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2017–18 Calgary Flames
Division 5th Pacific
Conference 11th Western
2017–18 record 37–35–10
Home record 17–20–4
Road record 20–15–6
Goals for 218
Goals against 248
Team information
General manager Brad Treliving
Coach Glen Gulutzan
Captain Mark Giordano
Alternate captains Troy Brouwer
Sean Monahan
Arena Scotiabank Saddledome
Average attendance 18,653
Minor league affiliate(s) Stockton Heat (AHL)
Kansas City Mavericks (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals Sean Monahan (31)
Assists Johnny Gaudreau (60)
Points Johnny Gaudreau (84)
Penalty minutes Garnet Hathaway (88)
Plus/minus Micheal Ferland (+5)
Wins Mike Smith (25)
Goals against average Mike Smith (2.65)

The 2017–18 Calgary Flames season was their 38th season in Calgary, and the 46th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 6, 1972.[1] The Flames missed the playoffs for the seventh time in their last nine seasons.

Standings[]

Divisional standings[]

Pacific Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Vegas Golden Knights 82 51 24 7 47 272 228 +44 109
2 x – Anaheim Ducks 82 44 25 13 40 235 216 +19 101
3 x – San Jose Sharks 82 45 27 10 40 252 229 +23 100
4 x – Los Angeles Kings 82 45 29 8 43 239 203 +36 98
5 Calgary Flames 82 37 35 10 35 218 248 −30 84
6 Edmonton Oilers 82 36 40 6 31 234 263 −29 78
7 Vancouver Canucks 82 31 40 11 31 218 264 −46 73
8 Arizona Coyotes 82 29 41 12 27 208 256 −48 70
Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Conference standings[]

Top 3 (Central Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Nashville Predators 82 53 18 11 47 267 211 +56 117
2 x – Winnipeg Jets 82 52 20 10 48 277 218 +59 114
3 x – Minnesota Wild 82 45 26 11 42 253 232 +21 101
Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.
Top 3 (Pacific Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Vegas Golden Knights 82 51 24 7 47 272 228 +44 109
2 x – Anaheim Ducks 82 44 25 13 40 235 216 +19 101
3 x – San Jose Sharks 82 45 27 10 40 252 229 +23 100
Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.
Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 PA x – Los Angeles Kings 82 45 29 8 43 239 203 +36 98
2 CE x – Colorado Avalanche 82 43 30 9 41 257 237 +20 95
3 CE St. Louis Blues 82 44 32 6 41 226 222 +4 94
4 CE Dallas Stars 82 42 32 8 38 235 225 +10 92
5 PA Calgary Flames 82 37 35 10 35 218 248 −30 84
6 PA Edmonton Oilers 82 36 40 6 31 234 263 −29 78
7 CE Chicago Blackhawks 82 33 39 10 32 229 256 −27 76
8 PA Vancouver Canucks 82 31 40 11 31 218 264 −46 73
9 PA Arizona Coyotes 82 29 41 12 27 208 256 −48 70
Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results[]

Pre-season[]

The pre-season schedule was released on June 15, 2017.[2] Before the start of pre-season games, the Flames' rookies and prospects participated in the annual Young Stars Classic tournament.[3]

Pre-season game log

Regular season[]

The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.[4]

2017–18 game log

Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics[]

Final Stats[5]

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Gaudreau, JohnnyJohnny Gaudreau 80 24 60 84 2 26
Monahan, SeanSean Monahan 74 31 33 64 3 24
Tkachuk, MatthewMatthew Tkachuk 68 24 25 49 –1 61
Backlund, MikaelMikael Backlund 82 14 31 45 –21 78
Hamilton, DougieDougie Hamilton 82 17 27 44 1 64
Ferland, MichealMicheal Ferland 77 21 20 41 5 24
Giordano, MarkMark Giordano 82 13 25 38 0 63
Brodie, T. J.T. J. Brodie 73 4 28 32 –16 18
Bennett, SamSam Bennett 82 11 15 26 –18 59
Jankowski, MarkMark Jankowski 72 17 8 25 –7 33
Frolik, MichaelMichael Frolik 70 10 15 25 –19 26
Brouwer, TroyTroy Brouwer 76 6 16 22 –7 53
Hathaway, GarnetGarnet Hathaway 59 4 9 13 3 88
Stajan, MattMatt Stajan 68 4 8 12 4 28
Lazar, CurtisCurtis Lazar 65 2 10 12 –8 23
Hamonic, TravisTravis Hamonic 74 1 10 11 –9 79
Stone, MichaelMichael Stone 82 3 7 10 –11 28
Versteeg, KrisKris Versteeg 24 3 5 8 –8 6
Kulak, BrettBrett Kulak 71 2 6 8 –3 27
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr 22 1 6 7 6 10
Stewart, ChrisChris Stewart

|| 7 || 1 || 2 || 3 || –4 || 0

Shore, NickNick Shore

|| 9 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 4

Bartkowski, MattMatt Bartkowski 18 0 3 3 –3 4
Foo, SpencerSpencer Foo 4 2 0 2 1 0
Hamilton, FreddieFreddie Hamilton

|| 8 || 0 || 1 || 1 || –1 || 2

Lomberg, RyanRyan Lomberg 7 0 1 1 0 15
Andersson, RasmusRasmus Andersson 10 0 0 0 –1 4
Glass, TannerTanner Glass 16 0 0 0 –4 19
Hrivik, MarekMarek Hrivik 3 0 0 0 1 0
Klimchuk, MorganMorgan Klimchuk 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mangiapane, AndrewAndrew Mangiapane 10 0 0 0 –3 2

Goaltenders
Regular season[5]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Smith, MikeMike Smith 55 55 3,190:36 25 21 6 141 2.65 1,686 .916 3 0 2 8
Rittich, DavidDavid Rittich 21 16 978:14 8 6 3 49 2.92 512 .904 0 0 0 14
Gillies, JonJon Gillies 11 9 604:56 3 5 1 29 2.88 280 .896 0 0 0 2
Lack, EddieEddie Lack

|| 4 || 2 || 136:12 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 12 || 5.29 || 64 || .813 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Flames. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and honours[]

Milestones[]

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached Ref
Mark Giordano 100th career NHL goal October 14, 2017 [6]
Mike Smith 200th career NHL win October 24, 2017 [7]
Mark Jankowski 1st career NHL goal
1st career NHL point
November 9, 2017 [8]
Mikael Backlund 100th career NHL goal November 25, 2017 [9]
David Rittich 1st career NHL win November 25, 2017 [9]
Dougie Hamilton 400th career NHL game
1st career NHL hat-trick
February 17, 2018 [10]
Morgan Klimchuk 1st career NHL game February 19, 2018 [11]
Johnny Gaudreau 300th career NHL game March 7, 2018 [12]
Matt Stajan 1,000th career NHL game March 21, 2018 [13]
Spencer Foo 1st career NHL game March 31, 2018 [14]
Spencer Foo 1st career NHL goal
1st career NHL point
April 5, 2018 [15]
Mark Jankowski 1st career NHL hat-trick April 8, 2018 [16]

Transactions[]

Player signings[]

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
June 29, 2017 Kris Versteeg 1-year, $1.75 million [17]
June 30, 2017 Michael Stone 3-year, $10.5 million [18]
July 13, 2017 Micheal Ferland 2-year, $3.5 million [19]
July 14, 2017 Curtis Lazar 2-year, $1.9 million [20]
July 20, 2017 Garnet Hathaway 1-year, $650,000 [21]
July 21, 2017 Juuso Valimaki 3-year, $4.05 million entry-level contract [22]
July 22, 2017 Jon Gillies 1-year, $725,000 [23]
July 22, 2017 David Rittich 1-year, $725,000 [23]
August 29, 2017 Brett Kulak 1-year, $650,000 [24]
September 5, 2017 Tyler Wotherspoon 1-year, $650,000 [25]
September 6, 2017 Sam Bennett 2-year, $3.9 million [26]
November 16, 2017 Glenn Gawdin 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract [27]
December 31, 2017 Matthew Phillips 3-year, $2.275 million entry-level contract [28]
February 16, 2018 Mikael Backlund 6-year, $32.1 million contract extension [29]

Trades[]

June 24, 2017[30] To Calgary Flames
Travis Hamonic
conditional 4th round pick
To New York Islanders
1st round pick in 2018
2nd round pick in 2018
conditional 2nd round pick
June 29, 2017[31] To Calgary Flames
Eddie Lack
Ryan Murphy
7th round pick in 2019
To Carolina Hurricanes
Keegan Kanzig
6th round pick in 2019
July 1, 2017[32] To Calgary Flames
conditional 7th round pick in 2018
To Detroit Red Wings
Tom McCollum
December 30, 2017[33] To Calgary Flames
Dalton Prout
To New Jersey Devils
Eddie Lack
February 26, 2018[34] To Calgary Flames
Nick Shore
To Ottawa Senators
7th-round pick in 2019

Additions and subtractions[]

Additions
Player Former team Via
Spencer Foo Union Dutchmen (ECAC) Free agency[35]
Marek Hrivik New York Rangers Free agency[36]
Luke Gazdic New Jersey Devils Free agency[37]
Tanner Glass New York Rangers Free agency[38]
Jaromir Jagr Florida Panthers Free agency[39]
Cody Goloubef Stockton Heat (AHL) Free agency[40]
Yasin Ehliz Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers (DEL) Free agency[41]
Marcus Hogstrom Djurgårdens IF (SHL) Free agency[41]
Subtractions
Player New team Via
Brandon Bollig San Jose Sharks Free agency[42]
Lance Bouma Chicago Blackhawks Free agency[43]
Alex Chiasson Washington Capitals Free agency[44]
Ryan Culkin Tucson Roadrunners (AHL) Free agency[45]
Brian Elliott Philadelphia Flyers Free agency[46]
Deryk Engelland Vegas Golden Knights Expansion Draft[47]
Michael Kostka Skellefteå AIK (SHL) Free agency
Kenney Morrison Chicago Wolves (AHL) Free agency[48]
Ryan Murphy Minnesota Wild Free agency[49]
Linden Vey Barys Astana (KHL) Free agency

Draft picks[]

See also: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Below are the Calgary Flames' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 16 Juuso Valimaki D Flag of Finland Finland Tri-City Americans (WHL)
4 109 Adam Ruzicka C Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Sarnia Sting (OHL)
5 140 Zach Fisher RW Flag of Canada Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
6 171 D'Artagnan Joly RW Flag of Canada Canada Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
7 202 Filip Sveningsson LW Flag of Sweden Sweden HV71 (J20 SuperElit)

References[]

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