2019–20 Calgary Flames season

2019–20 Calgary Flames
Division	4th Pacific
Conference	8th Western
2019–20 record	36–27–7
Home record	16–13–4
Road record	20–14–3
Goals for	210
Goals against	215
General Manager	Brad Treliving
Coach	Bill Peters (Oct. 3 – Nov. 29) Geoff Ward (interim) (Nov. 29 – Aug. 20)
Captain	Mark Giordano
Alternate captains	Mikael Backlund Sean Monahan Matthew Tkachuk
Arena	Scotiabank Saddledome
Team leaders
Goals	Elias Lindholm (29)
Assists	Johnny Gaudreau (40)
Points	Matthew Tkachuk (61)
Penalties in minutes	Matthew Tkachuk (74)
Wins	David Rittich (24)
Goals against average	Cam Talbot (2.63)

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

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. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Flames advanced to the playoffs and defeated the Winnipeg Jets in the qualifying round in three games, but were defeated in the first round by the Dallas Stars in six games.

Standings

Divisional standings

2019-20 NHL Western Conference standings

Pos.	Team	GP	W	L	OL	RW	GF	GA	Pct.
1	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	.606
2	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	.585
3	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	.565
4	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	.564
5	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	.529
6	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	.472
7	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	.457
8	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	.450

Western Conference

2019-20 NHL Western Conference standings

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

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.

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.

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

The Flames faced Winnipeg Jets in the qualifying round, defeating them in four games.

The Flames faced the Dallas Stars in the first round, but were defeated in six games.

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Tkachuk, MatthewMatthew Tkachuk 69 23 38 61 −5 74 Gaudreau, JohnnyJohnny Gaudreau 70 18 40 58 −10 12 Lindholm, EliasElias Lindholm 70 29 25 54 −8 22 Monahan, SeanSean Monahan 70 22 26 48 −16 25 Backlund, MikaelMikael Backlund 70 16 29 45 3 26 Mangiapane, AndrewAndrew Mangiapane 68 17 15 32 4 18 Giordano, MarkMark Giordano 60 5 26 31 2 34 Ryan, DerekDerek Ryan 68 10 19 29 9 10 Hanifin, NoahNoah Hanifin 70 5 17 22 −12 12 Andersson, RasmusRasmus Andersson 70 5 17 22 −7 57 Lucic, MilanMilan Lucic 68 8 12 20 −6 54 Brodie, T. J.T. J. Brodie 64 4 15 19 7 36 Dube, DillonDillon Dube 45 6 10 16 0 6 Bennett, SamSam Bennett 52 8 4 12 −1 36 Hamonic, TravisTravis Hamonic 50 3 9 12 −3 27 Frolik, MichaelMichael Frolik ‡ || 38 || 5 || 5 || 10 || −10 || 24 Rieder, TobiasTobias Rieder 55 4 6 10 −12 6 Jankowski, MarkMark Jankowski 56 5 2 7 −12 14 Kylington, OliverOliver Kylington 48 2 5 7 −6 16 Stone, MichaelMichael Stone 33 2 5 7 −5 16 Rinaldo, ZacZac Rinaldo 19 3 2 5 −1 34 Czarnik, AustinAustin Czarnik 8 2 1 3 1 0 Gustafsson, ErikErik Gustafsson † || 7 || 0 || 3 || 3 || −1 || 2 Quine, AlanAlan Quine 9 1 0 1 −1 4 Robinson, BuddyBuddy Robinson 5 1 0 1 0 7 Forbort, DerekDerek Forbort † || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −1 || 0 Yelesin, AlexanderAlexander Yelesin 4 0 0 0 0 0 Davidson, BrandonBrandon Davidson ‡ || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || −2 || 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Bennett, SamSam Bennett 10 5 3 8 4 10 Monahan, SeanSean Monahan 10 2 6 8 0 2 Gaudreau, JohnnyJohnny Gaudreau 10 4 3 7 0 0 Backlund, MikaelMikael Backlund 10 4 2 6 −2 8 Lindholm, EliasElias Lindholm 10 2 4 6 1 2 Lucic, MilanMilan Lucic 10 1 5 6 2 17 Dube, DillonDillon Dube 10 4 1 5 1 2 Andersson, RasmusRasmus Andersson 10 3 2 5 4 6 Rieder, TobiasTobias Rieder 10 3 2 5 −2 0 Mangiapane, AndrewAndrew Mangiapane 10 2 3 5 −2 6 Brodie, T.J.T.J. Brodie 10 1 3 4 0 6 Gustafsson, ErikErik Gustafsson 10 0 4 4 1 2 Hanifin, NoahNoah Hanifin 10 0 4 4 2 0 Giordano, MarkMark Giordano 10 0 3 3 −1 12 Forbort, DerekDerek Forbort 10 1 1 2 −1 2 Tkachuk, MatthewMatthew Tkachuk 6 1 1 2 1 10 Ryan, DerekDerek Ryan 10 0 2 2 3 0 Quine, AlanAlan Quine 3 0 1 1 1 0 Robinson, BuddyBuddy Robinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jankowski, MarkMark Jankowski 5 0 0 0 −1 0 Rinaldo, ZacZac Rinaldo 5 0 0 0 0 4

Goaltenders

Regular season Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM Rittich, DavidDavid Rittich 48 48 2,791:58 24 17 6 138 2.97 1,478 .907 2 0 1 6 Talbot, CamCam Talbot 26 22 1,434:39 12 10 1 63 2.63 780 .919 2 0 0 21 Playoffs Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM Talbot, CamCam Talbot 10 10 595:33 5 4 24 2.42 316 .924 2 0 0 2 Rittich, DavidDavid Rittich 1 0 16:35 0 1 3 10.85 9 .667 0 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. References