
9	Winnipeg Jets	71	37	28	6	30	216	203	+13	.563
10	Minnesota Wild	69	35	27	7	30	220	220	0	.558
11	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	+8	.529
12	Chicago Blackhawks	70	32	30	8	23	212	218	−6	.514
13	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	−39	.472
14	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	−34	.457
15	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	−44	.450

Source: NHL Western Conference Points percentage

Tiebreaking procedures

1. Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
2. Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
3. Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
4. Greater amount of total wins (including shootouts).
5. Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded.
6. Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
7. Greater amount of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.[7]

2019 preseason game log: 4–3–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 1–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[A]	September 16	Vancouver	3–2	Calgary	OT	Talbot	17,465	0–0–1	Recap
2^[A]^[a]	September 16	Calgary	4–3	Vancouver		Parsons	7,006	1–0–1	Recap
3	September 18	San Jose	4–6	Calgary		Gillies	17,348	2–0–1	Recap
4	September 20	Calgary	2–6	Edmonton		Gillies	17,592	2–1–1	Recap
5	September 22	Calgary	1–4	Winnipeg		Talbot	15,325	2–2–1	Recap
6	September 24	Winnipeg	0–2	Calgary		Rittich	—	3–2–1	Recap
7	September 26	Calgary	1–4	San Jose		Zagidulin	12,433	3–3–1	Recap
8	September 28	Edmonton	2–3	Calgary		Rittich	18,896	4–3–1	Recap
Notes: ^A Indicates split-squad. ^a Game was played at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.[8]

2019–20 game log
October: 7–6–2 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 3–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Calgary 3–5 Colorado Rittich 18,016 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 5 Vancouver 0–3 Calgary Rittich 19,005 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 8 Los Angeles 4–3 Calgary OT Rittich 18,150 1–1–1 3 Recap 4 October 10 Calgary 3–2 Dallas SO Rittich 17,989 2–1–1 5 Recap 5 October 12 Calgary 2–6 Vegas Rittich 18,192 2–2–1 5 Recap 6 October 13 Calgary 1–3 San Jose Talbot 16,250 2–3–1 5 Recap 7 October 15 Philadelphia 1–3 Calgary Rittich 17,771 3–3–1 7 Recap 8 October 17 Detroit 1–5 Calgary Rittich 18,232 4–3–1 9 Recap 9 October 19 Calgary 1–4 Los Angeles Rittich 18,230 4–4–1 9 Recap 10 October 20 Calgary 2–1 Anaheim Talbot 15,690 5–4–1 11 Recap 11 October 22 Washington 5–3 Calgary Talbot 18,002 5–5–1 11 Recap 12 October 24 Florida 5–6 Calgary SO Rittich 18,011 6–5–1 13 Recap 13 October 26 Calgary 1–2 Winnipeg OT Rittich 33,518 (outdoors) 6–5–2 14 Recap 14 October 29 Calgary 1–2 Carolina Rittich 13,864 6–6–2 14 Recap 15 October 31 Calgary 6–5 Nashville OT Rittich 17,351 7–6–2 16 Recap
November: 6–6–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 16 November 2 Calgary 3–0 Columbus Rittich 13,618 8–6–2 18 Recap 17 November 3 Calgary 2–4 Washington Talbot 18,573 8–7–2 18 Recap 18 November 5 Arizona 3–4 Calgary OT Rittich 17,824 9–7–2 20 Recap 19 November 7 New Jersey 2–5 Calgary Rittich 18,851 10–7–2 22 Recap 20 November 9 St. Louis 3–2 Calgary OT Rittich 19,289 10–7–3 23 Recap 21 November 13 Dallas 3–1 Calgary Talbot 18,257 10–8–3 23 Recap 22 November 16 Calgary 0–3 Arizona Rittich 13,534 10–9–3 23 Recap 23 November 17 Calgary 0–6 Vegas Talbot 18,083 10–10–3 23 Recap 24 November 19 Colorado 3–2 Calgary Rittich 18,698 10–11–3 23 Recap 25 November 21 Calgary 0–5 St. Louis Rittich 18,096 10–12–3 23 Recap 26 November 23 Calgary 3–2 Philadelphia SO Rittich 17,198 11–12–3 25 Recap 27 November 25 Calgary 2–3 Pittsburgh OT Rittich 18,437 11–12–4 26 Recap 28 November 27 Calgary 3–2 Buffalo OT Rittich 17,485 12–12–4 28 Recap 29 November 30 Ottawa 1–3 Calgary Rittich 18,919 13–12–4 30 Recap
December: 7–5–1 (Home: 3–4–1 ; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 30 December 5 Buffalo 3–4 Calgary Rittich 18,085 14–12–4 32 Recap 31 December 7 Los Angeles 3–4 Calgary Talbot 19,080 15–12–4 34 Recap 32 December 9 Calgary 5–4 Colorado OT Rittich 17,588 16–12–4 36 Recap 33 December 10 Calgary 5–2 Arizona Talbot 11,198 17–12–4 38 Recap 34 December 12 Toronto 2–4 Calgary Rittich 19,289 18–12–4 40 Recap 35 December 14 Carolina 4–0 Calgary Rittich 18,853 18–13–4 40 Recap 36 December 17 Pittsburgh 4–1 Calgary Talbot 18,412 18–14–4 40 Recap 37 December 19 Montreal 4–3 Calgary OT Rittich 19,172 18–14–5 41 Recap 38 December 22 Calgary 5–1 Dallas Rittich 18,532 19–14–5 43 Recap 39 December 23 Calgary 0–3 Minnesota Talbot 17,596 19–15–5 43 Recap 40 December 27 Calgary 5–1 Edmonton Rittich 18,347 20–15–5 45 Recap 41 December 29 Vancouver 5–2 Calgary Rittich 19,289 20–16–5 45 Recap 42 December 31 Chicago 5–3 Calgary Rittich 19,289 20–17–5 45 Recap
January: 7–2–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 43 January 2 NY Rangers 3–4 Calgary Talbot 19,038 21–17–5 47 Recap 44 January 5 Calgary 5–4 Minnesota SO Rittich 17,204 22–17–5 49 Recap 45 January 7 Calgary 2–1 Chicago Talbot 21,274 23–17–5 51 Recap 46 January 9 Minnesota 1–2 Calgary Talbot 18,634 24–17–5 53 Recap 47 January 11 Edmonton 3–4 Calgary Talbot 19,289 25–17–5 55 Recap 48 January 13 Calgary 0–2 Montreal Rittich 20,790 25–18–5 55 Recap 49 January 16 Calgary 2–1 Toronto SO Rittich 19,462 26–18–5 57 Recap 50 January 18 Calgary 2–5 Ottawa Rittich 17,671 26–19–5 57 Recap January 23–26 All-Star Break in St. Louis, Missouri 51 January 28 St. Louis 5–4 Calgary SO Talbot 19,033 26–19–6 58 Recap 52 January 29 Calgary 4–3 Edmonton SO Rittich 18,347 27–19–6 60 Recap
February: 6–7–1 (Home: 1–5–0 ; Road: 5–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 53 February 1 Edmonton 8–3 Calgary Rittich 19,289 27–20–6 60 Recap 54 February 4 San Jose 3–1 Calgary Rittich 18,131 27–21–6 60 Recap 55 February 6 Nashville 3–2 Calgary Talbot 18,512 27–22–6 60 Recap 56 February 8 Calgary 6–2 Vancouver Rittich 18,871 28–22–6 62 Recap 57 February 10 Calgary 6–2 San Jose Rittich 17,101 29–22–6 64 Recap 58 February 12 Calgary 3–5 Los Angeles Rittich 18,230 29–23–6 64 Recap 59 February 13 Calgary 6–0 Anaheim Talbot 16,212 30–23–6 66 Recap 60 February 15 Chicago 8–4 Calgary Talbot 19,231 30–24–6 66 Recap 61 February 17 Anaheim 4–6 Calgary Talbot 19,116 31–24–6 68 Recap 62 February 21 Boston 4–3 Calgary Talbot 19,289 31–25–6 68 Recap 63 February 23 Calgary 4–2 Detroit Rittich 18,022 32–25–6 70 Recap 64 February 25 Calgary 5–2 Boston Rittich 17,850 33–25–6 72 Recap 65 February 27 Calgary 3–4 Nashville OT Rittich 17,350 33–25–7 73 Recap 66 February 29 Calgary 3–4 Tampa Bay Rittich 19,092 33–26–7 73 Recap
March: 3–1–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 67 March 1 Calgary 3–0 Florida Talbot 14,104 34–26–7 75 Recap 68 March 4 Columbus 2–3 Calgary OT Talbot 18,696 35–26–7 77 Recap 69 March 6 Arizona 2–3 Calgary Talbot 19,206 36–26–7 79 Recap 70 March 8 Vegas 5–3 Calgary Rittich 18,841 36–27–7 79 Recap
Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 71 March 12 NY Islanders Calgary 72 March 14 Winnipeg Calgary 73 March 16 Calgary NY Rangers 74 March 17 Calgary NY Islanders 75 March 19 Calgary New Jersey 76 March 21 Tampa Bay Calgary 77 March 23 San Jose Calgary 78 March 25 Anaheim Calgary 79 March 27 Calgary Vancouver 80 March 31 Winnipeg Calgary 81 April 2 Vegas Calgary 82 April 4 Edmonton Calgary
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Flames faced Winnipeg Jets in the qualifying round,[9] defeating them in four games.[10]

The Flames will face the Dallas Stars in the first round.[11]

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference Qualifying Round vs. (9) Winnipeg Jets: Calgary won 3–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 1 Winnipeg 1–4 Calgary Talbot 1–0 Recap 2 August 3 Winnipeg 3–2 Calgary Talbot 1–1 Recap 3 August 4 Calgary 6–2 Winnipeg Talbot 2–1 Recap 4 August 6 Calgary 4–0 Winnipeg Talbot 3–1 Recap
Western Conference First Round vs. (3) Dallas Stars: Dallas leads 3–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 11 Calgary 3–2 Dallas Talbot 1–0 Recap 2 August 13 Calgary 4–5 Dallas Talbot 1–1 Recap 3 August 14 Dallas 0–2 Calgary Talbot 2–1 Recap 4 August 16 Dallas 5–4 Calgary OT Talbot 2–2 Recap 5 August 18 Calgary 1–2 Dallas Talbot 2–3 Recap 6 August 20 Dallas – Calgary 7 August 22 Calgary – Dallas (if necessary)
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

As of August 14, 2020

Skaters

Regular season[12] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Matthew Tkachuk 69 23 38 61 −5 74 Johnny Gaudreau 70 18 40 58 −10 12 Elias Lindholm 70 29 25 54 −8 22 Sean Monahan 70 22 26 48 −16 25 Mikael Backlund 70 16 29 45 3 26 Andrew Mangiapane 68 17 15 32 4 18 Mark Giordano 60 5 26 31 2 34 Derek Ryan 68 10 19 29 9 10 Noah Hanifin 70 5 17 22 −12 12 Rasmus Andersson 70 5 17 22 −7 57 Milan Lucic 68 8 12 20 −6 54 T. J. Brodie 64 4 15 19 7 36 Dillon Dube 45 6 10 16 0 6 Sam Bennett 52 8 4 12 −1 36 Travis Hamonic 50 3 9 12 −3 27 Michael Frolik^‡ 38 5 5 10 −10 24 Tobias Rieder 55 4 6 10 −12 6 Mark Jankowski 56 5 2 7 −12 14 Oliver Kylington 48 2 5 7 −6 16 Michael Stone 33 2 5 7 −5 16 Zac Rinaldo 19 3 2 5 −1 34 Austin Czarnik 8 2 1 3 1 0 Erik Gustafsson^† 7 0 3 3 −1 2 Alan Quine 9 1 0 1 −1 4 Buddy Robinson 5 1 0 1 0 7 Derek Forbort^† 7 0 0 0 −1 0 Alexander Yelesin 4 0 0 0 0 0 Brandon Davidson^‡ 7 0 0 0 −2 0

Playoffs[13] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Sean Monahan 7 2 4 6 3 0 Dillon Dube 7 4 1 5 2 2 Mikael Backlund 7 3 2 5 1 6 Elias Lindholm 7 2 3 5 3 0 Milan Lucic 7 1 4 5 2 13 Sam Bennett 7 3 1 4 4 6 Johnny Gaudreau 7 2 2 4 2 0 Andrew Mangiapane 7 1 3 4 0 6 Erik Gustafsson 7 0 4 4 2 2 Tobias Rieder 7 2 1 3 1 0 Rasmus Andersson 7 2 1 3 5 4 T.J. Brodie 7 1 2 3 2 6 Mark Giordano 7 0 3 3 1 8 Noah Hanifin 7 0 3 3 3 0 Matthew Tkachuk 6 1 1 2 1 10 Derek Forbort 7 1 1 2 3 2 Alan Quine 1 0 1 1 1 0 Derek Ryan 7 0 1 1 2 0 Zac Rinaldo 3 0 0 0 0 4 Mark Jankowski 4 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltenders

Regular season[14] Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM David Rittich 48 48 2,791:58 24 17 6 138 2.97 1,478 .907 2 0 1 6 Cam Talbot 26 22 1,434:39 12 10 1 63 2.63 780 .919 2 0 0 21 Playoffs[15] Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM Cam Talbot 7 7 417:56 5 2 13 1.87 207 .937 2 0 0 0 ^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Flames. Stats reflect time with the Flames only. ^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record. Roster Updated July 25, 2020[16][17] # Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace 4 Rasmus Andersson D R 23 2015 Malmö, Sweden 11 Mikael Backlund (A) C L 31 2007 Västerås, Sweden 93 Sam Bennett C L 24 2014 East Gwillimbury, Ontario 7 T. J. Brodie D L 30 2008 Chatham, Ontario 27 Austin Czarnik C R 27 2018 Washington Township, Michigan 29 Dillon Dube C L 22 2016 Golden, British Columbia 20 Derek Forbort D L 28 2020 Duluth, Minnesota 38 Byron Froese C R 29 2019 Winkler, Manitoba 13 Johnny Gaudreau LW L 27 2011 Salem, New Jersey 32 Jon Gillies G L 26 2012 Concord, New Hampshire 5 Mark Giordano (C) D L 36 2004 Toronto, Ontario 56 Erik Gustafsson D L 28 2020 Nynäshamn, Sweden 24 Travis Hamonic  D R 30 2017 St. Malo, Manitoba 55 Noah Hanifin D L 23 2018 Boston, Massachusetts 77 Mark Jankowski C L 25 2012 Hamilton, Ontario 58 Oliver Kylington D L 23 2015 Stockholm, Sweden 28 Elias Lindholm RW R 25 2018 Boden, Sweden 17 Milan Lucic LW L 32 2019 Vancouver, British Columbia 88 Andrew Mangiapane LW L 24 2015 Bolton, Ontario 23 Sean Monahan (A) C L 25 2013 Brampton, Ontario 89 Alan Quine C L 27 2018 Belleville, Ontario 16 Tobias Rieder LW L 27 2019 Landshut, Germany 36 Zac Rinaldo LW L 30 2019 Mississauga, Ontario 33 David Rittich G L 28 2016 Jihlava, Czechoslovakia 53 Buddy Robinson RW R 28 2018 Bellmawr, New Jersey 10 Derek Ryan C R 33 2018 Spokane, Washington 26 Michael Stone D R 30 2019 Winnipeg, Manitoba 39 Cam Talbot G L 33 2019 Caledonia, Ontario 19 Matthew Tkachuk (A) LW L 22 2016 Scottsdale, Arizona 8 Juuso Valimaki D L 21 2017 Tampere, Finland 45 Alexander Yelesin D R 24 2019 Yaroslavl, Russia 50 Artyom Zagidulin G L 25 2019 Magnitogorsk, Russia References National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3. "NHL statement on coronavirus". NHL.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020. Fernandez, Gabriel (March 12, 2020). "Coronavirus live updates: NHL suspends season; MLB to halt spring training; NCAA conference tourneys canceled". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020. Gulitti, Tom (May 26, 2020). "NHL plans to return with 24 teams competing for Stanley Cup". NHL.com. Retrieved May 27, 2020. "NHL Hockey Standings". www.nhl.com. National Hockey League. Rosen, Dan (May 26, 2020). "Return to Play: Western Conference". NHL.com. National Hockey League. Retrieved May 26, 2020. "FLAMES ANNOUNCE 2019-20 PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE". NHL.com. June 18, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2019. "NHL releases 2019-20 regular-season schedule". NHL.com. June 25, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2019. "Stanley Cup Qualifiers schedule". NHL.com. NHL.com. July 10, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020. "Flames eliminate Jets in Game 4 of Cup Qualifiers, reach playoffs". NHL.com. August 6, 2020. Retrieved August 6, 2020. "Stanley Cup Playoffs first-round schedule". NHL.com. August 9, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2020. "2019–20 Regular season – Calgary Flames Stats – Skaters". NHL.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020. "2019–20 Playoffs – Calgary Flames Stats – Skaters". NHL.com. Retrieved August 14, 2020. "2019–20 Regular season – Calgary Flames Stats – Goalies". NHL.com. Retrieved March 9, 2020. "2019–20 Playoffs – Calgary Flames Stats – Goalies". NHL.com. Retrieved August 14, 2020. "Calgary Flames Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 1, 2018. "Calgary Flames Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved April 8, 2018.